Player Career

A.J. Mejia Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

A.J. Mejia story

A.J. Mejia built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a placekicker from Fairfax, VA wearing No. 96, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of A.J. Mejia's career was his special-teams scoring: 78 kicking points, 9 made field goals on 16 attempts, and 51 extra points across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Virginia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: A.J. Mejia moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Virginia

    2016-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia0
2017 PostseasonVirginia00
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia00
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia00
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia00
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia00
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Navy

Week 1 · L 7-49 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Virginia Tech

Week 13 · L 0-10 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Miami

Week 12 · L 28-44 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Louisville

Week 11 · L 21-38 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Georgia Tech

Week 10 · W 40-36 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Virginia

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2017 Regular Season · Virginia

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Virginia

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

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Impact games

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Splash games

0

10+ tackle games