Measurables
- 6‘3 Height
- 263 lb. Weight
2025 Stats
- 67 Pressures (15.1% Pressure Rate)
- 4 QB Hits
- 12.5 Sacks
- 20.8% Pass Rush Win Rate
- 92.5 Pass Rush Grade
- 29 Solo Tackles
- 15 Assist Tackles
- 11 Missed Tackles (20% Missed Tackle Rate)
- 29 Run Stop
- 3 Forced Fumbles
Awards/Accolades
- First Team All ACC (2025)
- Jon Cornish Award Finalist (2025, Top Canadian Collegiate Football Player)
- Honorable Mention All ACC (2024)
- Lott IMPACT Trophy Watchlist (2022, IMPACT: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community, and Tenacity)
- Honorable Mention All Big12 (2021)
- First Team Freshman All American (2020)
- Second Team All Big12 (2020)
Strengths
- Bigger DE but still has strong quickness and agility.
- Reliable hands in pass rush, constantly moving with good power in his strikes and accurate swipes. Technician with bull rush speed to power, rip move, ghost move, and long arm move, alongside a wide array of counters. Knows how to sequence his rushes and can create pressure from a variety of paths.
- Can bait tackles with his movement speed to prepare for attacks outside shoulder before slashing inside or vice versa with his strong acceleration.
- Strong bend with torso and ankle flexibility to win on the outside corner.
- Can play inside or outside, both as a 3 Technique Defensive Tackle or as a Defensive End. Can also be a strong stunt and loop player to attack a variety of matchups.
- Strong pursuit in the Run and knows how to penetrate through gaps for negative plays with his speed and power from a variety of alignments.
Weaknesses
- Is age just a number? Mesidor will be 25 years old on draft day and will be 28 or 29 be the time his rookie deal is up.
- Tends to win more with finesse than power as Tackles with strong anchors can hold him back on power moves. Needs more strength to win consistently there on certain matchups.
- Has some issues in staying balanced. Can lose his feet under him when winning a rep and fall into the backfield rather than keeping his feet and being able to pursue ball carriers or QBs.
- Undisciplined in Edge contain, tries to crash inside and opens up cutback lanes/outside scramble opportunities. When he determines to set
- Block shedding is a struggle in run game, balance issues and strength concerns come into play with his anchor.
- Don’t drop him into coverage, 6 catches of 7 targets and 39 yards allowed in coverage in 2025. Lacks coverage instincts to protect zone reliably.
- Injury history: Missed 2023 with a foot injury, had surgery in 2024. Recovered since but will need to be monitored at Scouting combine.
Draft Projection
Round 2 Grade
Mesidor is one of the biggest draft risers from the College Playoffs, going from Round 3 Grade with a 90th overall big board ranking in early December to now a Round 2 Grade and a top 50 pick (who might sneak into Round 1).
What did Mesidor do to warrant such a grade jump? Just get 23 Pressures (18.1% Pressure Rate) and 5 sacks in his last 4 games against some of the best linemen in the country in matchups against Texas A&M, Ohio State, Ole Miss, and Indiana. Getting 4 pressures in the National Championship while being matched up against Indiana Left Tackle Carter Smith for some of those is not an easy feat, especially considering Smith entered the game allowing just 2 pressures all season. Mesidor dominating his end of season matchups naturally has him rapidly moving up boards.
Still there were always concern that Mesidor would not be able to fully erase no matter how well he played. His age in particular will be a major talking point for teams. They need a 25 year old pass rusher to be able to hit his ceiling quicker than most other prospects before the dreaded 30 year old age regression begins. Will he be able to hit the ground running and provide quality play before his rookie contract is up. And even if he is a hit, being 28-29 and needing your first big money contract for long term is not an easy negotiation with teams in the pass rusher market.
Mesidor has plenty of potential for immediate impact, with a level of polish and variety in his pass rush snaps combined with strong athleticism on a good frame. It is easy to see the path for him to be a strong short term contributor to a team. In an NFL landscape where patience is a scarce resource, that could be big for Mesidor’s draft stock.
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