Mekhi LaPointe: DB · South Florida · #22.
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Mekhi LaPointe
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at South Florida. On tape: 10 tackles against East Carolina, Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | South Florida | 53 | 38 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | South Florida | 59 | 38 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | South Florida | 33 | 28 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | South Florida | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | South Florida | 34 | 23 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 193 | 136 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-50vs No. 25 BYU | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 42-20vs Howard | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31@ No. 18 Florida | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-41@ Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-48vs East Carolina | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-42@ Houston | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-54@ Temple | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-41vs SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 42-48@ Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 39-46vs No. 25 UCF | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 38 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL53 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Scott
Pass share
42.7%
326 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
63.7
12 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
338 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at South Florida, 193 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, and Daniel Da Prato. Multi-era developmental context.
