Last confirmed: Boston College, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 290 lb · Sparta, NJ · Pope John XXIII
Noa Merritt: DT · Boston College · #94.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Noa Merritt
Wins his gap play after play. 2 stars out of high school, two seasons of real snaps at Boston College since. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Notre Dame, Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Atlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Sports Illustrated Oct 22
247Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Boston College | 50 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2016 | Boston College | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 59 | 24 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20@ Northern Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-34vs Wake Forest | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-49vs Notre Dame | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 7-34@ No. 2 Clemson | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-8vs Central Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-23vs No. 16 Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-42@ Louisville | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-10@ Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-3vs Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-17vs NC State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 39-16@ UConn | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 42-14@ Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-27vs Iowa | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.5 | — | 2 |
Week 12 · 2017
W 39-16
vs UConn · neutral site
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 23-point win at a neutral site against UConn.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%6 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
4%2 hurries50 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Steve Addazio — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Addazio
Pass share
37.5%
366 pass / 611 run
Plays / game
75.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
50 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Boston College, 59 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Steve Addazio.
