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2025 Football Roster

1 Hugo Merry

  • Position Place Kicker
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Junior
  • Weight 195
  • Hometown Frederick, Md.
  • Previous School Frederick
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2024: Named the Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 21 … Played in all 10 games …  Set  program record by making 11 straight field goals between 2023-2024 seasons  …  Enters 2025 with 35 consecutive made PATs dating back to the end of the 2023 season, which ties the Columbia benchmark … Made 11 field goals in 17 attempts …. Was 24-for-24 in PATs … Averaged 1.1 made field goals per game which was tied for third most in the Ivy League … Averaged 5.7 points per game which was tied for 10th most among all players in the Ivy League, fifth among kickers … Made a season-long field goal of 43 yards three times … Was 3-for-4 in field goal attempts in the win over Penn (Oct. 19).

2023: Appeared in all 10 games… Named the team's Ken Germann Freshman Award for the most accomplished and outstanding first-year/rookie player…. Named the team's starter from week one and drilled eight field goals, including a long of 45 yards (at Cornell on Nov. 18)... Made five field goals from 40 yards out or further… Kicked nine touchbacks.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2023 graduate of Frederick High School in Frederick, Maryland, where he earned two letters in football for Head Coach Kevin Pirri … He also was part of the soccer and track team … Earned one letter in soccer and two letters in track … Made a career-long 54-yard field goal during his senior season … Had a 97% success rate on PATs during his senior season … Was named to the All-County First Team as a senior … Named to the honor roll every semester during high school … Named a Scholar-Athlete for football.

PERSONAL: His uncle, James was part of the rowing team at Columbia...Enrolled in Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 98

    2023First Year

    Place Kicker
    6'2" 215 lbs
    98
  • 1

    2024Sophomore

    Place Kicker
    6'2" 190 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2025Junior

    Place Kicker
    6'3" 195 lbs
    1