Sam Merrill

Position: Guard

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Hometown: Bountiful, UT

High School: Bountiful HIgh School

School: Utah State (Men)

Draft: New Orleans Pelicans, 2nd round (30th pick, 60th overall), 2020 NBA draft

2018-19 MWC POY
3x All-MWC
2x All-MWC Tourney
2x MWC Tourney MVP

SUMMARY

Career

131

PTS

16.8

TRB

3.6

AST

3.6

FG%

47.0

FG3%

42.0

FT%

89.1

eFG%

57.5

PER

22.1

22.4

Per Game

Season

Conference

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	SOS
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	30	18	26.7	3.3	7.4	.450	1.8	4.0	.450	1.5	3.4	.451	1.2	1.4	.878	0.4	2.7	3.1	3.3	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.6	9.4	2.46
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	34	33	35.4	5.6	11.2	.504	2.8	5.0	.553	2.9	6.2	.464	2.1	2.5	.849	0.2	3.1	3.3	3.1	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.2	16.3	2.65
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	35	35	35.3	6.5	14.1	.461	4.1	7.6	.534	2.5	6.5	.376	5.4	5.9	.909	0.3	3.6	3.9	4.2	1.1	0.3	1.9	2.5	20.9	0.89
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	32	32	35.0	6.1	13.2	.461	3.3	6.4	.515	2.8	6.8	.410	4.7	5.3	.893	0.2	3.9	4.1	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.3	19.7	4.04
Career	Utah State			131	118	33.3	5.5	11.6	.470	3.0	5.8	.520	2.4	5.8	.420	3.4	3.8	.891	0.3	3.3	3.6	3.6	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.4	16.8	2.51

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	18	16	30.3	3.8	8.6	.445	1.9	4.4	.438	1.9	4.2	.453	1.6	1.7	.903	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.9	1.2	0.3	1.2	2.6	11.1
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	18	18	35.9	6.0	11.5	.522	2.5	4.9	.506	3.5	6.6	.534	1.7	1.9	.912	0.2	3.0	3.2	2.7	1.1	0.3	1.8	2.4	17.2
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	18	18	37.1	6.9	15.7	.440	4.2	8.5	.490	2.7	7.2	.380	5.5	6.2	.892	0.4	3.4	3.9	4.4	1.1	0.3	1.9	2.7	22.0
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	18	18	35.7	6.2	13.2	.466	3.4	6.0	.565	2.8	7.2	.385	4.6	5.0	.911	0.1	3.2	3.3	4.0	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.3	19.7
Career	Utah State			72	70	34.7	5.7	12.3	.467	3.0	6.0	.502	2.7	6.3	.434	3.3	3.7	.902	0.3	3.2	3.5	3.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	2.5	17.5

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Totals

Season

Conference

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	30	18	802	100	222	.450	54	120	.450	46	102	.451	36	41	.878	12	82	94	98	29	5	30	79	282
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	34	33	1202	192	381	.504	94	170	.553	98	211	.464	73	86	.849	7	104	111	107	35	7	62	75	555
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	35	35	1237	228	495	.461	142	266	.534	86	229	.376	189	208	.909	12	126	138	147	37	10	66	86	731
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	32	32	1119	195	423	.461	106	206	.515	89	217	.410	150	168	.893	7	125	132	125	28	3	50	73	629
Career	Utah State			131	118	4360	715	1521	.470	396	762	.520	319	759	.420	448	503	.891	38	437	475	477	129	25	208	313	2197

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	18	16	546	69	155	.445	35	80	.438	34	75	.453	28	31	.903	9	54	63	71	22	5	22	47	200
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	18	18	646	108	207	.522	45	89	.506	63	118	.534	31	34	.912	4	54	58	49	19	6	32	43	310
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	18	18	667	124	282	.440	75	153	.490	49	129	.380	99	111	.892	8	62	70	79	20	6	34	48	396
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	18	18	642	111	238	.466	61	108	.565	50	130	.385	82	90	.911	2	57	59	72	17	3	28	42	354
Career	Utah State			72	70	2501	412	882	.467	216	430	.502	196	452	.434	240	266	.902	23	227	250	271	78	20	116	180	1260

Per 40 Minutes

Season

Conference

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	30	18	802	5.0	11.1	.450	2.7	6.0	.450	2.3	5.1	.451	1.8	2.0	.878	4.7	4.9	1.4	0.2	1.5	3.9	14.1
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	34	33	1202	6.4	12.7	.504	3.1	5.7	.553	3.3	7.0	.464	2.4	2.9	.849	3.7	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	18.5
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	35	35	1237	7.4	16.0	.461	4.6	8.6	.534	2.8	7.4	.376	6.1	6.7	.909	4.5	4.8	1.2	0.3	2.1	2.8	23.6
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	32	32	1119	7.0	15.1	.461	3.8	7.4	.515	3.2	7.8	.410	5.4	6.0	.893	4.7	4.5	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.6	22.5
Career	Utah State			131	118	4360	6.6	14.0	.470	3.6	7.0	.520	2.9	7.0	.420	4.1	4.6	.891	4.4	4.4	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.9	20.2

