CARD: Upper Deck UFL 2025
ACQUIRED: eBay, 2026

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Kirk Merritt RB/WR was very busy in college spending time at Oregon (2015), Texas A&M (’16), East Mississippi CC (’17), and Arkansas State (2018-’19).
• For the Red Wolves in 2018, he compiled 83 receptions for 1,005 yards and 7 TDs.
• Then in 2019, he had 70 receptions for 806 yards and 12 touchdowns.
• Signed in 2020 with the Dolphins where he spent the season on and off the regular season roster and the practice squad through 2021.
• In 2022, signed with the New Orleans Saints and was on the team’s practice squad through 2023.
• Signed with the UFL Houston Roughnecks in 2024, and finished with 14 carries for 187 yards and 9 carries for 28 yards and a TD.
• Then in 2025, posted 33 carries for 91 yards and a TD, and 13 catches for 124 yards.

NOTES:

While I believe in the slow evolution of sets from year to year like an elegant Corvette, this set seems to have taken a path in the wrong direction. It really doesn’t feel risky enough. What position does Kirk play? His position is either too small or disappears into the canvas. I also find the serif on his name stodgy and unnecessary. I opted out of spending the hundreds of dollars needed to purchase this set and the certified autos. I’ll just nickle and dime my way through and probably won’t buy the ’26 set since the Brahmas are no longer in the UFL.