Akheem Mesidor
Los Angeles ChargersPos ILB
Updated September 3, 2026
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 22 · Los Angeles Chargers · 2026
Miami (ACC)
Taken
#22
where he actually went
Consensus board
31st
average of the public big boards that spring
Our board
31st
where we had him ranked
Our college model
#180
among LB in our college data
He went earlier than consensus.
In college · 2020-2025 · 57 games
34.5 sacks, 50 TFL, 50 pressures, 201 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 220 players taken as a late first-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 70% earned a second contract and 72% became starters. The median one started 58 career games.