Senior defensive lineman on Iowa State's 2025 roster.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Chardon, OH
The numbers
sacks · 2025
9 tackles
Best game: 3 tackles, at Arkansas State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Iowa State's 2025 roster.
Myles Mendeszoon
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. This is his fifth year in the same defensive front at Iowa State. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Arkansas State — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Campbell.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Matt Campbell — 37-27 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Iowa State | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Iowa State | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Iowa State | 14 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Iowa State | 13 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Iowa State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 52 | 25 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs South Dakota | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-16@ Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 30-38@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Iowa State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Iowa State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Iowa State · Last season: 8-4 (AP #22) · Talent rank #68 · 2026 recruiting class #54
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Mike Tverdov’s 2021 season.
Matches Mike on
Differs from Mike on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Zukudo Igwenagu's senior season at Massachusetts (2025).
Matches Zukudo on
Player DNA