Mark Merrill

American football player (born 1955)

American football player

Mark Merrill
No. 50,52,58,59,60
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	(1955-05-05)May 5, 1955 Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.
Died:	April 12, 2018(2018-04-12) (aged 62) New Brighton, Minnesota, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	237 lb (108 kg)
Career information
College:	Minnesota
NFL draft:	1978 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31
Career history
New York Jets (1978–1979) Chicago Bears (1979) Denver Broncos (1981–1982) Green Bay Packers (1982 Buffalo Bills (1983–1984 Los Angeles Raiders (1984)

Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-Big Ten (1977)

Mark Merrill (May 5, 1955 – April 12, 2018) was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). His parents are Verna Anderson Merrill and Walter Leo Kelly Merrill.

Career

Merrill was drafted in the second round of the 1978 NFL Draft by the New York Jets and would split that season between the Jets and the Chicago Bears.^[1] After a season away from the NFL, he would spend the 1981 NFL season with the Denver Broncos before splitting the following year between the Broncos and the Green Bay Packers. He spent the next season with the Buffalo Bills before once again splitting the next seasons, this time between the Bills and the Los Angeles Raiders.

He played at the collegiate level at the University of Minnesota.^[2]