2025 charting · Liberty
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Merdinger’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he throws22 throws charted
Career
3 seasons at 3 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 | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Minnesota#66 · 4-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 |  Liberty#101 · 4-8 | 5 | 20% | 21/41 | 350 | 1–0 | 8.5 | 29.8% | 19 | 28 | 1.5 | 1 | 57.1% |
| 2024 |  North Carolina#71 · 6-7 | 1 | 4% | 9/12 | 86 | 0–1 | 7.2 | 25.0% | 5 | -31 | -6.2 | 0 | 0.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Michael Merdinger's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Michael Merdinger'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 |  Maine | W 28–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 2 | @ Jacksonville State | L 24–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 3 | @ Bowling Green | L 13–23 | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  James Madison | L 13–31 | — | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | @ Old Dominion | L 7–21 | 5.2 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 77 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -3 | -0.4 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | @ UTEP | W 19–8 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 8 |  New Mexico State | W 30–27 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 10 |  Delaware | W 59–30 | — | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 11 |  Missouri State | L 17–21 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 12 | @ Florida International | L 27–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 13 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 28–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||||
| 14 |  Kennesaw State | L 42–48 | 7.0 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 212 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 1 | 20 |
| 2025 · 5 games | 6.1 | 21 | 41 | 51.2 | 350 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 1.5 | 1 | 20 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
Position Room
5 QBs on the Minnesota roster, ordered by att
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Drake Lindsey | QB | JR | 196 | 1335 | 9 | 5 | +0.15 |
| 16 | Brady Palmer | QB | FR | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | +0.15 |
| 6 | Max Shikenjanski | QB | SR | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | +1.17 |
| 12 | Michael Merdinger | QB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Owen Lansu | QB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Minnesota depth chart →