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	18	16	546	5.1	11.4	.445	2.6	5.9	.438	2.5	5.5	.453	2.1	2.3	.903	4.6	5.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.4	14.7
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	18	18	646	6.7	12.8	.522	2.8	5.5	.506	3.9	7.3	.534	1.9	2.1	.912	3.6	3.0	1.2	0.4	2.0	2.7	19.2
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	18	18	667	7.4	16.9	.440	4.5	9.2	.490	2.9	7.7	.380	5.9	6.7	.892	4.2	4.7	1.2	0.4	2.0	2.9	23.7
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	18	18	642	6.9	14.8	.466	3.8	6.7	.565	3.1	8.1	.385	5.1	5.6	.911	3.7	4.5	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.6	22.1
Career	Utah State			72	70	2501	6.6	14.1	.467	3.5	6.9	.502	3.1	7.2	.434	3.8	4.3	.902	4.0	4.3	1.2	0.3	1.9	2.9	20.2

Per 100 Poss

Season

Conference

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	30	18	802	7.1	15.9	.450	3.9	8.6	.450	3.3	7.3	.451	2.6	2.9	.878	6.7	7.0	2.1	0.4	2.1	5.6	20.1	119.7	103.2
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	34	33	1202	9.3	18.4	.504	4.5	8.2	.553	4.7	10.2	.464	3.5	4.2	.849	5.4	5.2	1.7	0.3	3.0	3.6	26.8	124.2	108.0
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	35	35	1237	10.5	22.9	.461	6.6	12.3	.534	4.0	10.6	.376	8.7	9.6	.909	6.4	6.8	1.7	0.5	3.0	4.0	33.8	127.8	99.3
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	32	32	1119	10.1	21.9	.461	5.5	10.7	.515	4.6	11.3	.410	7.8	8.7	.893	6.8	6.5	1.5	0.2	2.6	3.8	32.6	129.7	96.3
Career	Utah State			131	118	4360	9.5	20.1	.470	5.2	10.1	.520	4.2	10.0	.420	5.9	6.7	.891	6.3	6.3	1.7	0.3	2.8	4.1	29.1	126.2	101.6

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	18	16	546	7.3	16.5	.445	3.7	8.5	.438	3.6	8.0	.453	3.0	3.3	.903	6.7	7.6	2.3	0.5	2.3	5.0	21.3	121.9	105.5
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	18	18	646	9.7	18.7	.522	4.1	8.0	.506	5.7	10.6	.534	2.8	3.1	.912	5.2	4.4	1.7	0.5	2.9	3.9	28.0	126.7	111.7
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	18	18	667	10.8	24.5	.440	6.5	13.3	.490	4.3	11.2	.380	8.6	9.6	.892	6.1	6.9	1.7	0.5	3.0	4.2	34.4	123.4	101.7
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	18	18	642	10.1	21.7	.466	5.6	9.9	.565	4.6	11.9	.385	7.5	8.2	.911	5.4	6.6	1.6	0.3	2.6	3.8	32.3	128.5	99.4
Career	Utah State			72	70	2501	9.6	20.5	.467	5.0	10.0	.502	4.6	10.5	.434	5.6	6.2	.902	5.8	6.3	1.8	0.5	2.7	4.2	29.3	125.2	104.5

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Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	30	18	802	16.9	.584	.554	.459	.185	291	1.8	11.0	6.7	23.1	2.1	0.7	11.4	17.5	1.9	1.1	3.0	.150	2.3	1.7	4.0
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	34	33	1202	19.9	.658	.633	.554	.226	507	0.7	10.4	5.5	18.8	1.7	0.7	12.8	20.8	3.7	1.1	4.8	.160	4.8	0.8	5.5
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	35	35	1237	24.8	.616	.547	.463	.420	683	1.2	10.9	6.3	24.0	1.7	0.9	10.0	26.5	5.4	2.1	7.5	.242	6.1	1.5	7.6
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	32	32	1119	25.0	.625	.566	.513	.397	575	0.7	11.8	6.6	23.1	1.5	0.3	9.0	24.9	5.2	2.0	7.1	.255	7.6	2.4	9.9
Career	Utah State			131	118	4360	22.1	.624	.575	.499	.331	2056	1.1	11.0	6.2	22.2	1.7	0.7	10.6	22.8	16.2	6.2	22.4	.206	5.4	1.6	7.0

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
2016-17	Utah State	MWC	FR	18	16	546	21.1	.589	.555	.484	.200	210	2.2	11.8	7.2	26.4	2.3	1.0	11.5	18.4	1.8	0.2	2.0	.150
2017-18	Utah State	MWC	SO	18	18	646	23.1	.695	.674	.570	.164	273	0.8	11.2	6.0	16.3	1.7	1.0	12.5	20.9	2.6	-0.1	2.5	.154
2018-19	Utah State	MWC	JR	18	18	667	27.3	.592	.527	.457	.394	375	1.5	11.6	6.7	24.4	1.7	1.1	9.2	28.6	3.4	0.5	3.9	.232
2019-20	Utah State	MWC	SR	18	18	642	26.8	.630	.571	.546	.378	326	0.4	10.7	5.7	25.0	1.6	0.6	9.1	25.0	3.3	0.5	3.8	.239
Career	Utah State			72	70	2501	24.7	.625	.578	.512	.302	1184	1.2	11.3	6.4	22.9	1.8	0.9	10.3	23.4	11.1	1.1	12.2	.196

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