Safety, North Carolina, 2007–⁠11

Matt Merletti

Number
No. 25
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Cleveland, OH

Matt Merletti played safety at North Carolina (2007–⁠11).

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010North Carolina2
2011North Carolina2
On file (2008–⁠11)4

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2008*North Carolina–––101
2010North Carolina5910–––
On file (2008–⁠11)5910101

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
2007N104040–––
2008756110000
2010122413371240
201182412361212
On file5731882–––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008North Carolina25S
2009North Carolina25S
2010North Carolina25S
2011North Carolina25S5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 North Carolina 1 game with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultIntKRYdsPR
Sep 17vs.VirginiaW 28–⁠172–––
2010 North Carolina 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultIntKRYdsPR
Sep 25atRutgersW 17–⁠131–––
Oct 16atVirginiaW 44–⁠101–––
2008 North Carolina 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 0 yards
DateOpponentResultIntKRYdsPR

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

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