CFB Zeitgeist Score
83
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 100th percentile.
Akheem Mesidor
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
63 TACKLES · 12.5 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season
#22Rd 1 · Pick 22
Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season
DL · MIAMI · ACC
Akheem Mesidor
- 4
- #3
- 6-3 | 280 lb
- Ottawa, ON
Heisman Heat
#2976
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #22
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8726 | No. 636 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | West Virginia -> Miami | 4-star | 0.9200 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8726
#636 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 1, Pick 22
#22 overall · Los Angeles
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Akheem Mesidor
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Akheem Mesidor
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 15g
63Tackles
17.5Tackles for loss
12.5Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
1.2Tackles for loss
0.8Sacks
Final
63Tackles
17.5Tackles for loss
12.5Sacks
✓ Hit 6-sack season · finished with 12.5.
✓ Hit 10-sack season · finished with 12.5.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Akheem Mesidor is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Miami's defense, with 12.5 sacks, 17.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
63 93rd
SOLO
38 94th
TFL
17.5 100th
SACK
12.5 100th
QBH
6 94th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 15 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24vs Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-12vs South Florida | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7vs Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22@ Florida State | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Louisville | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26@ SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7vs NC State | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-17@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-7@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 10-3@ Texas A&M | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 24-14@ Ohio State | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 31-27@ Ole Miss | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 21-27@ Indiana | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 38 | 17.5 | 12.5 | — | 0 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2021West Virginia6-6HC: Neal Brown · Balanced
2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | 63 | 38 | 17.5 | 12.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Miami | 32 | 17 | 9.0 | 5.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Miami | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Miami | 38 | 21 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 38 | 24 | 8.0 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 176 | 103 | 46.0 | 29.5 | 4 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 63 | #360/4942 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 17.5 | #5/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 12.5 | #3/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 6 | #117/1878 | 94th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 38 | #271/4584 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road8g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins12g | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort
83All-Conference
Elite: sacks (99th). Strength: tackles for loss (99th). Concern: passes defended (17th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DL · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Akheem MesidorMiamiMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 89% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 88% simOumar DiomandeUConn· 86% sim
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Solo tackles
Tackles
Passes defended
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The 3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Simeon Barrow Jr.’s 2024 season.
Simeon Barrow Jr.
90%match
#2
Elhadj Fall
86%
#3
Tobin Phillips
85%
#4
Akheem Mesidor
NFL Rd 1 · Pk 22
84%
#5
Akheem Mesidor
NFL Rd 1 · Pk 22
83%
Matches Simeon on
Weight
Height
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.2%
496 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
65.6
16 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.1%
245 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Jess Simpson
Miami
2022era →
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2023
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2024
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2025
Mario Cristobal
Miami
Coaching transition mid-career: Jess Simpson → Mario Cristobal. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownOttawa, ON
Height6'3"
Weight280 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey3
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMiami
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | DL4 | #2976 | #3394 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Miami | DL4 | #10214 | #10010 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Miami | DL4 | #7061 | #8108 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | West Virginia | DL4 | #6461 | #7180 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 3 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Ottawa, ON |
| 2024 | Miami | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 3 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Ottawa, ON |
| 2023 | Miami | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 3 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Ottawa, ON |
| 2022 | Miami | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 3 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Ottawa, ON |
| 2021 | West Virginia | Big 12 | DL | 4 | No. 3 | 6-3 | 280 lb | Ottawa, ON |