K. Sam Merriman, seventh round, 1983, Idaho/Amphi
The only Division I-AA player in the 1984 East-West Shrine Game, Merriman was a sideline-to-sideline linebacker who excelled at special teams in five seasons with Seattle. He watched the ’83 NFL draft at the home of Idaho head coach Dennis Erickson. “He knew I’d go crazy by myself,” said Merriman, “so he invited me over for breakfast.”
Life after football: He coached high school football in the Seattle area for 14 years, but has returned to Tucson and is in the real estate business.
