Kirk Merritt
Height6'1"
Weight214 lb
BornJan 5, 1997
Age29
ConferenceSun Belt
Rookie yr2020
Combined Season Grid
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Snap Counts | Advanced (EPA) | Advanced Receiving (2018+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd | ADOT | YBC/R | YAC/R | BrkTkl | Drops | Drop% | 1D | TgtRate | |||||
| 2020 | — | MIA | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2.0% | — | 0.0% | 7 | 25.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | MIA | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 33.3% | 13.0 | 4.3 | — | 1 | 11 | 15.0% | — | 0.0% | 11 | 22.0% | — | — | — | — | — | 18.7 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 47.9 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.2 | 0 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | NO | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 16.7% | — | 0.0% | 47 | 47.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | NO | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3.0% | — | 0.0% | 6 | 21.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 33.3% | 13.0 | 4.3 | — | 1 | 45 | 9.2% | — | 0.0% | 71 | 28.9% | — | — | -0.2 | 0 | 56 | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
Career EPA-0.2··-0.2/season
Receiving
Snap Counts
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 | MIA | 1 | — | 1 | 2.0% | — | 0.0% | 7 | 25.0% |
| 2021 | 24 | MIA | 2 | — | 11 | 15.0% | — | 0.0% | 11 | 22.0% |
| 2022 | 25 | NO | 4 | 0* | 31 | 16.7% | — | 0.0% | 47 | 47.5% |
| 2023 | 26 | NO | 1 | — | 2 | 3.0% | — | 0.0% | 6 | 21.0% |
| Career | 8 | 45 | — | — | — | 71 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Advanced (EPA)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | -0.2 | 0 | 56 |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 56 |
Advanced Receiving (2018+)
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position5
Depth
of 100
Reached 0% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
0% of the all-time Receptions leader0
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
-0.22 EPA/season over 1 season50
A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 91%.
Per-Snap Impact
Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+—
below snap floor
Yards/snap1.182Touch rate0.273EPA/snap-0.02Snap share15%Off snaps11Emerging
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arkansas State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.
Reference Graph
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Top Teammates
Cameron JordanDE2yDemario DavisOLB2yTyrann MathieuFS2yElandon RobertsOLB2yJames HurstG2yEmmanuel OgbahDE2yZach WoodLS2yAndrus PeatG2yJerome BakerOLB2yMack HollinsWR2yDurham SmytheTE2yMike GesickiTE2yAlvin KamaraRB2yIsaac YiadomCB2yTaysom HillTE2yJason SandersK2yMarshon LattimoreCB2yDaniel SorensenDB2yDeVante ParkerWR2yZach SielerDE2yByron JonesCB2yJameis WinstonQB2yCarl GrandersonDE2yXavien HowardCB2y
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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2023final season
Last recorded season with NO
- 2022team change
Joined NO (from MIA)
- 2020signing
Entered the NFL with MIA
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 214 lb
Frame
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Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.
12%
20202023
2020 · cause not documented · 6%2021 · cause not documented · 12%2022 · cause not documented · 24%2023 · cause not documented · 6%
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
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