# Davontae Merriweather

Davontae Merriweather (born October 20, 1993) is an American professional indoor football defensive back for the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football at Saddleback College before transferring to West Texas A&M.

## College career
### West Texas A&M

On January 8, 2014, Merriweather committed to San Diego State, but never enrolled, sitting out during the 2014 season.

### College statistics

| Season | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Season | GP | GS | Solo | Ast | Cmb | TfL | Sck | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | FF | TD |
| Saddleback Bobcats ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 21 | 53 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| West Texas A&M Buffaloes ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 21 | 57 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 37 | 29 | 104 | 77 | 181 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 10 | 182 | 18.2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

## Professional career
### Arizona Rattlers
#### 2018 season

Merriweather signed with the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League (IFL) for the 2018 season. He made his debut on February 25, 2018, against the Sioux Falls Storm, where he collected four tackles in the 33–39 loss. On June 16, against the Nebraska Danger, Merriweather intercepted his first two career passes in the 59–23 win. The Rattlers season came to an end when Sioux Falls beat them 68–69 in overtime of the IFL Semifinals.

#### 2020 season
### Toronto Argonauts

On December 21, 2020, the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) signed Merriweather. On July 27, 2021, Merriweather was released.

### Arizona Rattlers (II)
#### 2021 season

On August 3, 2021, the Rattlers re-signed Merriweather for the remainder of the 2021 season.

#### 2022 season

On November 4, 2021, the Rattlers re-signed Merriweather for the 2022 season.

#### 2023 season

On October 11, 2022, Merriweather re-signed with the Rattlers for the 2023 season.

#### 2025 season

On February 1, 2025, Merriweather re-signed with the Rattlers for the 2025 season.

## IFL career statistics

Legend :
| | IFL Defensive Player of the Year |
| | IFL National Championship MVP |
| | Won the IFL National Championship |
| | Led the league |
| Bold | Career high |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | TD |
| 2018 | ARI | 9 | 5 | 52 | 39 | 13 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | ARI | 14 | 14 | 103 | 71 | 32 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | ARI | 0 | 0 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| 2021 | ARI | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | ARI |
| 2023 | ARI |
| 2024 | ARI |
| 2025 | ARI |

### Postseason

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | TD |
| 2018 | ARI | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | ARI | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | ARI | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | ARI | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | ARI | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | ARI | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | Career | 12 | 12 | 67 | 47 | 20 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |