Akheem Mesidor

Former defensive lineman at Miami. 2025: 12.5 sacks, 17.5 tackles for loss, 63 tackles.

DL · Miami · Sr. · #3

6′3″ · 280 lb · Ottawa, ON

CFB Index 97 · #2 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Los Angeles — Rd 1, Pick 22, #22 overall

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Sacks: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

12.5

sacks · 2025

17.5 TFL · 63 tackles · 6 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 5 tackles, vs Ohio State

Statement game8 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3.5 sacksat Virginia Tech (FBS) · W 20-14

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Miami. 2025: 12.5 sacks, 17.5 tackles for loss, 63 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Clearwater Academy International in 2020.
Transferred from West Virginia to Miami in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the Los Angeles in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Six seasons at Miami, 34 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #22 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

20207 games

Recruited3-star out of Clearwater Academy International
All-Big 12second

202210 games

Entered the portal

202515 games

All-ACCfirst

2026

Drafted by Los Angelesround 1, pick 22

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#636 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #22

Los Angeles · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2025

3 coaches

2020

Manny Diaz

Miami

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

era →

2022–2025

Mario Cristobal

Miami

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Manny Diaz, Jess Simpson, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

#22Rd 1 · Pick 22

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

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2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

97All-America level #2 of 420?

Medium confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#3 / 2975 · 100th pct

12.5

Tackles for loss#5 / 2975 · 100th pct

17.5

QB hurries#117 / 2975 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#271 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles#360 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

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

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #2 of 420 FBS edge rushers by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

97 · #2 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #2 at the position.

Career stats

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	--	--	--
2020	West Virginia	30	19	5.5	5.0	--	--	--
Career		206	122	51.5	34.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 24–14

at Ohio State

5 TOT · 5 SOLO · 2 SACKS

With D. Joyce — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · C. Beck — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 23 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 27-24vs Notre Dame	5	3	1.5	1.5	—	2 sacks
Wk 2	W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 49-12vs South Florida	6	1	0.5	0.5	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	W 26-7vs Florida	4	3	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Florida State	6	5	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Louisville	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 20-26@ SMU	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 38-10vs Syracuse	4	3	3.5	1.5	—	3.5 TFL
Wk 12	W 41-7vs NC State	5	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	W 34-17@ Virginia Tech	5	3	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 14	W 38-7@ Pittsburgh	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 10-3@ Texas A&M	5	1	1.5	1.5	—
Bowl	W 24-14@ Ohio State	5	5	2.0	2.0	—
Bowl	W 31-27@ Ole Miss	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 21-27@ Indiana	3	2	2.0	2.0	—
Total		63	38	17.5	12.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Akheem Mesidor

Country hotter than the fans

20207 games

202210 games

202515 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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