Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Miami
Akheem Mesidor
DL • 6'3" • 280 lbs • Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Akheem Mesidor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- West Virginia • Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Akheem Mesidor built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Ottawa, ON wearing No. 3, spending time with Miami and West Virginia. The clearest part of Akheem Mesidor's career was his...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 22
- Overall
- No. 22
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Chargers
Akheem Mesidor, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Miami. Akheem Mesidor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 206
- TFL
- 51.5
- Sacks
- 34.5
- QB hurries
- 15
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Akheem Mesidor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · DL
- Career Tackles
- 206
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 60 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Miami
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 1 · Pick 22 · Los Angeles Chargers
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 63 tackles · DL 9th (top 1%) · ACC 44th (top 6%) · National 360th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | West Virginia | 8 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | West Virginia | 8 | 27 | 5.5 | 5 | - | - | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | West Virginia | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 49.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 12 | 36 | 8 | 4.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 49.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 10 | 38 | 10.5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 64.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Miami | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami | 13 | 31 | 8 | 5.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Miami | 15 | 17 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 75.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Miami | 15 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 5 | - | 0 | 75.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | West Virginia to Miami | P4 to P4 | 88.6 | Mar 31, 2022 |
Akheem Mesidor played DL for West Virginia and Miami. Across 6 tracked seasons, Akheem Mesidor recorded 206 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Miami.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Miami paired 36 primary output with 40.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 23 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, Miami.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Miami
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
23
Usage
8.3
Consistency
53.4
Best Game by takeover score
South Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 2. Florida: 0. Florida A&M: 0.5. Ball State: 1. South Florida: 2.5. Virginia Tech: 1. California: 1. Louisville: 2. Florida State: 2. Duke: 0.5. Georgia Tech: 0. Wake Forest: 2. Syracuse: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa State: 1 by 24.2. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Florida A&M: 2 by 13.3. Ball State: 1 by 14.2. South Florida: 3 by 37.5. Virginia Tech: 3 by 22.5. California: 1 by 14.2. Louisville: 1 by 24.2. Florida State: 3 by 32.5. Duke: 4 by 21.7. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 7 by 49.2. Syracuse: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 10 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Florida
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | vs Iowa StateSplash game | L 41-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ SyracuseSplash game | L 38-42 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Wake ForestSplash game | W 42-14 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Georgia Tech | L 23-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Duke | W 53-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Florida StateSplash game | W 36-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ LouisvilleSplash game | W 52-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/6 | @ California | W 39-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/27 | vs Virginia Tech | W 38-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ South FloridaSplash game | W 50-15 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Ball State | W 62-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Florida A&M | W 56-9 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Florida | W 41-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Akheem Mesidor story
Akheem Mesidor built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Ottawa, ON wearing No. 3, spending time with Miami and West Virginia. The clearest part of Akheem Mesidor's career was his defensive production: 206 tackles, 51.5 tackles for loss, 34.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 60 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Miami. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Akheem Mesidor's production has multiple signals. With 60 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami and West Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Akheem Mesidor 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
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- 1
West Virginia
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Miami
2022-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | West Virginia | 10.5 | 28.8 | 7.9 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | West Virginia | 10.5 | 28.8 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | West Virginia | 16.5 | 26.9 | 9.5 | 6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 16.5 | 26.9 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 24.5 | 38.3 | 16.3 | 8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 1 | 15.4 | 5.1 | -23.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Miami | 16.5 | 23 | 8.3 | 15.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami | 16.5 | 23 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Miami | 36 | 40.8 | 13 | 19.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Miami | 36 | 40.8 | 13 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia Tech
Week 7 · W 20-14 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Kansas
Week 7 · W 38-17 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 115 Syracuse
Week 11 · W 38-10 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Kansas
Week 13 · W 34-28 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 10 · L 3-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Miami
36 primary output · 40.8 efficiency · 13 usage
75.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · Miami
75.5
36 primary · 40.8 efficiency · 13 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Miami
64.7
24.5 primary · 38.3 efficiency · 16.3 usage
Milestones
25
Impact games
29
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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