Bjorn Merten

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Bjorn Merten
No. 37
Career information
Position(s) Placekicker
College UCLA
High school Centreville (Clifton, Virginia)
Career history
As player
1993–1996 UCLA Bruins
Career highlights and awards

Bjorn Merten is a former American football placekicker who played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles and attended Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia. [1] [2] He was a consensus All-American in 1993 as a freshman. [3] [4] [5] He also earned All-Pac-10 honors in 1996. [6]

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