Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1982
- Draft
- 1982Rd 3, Pk 15
- College
- Dana
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1982
- Draft
- 1982Rd 3, Pk 15
- College
- Dana
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 139
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 41.0
- INT
- 18
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 |  PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | PIT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 |  MIN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 139
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.3
- INT
- 0.1
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | PIT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | MIN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Mike Merriweather's career stats?
Mike Merriweather played 10 seasons for the Steelers and the Vikings. His best season was 1983: 0 tackles and 0.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1 postseason, 1983 to 1992
All-time career rank
- 270th in sacks (41.0)
Among the 9,233 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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