Casey Merrill

NFL player


|DateOfBirth=birth date|1957|7|16|mf=y
Birthplace= Oakland, CA
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College=California-Davis
Position=Defensive end
DraftedYear=1979
DraftedRound=5 / Pick 113
years=1979-1982
1983-1986
1986
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teams=Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
New Orleans Saints
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Richard Casey Merrill (born July 16, 1957 in Oakland, California) was a professional American football defensive end who played for three NFL teams in the 1970's and 1980's, the Green Bay Packers (1979-1982), New York Giants (1983-1986) and his last but short lived year with the New Orleans Saints in the 1987 season. Merrill played [college football at the University of California at Davis and was selected in the fifth round of the 1979 NFL Draft.

Career Stats

Richard Casey Merrill ,Position: DE , Height: 6' 4", Weight: 255 Merrill spent nine full seasons in professional football as a defensive end and outside linebacker. Blessed with exceptional speed (4.65 40 yard dash), Merrill became the 1st designated pass rusher in the NFL to line up and pass rush from both defensive line and linebacker positions. He was part of the 1986 season New York Giants, but was traded to another team, the New Orleans Saints and he missed Super Bowl XXI in 1987 when the NY Giants won the league championship title. However, Merrill did not obtain a Super Bowl Ring at all.Merill now works part time as a football and wrestling coach at Palm Desert High School. He has two sons, Zach and Casey as well as a daughter named Ella.

External links

* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MERRICAS01 Casey Merrill's biographical facts and athletic career stats]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/players.nsf/ID/06060134 Casey Merrill's professional football career stats]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=per&v1=MERRILL%2C%20CASEY&sort=newest New York Times story (October 11, 1985) on Casey Merrill when he joined the NY Giants]
* [http://stuaff.ucdavis.edu/ica/football/Stadium/Aggie-FB-Stadium2002.pdf University of California Davis-Aggie Stadium-college football alumni]