2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of Merklinger’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Cmp/Att | Pass yds | TD–INT | Y/A | Dropback SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | UConn#77 · 3-3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | Tennessee#25 · 8-5 | 3 | 5% | 13/24 | 173 | 2–0 | 7.2 | — |
| 2024 | Tennessee#12 · 10-3 | 2 | 4% | 6/9 | 48 | 0–0 | 5.3 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jake Merklinger's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Jake Merklinger's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long |
| 1 | vs | W 45–26 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 2 | W 72–17 | 6.5 | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 118 | 8.4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| 3 | L 41–44 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 4 | W 56–24 | 5.3 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 57 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | @ | W 41–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 7 | W 34–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 8 | @ | L 20–37 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 9 | @ | W 56–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 10 | L 27–33 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 12 | W 42–9 | — | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 13 | @ | W 31–11 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 14 | L 24–45 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| Bowls | vs | L 28–30 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 2025 · 3 games | 5.9 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 173 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 11 | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
5 QBs on the UConn roster, ordered by att
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Kalieb Osborne | QB | JR | 163 | 1421 | 10 | 2 | +0.32 |
| 12 | Tucker McDonald | QB | SR | 11 | 118 | 1 | 1 | +0.53 |
| 4 | Jake Merklinger | QB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Bo Polston | QB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Tyler Smith | QB | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 12+ plays per team game. UConn depth chart →