Chris Merrill Class: Senior Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz. High School: Saguaro HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 274 Position: Defensive End Experience: 2L

Arizona: 2L... Will push for duty on the interior as a fifth-year senior in 2012... Solid in seven 2011 appearances with four tackles at Washington, his career high... Also added three hits at Boulder... Lettered as a backup and special teams player in eight games in 2010... Had two tackles against Washington... Appeared in four games in 2009 and played as middle blocker on kick return unit... Redshirted true freshman season in 2008... Coaches' citation as scout team player of the week for the New Mexico game in 2008...

Career: 19 Games, 7+3 - 10 tackles, 0.5 TFL

High School: Saguaro High School, Scottsdale, Ariz., 2008... PrepStar All-West... Arizona Football Coaches Association first-team All-State 4A defensive line... East Valley Tribune All-4A-2A second-team offensive line... Comes to UA from a team with twin titles and a 27-1 record in past two years under coach John Sanders... 1st team all 4A as an OL and 1st team all region on both sides of the ball as a junior after recording 73 tackles and 21 sacks... Helped team win 4A Division I state title junior year at 13-1... Merrill caused a fumble that led to the winning score in 41-21 victory over Sabino in that title game...Sabercats repeated at 14-0 in 2007 with a 23-21 victory over CDO... 12 sacks as senior two-way player...

Personal: Academic major is interdisciplinary studies...