Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022South Florida
Mekhi LaPointe
DB • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Seffner, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mekhi LaPointe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
62
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Mekhi LaPointe built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from Seffner, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Mekhi LaPointe's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- South Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Mekhi LaPointe, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · South Florida. Mekhi LaPointe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 193
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Mekhi LaPointe quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · DB
- Career Tackles
- 193
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · South Florida
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Armwood · South Florida
- High school pipeline
- Armwood · 65 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 53 tackles · DB 113th (top 13%) · American Athletic 42nd (top 9%) · National 506th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | South Florida | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Florida | 8 | 32 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 27.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Florida | 8 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 7 | 33 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 60.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 11 | 59 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 63.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Florida | 10 | 53 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 37.9 |
Related Context
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Mekhi LaPointe played DB for South Florida. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mekhi LaPointe recorded 193 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with South Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
South Florida paired 8.5 primary output with 30.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · South Florida
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
27.1
Usage
6.7
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 1. Howard: 0. Florida: 3. Louisville: 1. East Carolina: 0. Houston: 0. Temple: 0. SMU: 0. Tulsa: 0. UCF: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 10 by 51.7. Howard: 4 by 16.7. Florida: 7 by 59.2. Louisville: 2 by 18.3. East Carolina: 10 by 41.7. Houston: 4 by 16.7. Temple: 3 by 12.5. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 4 by 16.7. UCF: 8 by 33.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Florida
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | vs UCF | L 39-46 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Tulsa | L 42-48 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs SMU | L 23-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Temple | L 28-54 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Houston | L 27-42 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs East Carolina10+ tackles | L 28-48 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Louisville | L 3-41 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ FloridaSplash game | L 28-31 | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Howard | W 42-20 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs BYU10+ tackles | L 21-50 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mekhi LaPointe story
Mekhi LaPointe built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from Seffner, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Mekhi LaPointe's career was his defensive production: 193 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Mekhi LaPointe's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Florida
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | South Florida | 4 | 22.7 | 4 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Florida | 4 | 22.7 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 7.3 | 1.1 | -4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 6 | 28.2 | 10.6 | 6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 8.5 | 30.1 | 8.7 | 2.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Florida | 5 | 27.1 | 6.7 | -3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulsa
Week 7 · W 25-24 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida
Week 3 · L 28-31
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Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Temple
Week 7 · L 37-39 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Notre Dame
Week 3 · L 0-52
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#5
@ UCF
Week 13 · L 13-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · South Florida
8.5 primary output · 30.1 efficiency · 8.7 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · South Florida
60.2
6 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 10.6 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · South Florida
38.9
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
6
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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