Merek Glover

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Placekicker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Jericho, N.Y.
High School:
Friends Academy

2021: Played in all 12 games... Went 33-33 on PATs... went 6-11 on FGs... Made a season-high 8 PATs versus Morgan State (Sept. 11)... Kicked a season-long 41 yard field goal versus Cincinnati (Oct. 30)... Went 6-6 in PATs to close out the season at Memphis (Nov. 27).

2020: Appeared in all 12 games for Tulane...Went 51-52 on PATs...Went 9-9 on PATs and made a 41-yard field goal at Southern Miss (Sept. 26)...Hit 4-4 PATs and a 39-yard field goal at Houston (Oct. 8)...Made a season-high two field goals and was a perfect 4-4 on PATs against SMU (Oct. 16)...Made five PATs and a 40-yard field goal in the win over Temple (Oct. 31)...Hit five PATs and a season-long 42-yard field goal in the win at ECU (Nov. 7).

2019: Played in every game for Tulane…51 of 51 on PATs…Made two field goals, including one for a career-best 44 yards against Auburn (Sept. 7)…Connected on 5 PATs and a field goal against MSU (Sept. 14)…Made 5 PATs and a 44-yard field goal against Houston (Sept. 19)…Made 6-of-6 PATs at Army (Oct. 5)…Converted on all six PATs against UConn (Oct. 12)…Logged a 31-yard field goal at Memphis (Oct. 18)…Went 5-5 on PAT’s at Navy (Oct. 26)…Was a perfect 5-5 on PATs against Tulsa (Nov. 2)…Drilled three of three PATs at Temple (Nov. 16)…Converted on four PATs against UCF (Nov. 23)…Made two field goals, including one from 42 yards, and two PATs at SMU (Nov. 30)...Recorded a season-high three made field goals against Southern Miss in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Jan. 4) and was 3-3 on PATs.

2018: Played in every game for the Green Wave as the team’s placekicker...Hit a career-long 40-yard field goal at UAB (Sept. 15)...Tied that career long with a 40-yarder against Houston (Nov. 15)...Notched a then-career-long 39-yarder in the season opener against Wake Forest (Aug. 30)...Made a season-best two field goals at USF (Nov. 3) and also had two kickoffs for the first time all season...Hit a 20-yard field goal against Memphis (Sept. 28) and at Tulsa (Oct. 27)...Kicked a 33-yard field goal against ECU to give Tulane a 6-point lead late in the game (Nov. 10)...Tied his season-best two field goals with 38 and 26-yard completions in Tulane’s win over Louisiana-Lafayette in the AutoNation Cure Bowl (Dec. 15).

2017: Played in 11 games for Tulane as the team’s primary placekicker...Made 8 of his 9 field goal attempts on the season for an 88.9 percent rate...If he had taken enough kicks to qualify, his 88.9 percent rate would have led The American...Had a season-long field goal of 37 yards against Cincinnati...Made a season-best three field goals against Cincinnati...Made 32 of 34 PATs on the year...Finished second on Tulane’s roster with 56 total points...Took two kickoffs in the season opener against Grambling, averaging 61 yards per kickoff.

2016: Did not play for the Green Wave in his first year with the team.

Personal: Pursuing a Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development...Played in high school at Friends Academy in Glen Cove, N.Y.

Glover’s Career Kicking Statistics
Years        GP-GS   FG   Att   Pct.   Long   PAT   Att   Pct.   Pts   KO   Yds
2017 11-0        8 9 88.9 37        32 34 94.1 56 2 122
2018 13-0 10 13   76.9 40        41 43 95.3 71 3        94
2019 13-0 13 17   76.5 44        51 51   1.000   90 69   4032
2020   12-0 9 15 60.0 42 51 52 98.1 78 74 4304
2021          12-0      6      11   54.5 41      33      33   1.000 51 0      0
Career 61-0 46 65 74.1 44 208 213 97.2 346 148 8552

Glover’s Career Highs
Points scored 12, 2x, last at Southern Miss, 9/26/20
PATs made 9 at Southern Miss, 9/26/20
Field goals made 3, 2x, last vs. vs. Southern Miss (LMAFB), 1/4/20
Field goals attempted 4 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17
Long 44, 2x, last vs. Houston, 9/19/19