Timothy Merritt holds the LCB · Depth spot in Tennessee Volunteers’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Timothy Merritt is a left cornerback for the Tennessee Volunteers standing 6'1" and weighing 194 pounds. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Merritt attended Parker High School, where he was a 3-star recruit with a rating of 0.8883 and ranked 506 overall in the 2025 class. In his 2025 campaign, he recorded 4 total tackles and 2 solo tackles while seeing action on defense. The sophomore cornerback returns to the roster for the upcoming season.

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