Slippery Rock University Athletics

Personal: Son of Mary and Thomas Merhaut … Uncles Joe, Matt, and Jim Merhaut are all SRU graduates ... Matt and Joe both played football for The Rock ... Majoring in Safety Management.

2018: Appeared in all 14 games, making 10 starts … Caught 24 passes for 466 yards and four touchdowns … Averaged 19.4 yards per reception … Also served as SRU’s primary holder … Caught at least one pass in 13 of 14 games … Lone reception in season-opener against Kentucky State was a 40-yard touchdown … Caught three passes for 85 yards and a touchdown against Seton Hill … Added another touchdown reception against Mercyhurst … Combined for sven receptions 101 yards and a touchdown over The Rock’s final two playoff games … PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2017: Appeared in all 11 games, making eight starts … Caught 23 passes for 212 yards … Averaged 9.2 yards per reception … Had five receptions for 78 yards at Edinboro … Made six catches for 50 yards in season finale at Kutztown … Recorded at least one catch in final 10 games of the season … Also one of The Rock’s best special teams players … Served as the team’s primary holder and recorded an SRU-high 13 special teams tackles … Game-by-Game Statistics

2016: Played in all 11 games … Served as Slippery Rock’s primary holder in addition to playing a key role on special teams coverage units … Made three special teams tackles … Game-By-Game Statistics

2015: Redshirted.
 
High School: Lettered three times in football and once in track at Pine-Richland High School … Earned first team All-State AAAA honors and first team Pennsylvania Football Writers All-State honors as the leading receiver in the state as a senior … Set single-season WPIAL AAAA records as a senior with 110 receptions and 1,532 yards … 110 receptions were the third most in PIAA history … Also caught 15 touchdowns as a senior while running for one more … Tallied an additional three special teams touchdowns as well … 149 career receptions rank second in WPIAL AAAA history … Helped lead Pine-Richland to conference and district titles during senior campaign.
 

Career Highs
Receptions	6 at Kutztown (2017)
Receiving Yards	85 vs. Seton Hill (2018)
Receiving TD	1 (4x) (most recently at New Haven 2018)
Long Reception	57 vs. Edinboro (2018)