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Merlin Walet

Walet, Merlin Peter, Jr.
Height: 5-11 Weight: 225
Born: April 1, 1943 Loreauville, LA
Died: May 15, 2015 New Iberia, LA
High School: Loreauville (LA)

Year	College	Status
1962	Louisiana State	Freshmen Team
1963	McNeese State	Lettered
1964	McNeese State	Lettered
1965	McNeese State	Lettered

Draft: 10th round (73rd overall) 1965 Denver Broncos (redshirt); 11th round (149th overall) 1965 Los Angeles Rams

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL	30	FB-RLB	8
1967 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1967 WHE COFL	31	FB
1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1968 OV COFL	38	FB
1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL	38	FB
1970 Jersey Tigers (ACFL)1970 JERT ACFL	35	FB

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	11/28/1964	1965 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1965 LARM NFL
Draft	11/28/1964	1965 Denver Broncos (AFL)1965 DEN AFL
Signed		1966 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1966 LARM NFL
Released		1966 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1966 LARM NFL
Signed		1966 Denver Broncos (AFL)1966 DEN AFL
Released		1966 Denver Broncos (AFL)1966 DEN AFL
Signed		1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL
Free Agent		1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1968 OV COFL
Signed		1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL
Released		1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL
Signed		1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL
Free Agent		1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL
Signed		1970 Jersey Tigers (ACFL)1970 JERT ACFL
Free Agent		1970 Jersey Tigers (ACFL)1970 JERT ACFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1967 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1967 WHE COFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1968 OV COFL	14	0			-	-	-	0	0		-	0	84
1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	54
1970 Jersey Tigers (ACFL)1970 JERT ACFL	3	0			-	-	-	0			-	0	18

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL	21	90	4.3	16	0		0	0
1967 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1967 WHE COFL	34	99	2.9	19	2		0	0
1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1968 OV COFL	158	696	4.4	21	11			0
1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL	180	673	3.7	27	9			0
1970 Jersey Tigers (ACFL)1970 JERT ACFL	129	512	4.0	25	3			0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1968 OV COFL	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0						39.6

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL		4		20	5.0	7	0		0	0
1967 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1967 WHE COFL		5		43	8.6	15	0		0	0
1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1968 OV COFL		12		135	11.3	26	2			0
1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL		17		140	8.2	74	0
1970 Jersey Tigers (ACFL)1970 JERT ACFL		8		70	8.8	20	0			0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL	1		19	19.0	19	0	0	0
1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL	1		0	0.0	0	0	0	0

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