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2006 Football Roster

50 Matt Merrow

  • Position Offensive line
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 240
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Keene, NH
  • Highschool Keene

Biography

2006: Played in eight games, all as a starter ... Team averaged 31.3 points and 358.7 yards per Photo by Tom Killipsgame ... Team averaged 140.8 yards rushing and 217.9 passing ... Team allowed just 16 sacks ... Team rushed for at least 100 yards in six games, including three with over 200 ... Team rushed for a touchdown in nine games, including four with more than one ... Team rushed for four touchdowns two times and six once ... Team passed for at least 200 yards seven times and 300 yards once ... Team had at least one touchdown pass in eight games, including six with more than one ... Team led Liberty League in scoring offense, first downs (185), red zone offense (88.6%) and third down conversions (42.4%) ... Team ranked 25th in the nation in scoring offense ... Liberty League All-Academic … ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 1 First Team … ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American Second Team … Team's J&J Tough Guy Award ...

2005: Started all ten games … Recorded 13 knockdowns, a team-high 41 stones and eight drives … Team rushed for 1816 yards and passed for 2475 ... Team rushed for at least 100 yards in every game, 200 yards in three games and 300 yards once ... Team had at least one rushing touchdown in every game, at least two in five games, two with three and one with four ... Team threw for at least 200 yards seven times and at least 300 twice ... Team had at least one passing touchdown in every game, including eight with at least two, four with three, one with four and one with five … Team led the Liberty League in scoring offense (33.5 points per game) and was second in passing offense (247.5 yards per game), total offense (429.1 yards per game), first downs (220) and sacks against (13) ... Team ranked 31st in nation in total offense and 39th in scoring offense ... Liberty League All-Academic ... ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 1 First Team … Offense ran for season-highs of 324 yards and four touchdowns with 141 passing yards and one touchdown in 34-7 win against Endicott (9/10) … Team completed 28 passes for a season-high 394 yards and season-best five touchdowns with 145 rushing yards and two touchdowns for 701 all purpose yards against Hobart (9/24) … Engineers tallied 329 yards and three touchdown passes and 223 rushing yards and one touchdown in a 31-15 Transit Trophy Game victory at WPI (10/30) …

2004: Played in eight games, including four as a starter … Quarterbacks threw for over 300 yards three times and over 400 yards twice … Quarterbacks were sacked just six times all season … Team rushed for 100 yards or more in five games and over 150 yards four times … Team ranked twenty-second in the nation in passing offense (266.7 yards per game) and thirty-seventh in total offense (409.7 yards per game) … Played on special teams … Liberty League All-Academic … Offense ran for season-high 333 yards and three touchdowns with 160 passing yards and a touchdown in 28-17 win vs. Coast Guard for the Shot Glass Trophy (10/2) … D3Football.com Offensive Line of the Week (10/4) … Team compiled 198 rushing yards and two touchdowns and 318 passing yards with three touchdowns in 37-20 win at Kings Point (10/23) … Engineers tallied four touchdown passes and 414 passing yards with 69 rushing yards and a touchdown in Transit Trophy Game victory (10/30) …

High School: Three-year starter on offensive and defensive lines … Wrestled and played lacrosse … Two-year starter at attack in lacrosse … Captained football and lacrosse teams … Football team’s 2002 Outstanding Lineman Award … Team’s 2002-03 Fred Sharby Citizenship Award … All-State First Team offensive lineman as a junior and senior … 2003 New Hampshire Shrine Team … National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award … Lacrosse team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player in 2002 … National Honor Society … Six-time high school Scholar-Athlete Award winner … NHIAA, NHADA Scholar-Athlete Award …

Personal: Aeronautical Engineering Major … Dean’s List … Son of Pamela and Robert Merrow … Sister, Amy, played soccer at the University of New Hampshire … Last name is pronounced mer-ROW.

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Historical Player Information

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    2005Junior

    Offensive line
    5'11" 240 lbs
    50
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    2006Senior

    Offensive line
    5'11" 240 lbs
    50