London Merritt
Clemson Tigers
84
Good

London Merritt

Clemson TigersSolid
LDEDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Colorado
2nd String / Backup

Is London Merritt starting?

London Merritt is listed 2nd string at LDE for Clemson Tigers.

Sophomore · #14 · 6'3", 255 lbs

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Depth at LDE · Clemson Tigers

  1. 11584Jahiem LawsonStarter
  2. 21484London MerrittYou
  3. 32372C.J. Wesley
  4. 41761Ari Watford

Clemson Starting Lineup

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Up next for Clemson

Clemson plays Syracuse away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of IMG Academy, ranked #201 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 23 tackles, 8 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot and 82th-percentile production nationally — good for a 84 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #201 NatlTeam Share3%Percentile82th
Atlanta, GA
Jersey
#14
Class
SO/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
255 lbs
Transfer
Colorado

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2381

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9246
National Rank
#201
High School
IMG Academy
Hometown
Bradenton, FL

Why this rating?

On a 91-rated defense; 82th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.88 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 84. Capped to the teammate ahead of them on the depth chart.

Team defense (SP+)
91
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 82% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 24% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.88)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WFSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 36-24

Oct 24LVTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 20-16

Oct 17WCHSOTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 37-0

Oct 3LMIATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 41-13

Sep 26WCALTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-10

Sep 19WUNCTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 28-20

Sep 13WGASOTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 22-7

Sep 6LLSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-10

London Merritt's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

23 tkl · 8 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement33%
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