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2024 YSU Football Roster

0 Sam Merryman

0 Sam Merryman

  • Position:
    Long Snapper
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    215
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Shadyside, Ohio
  • High School:
    Shadyside
  • Major:
    General Studies

Summary

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023 (Senior): Honorable-Mention All-MVFC selection as a long snapper…played in all 13 games...YSU was 18-of-22 on field goal attempts and 48-of-50 on PAT tries...Guins averaged 43.4 yards per punt on 46 punts...forced four fair catches on punts...Penguins won a on final-play field goal vs. Illinois State...YSU kicked a 50-yard field goal in the FCS Playoffs.

2022 (Junior): Was the Penguins’ starting long snapper…played in all 11 games…YSU was 16-of-22 on field goal attempts and 32-of-32 on PAT tries...Guins made a long field goal of 52 yards during the season...snapped on 50 punts...had two solo tackles against Missouri State...Penguins won on a final-play field goal at Western Illinois...helped PK Colt McFadden earn second-team All-MVFC honors.

2021 (Sophomore): Was the Penguins’ starting long snapper…played in all 10 games…YSU was 8-of-9 on field goal attempts and 29-of-30 on PAT tries…snapped on 52 punts.

Spring 2021 (Freshman): Played in six games as the Penguins' long snapper...did not play vs. UNI.

High School: Played tight end, defensive end and served as long snapper for Shadyside...Tigers advanced to the state playoffs and posted an 8-4 record in 2019...as a junior, caught 37 passes for 539 yards and five touchdowns...as a sophomore, earned Division VI All-Ohio Honorable Mention honors...coach was Mark Holenka.

Personal: Is the 2024-25 recipient of the The Janet and Dennis Haines Scholarship endowment.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-21Freshman

    LS
    6'2" 210 lbs
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    2021Sophomore

    LS
    6'2" 215 lbs
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    2022Sophomore

    Long Snapper
    6'2" 208 lbs
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    2023Junior

    Long Snapper
    6'2" 215 lbs
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    2024Senior

    Long Snapper
    6'2" 215 lbs
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