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2009 Football Roster

87 Merrick Lanaux

87 Merrick Lanaux

  • Position:
    Wide Receiver
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-5 / 205
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hammond, La.
  • High School:
    Hammond HS

Summary

Biography

2008: Granted a medical redshirt … Heads into senior season ranked ninth in school history with nine receiving touchdowns and 10th in school history with 947 receiving yards.

2007:
Started six of the nine games he appeared in … Finished the season with 19 catches for 289 yards and three touchdowns … In his 2007 debut, caught five passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns in Southeastern win over Kentucky Wesleyan … Best game of the year came at Tulane, where he caught six passes for a career-high 117 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown catch … Had a 51-yard reception on the opening series of the game at Northwestern State … Had two catches in each of the season’s final three games ... Also credited with a reception versus Stephen F. Austin … Slowed by injuries throughout most of his junior season.

2006:
Played in nine games and started six for the Lions ... Caught 28 passes for 315 yards ... Tied for the team lead with three touchdown receptions...Sixth in the Southland Conference with 3.11 receptions per game ... Best game came versus Gardner-Webb ... Pulled in career-high 10 passes for 102 yards, including a season-long 44-yarder, versus GWU ... Scored Lions’ first touchdown of the season - a 25-yard pass from Seth Babin - in season-opener at New Mexico State ... Caught five passes for 56 yards and a 28-yard touchdown in 31-24 overtime win over Northwestern State ... Also caught scoring pass in 41-13 rout of Jacksonville ... Made five catches for 57 yards at Texas State ... Recorded three catches at Nicholls State.

2005:
Finished the season with 19 catches for 343 yards and three touchdowns ... Caught a pass in all but one game, including the last seven ... Broke out in season finale at Mississippi Valley State, catching four passes for 111 yards and two scores ... Caught a team season-long pass of 62 yards for a touchdown at Northwestern State on the way to a four-catch, 87-yard performance ... Recorded three receptions at Sam Houston State and made two catches versus McNeese State and Nicholls State.

High School:
Recorded 30 catches for 700 yards with seven TDs in his senior campaign …  All-District selection who was also a member of the All-State Academic team … FPTV Player of the Game against Northside … four year honor roll student.

Personal:
Born in Covington ... One of Bobby and Cub Lanaux’s three sons ... Older brother Hynson played for Southland Conference rival McNeese State, while brother Bob played at Arkansas State ... Hobbies include hunting and fishing … a general studies major.
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