He is a Vanier Cup champion after leading the Western Mustangs to a win in 2017 and a Hec Crighton Trophy winner after he earned the award in the final year of his university playing eligibility in 2019.
[4] He led the team to a first-place finish in the OUA and narrowly lost the Yates Cup to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks by a score of 43–40.
[6] He was also successful with running the ball as he had 13 carries for 89 yards and two touchdowns en route to being awarded the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as the game's MVP.
As the defending Vanier Cup champions in 2018, Merchant again led the Mustangs to an undefeated regular season as he completed 127 passes out of 173 attempts for 2,104 yards with 17 touchdowns and five interceptions.
[4][8] After attending training camp with the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes, Merchant returned to the Mustangs to complete his U Sports eligibility.
[9][13] He finished his collegiate career having played in 32 regular season games, completing 521 out of 775 pass attempts for 8,202 yards with 57 touchdowns and 26 interceptions.
[19] On August 10, 2020, it was announced that Merchant had signed with the Las Rozas Black Demons of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano to play in their 2021 season.