Player facts
- Team
Jacksonville Jaguars- Position
- Safety
- Number
- 26
- Born
- Dec 20, 1999 (age 26)
- Birthplace
- Belleville, MI, USA
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 212 lbs
- College
- Iowa
- Experience
- 4 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 50 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
vs  PHI | W 19-17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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About
Kaevon Merriweather (born December 20, 1999) is an American professional football safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent after the 2023 NFL draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kaevon Merriweather, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Merriweather attended Romulus Senior High School in Romulus, Michigan before transferring to Belleville High School in Belleville, Michigan for his senior year. He starred in basketball in high school, receiving several offers to play basketball before committing to playing football in high school. He committed to the University of Iowa to play college football after being recruited by Iowa defensive coordinator and longtime defensive backs coach Phil Parker.
College career
Merriweather played in nine games as a true freshman at Iowa in 2018, and took a redshirt in 2019 after playing in two games in 2019. In 2020, he started five of nine games, recording 23 tackles. In 2021, he started seven of 14 games and had 42 tackles and an interception as part of a nationally elite defense. Merriweather returned to Iowa as a starter in 2022. He was named a first-team All-American by CBS Sports.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kaevon Merriweather, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Jaguars’ next games
Recent results
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Sources
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- 1WikipediaKaevon Merriweather on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Kaevon Merriweather