{"id":818947,"date":"2026-03-18T11:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/818947\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:22:22","slug":"miami-edge-rusher-akheem-mesidor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/818947\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami edge rusher Akheem Mesidor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How he stacks up: Mesidor is the No. 22 overall prospect in NFL media analyst Daniel Jeremiah&#8217;s latest ranking of the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/daniel-jeremiah-s-top-50-2026-nfl-draft-prospect-rankings-3-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top 50 players<\/a> available in the draft. Jeremiah has just three edge rushers \u2013 David Bailey, Arvell Reese and Rueben Bain Jr. \u2013 ranked higher than Mesidor.<\/p>\n<p>Mesidor comes in at No. 19 on Dane Brugler of The Athletic&#8217;s list of the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7009839\/2026\/02\/10\/nfl-draft-2026-rankings-prospects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top 100 players<\/a> in the class.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After several years of flash plays, Mesidor put it all together as a super senior and made significant strides with his pass-rush instincts,&#8221; Brugler wrote of Mesidor. &#8220;Along with urgent upfield quickness, he has aggressive, well-timed hands and a deep bag of rush moves, which allows him to vary his attack and create challenging angles for blockers. Because of his age and injury history, Mesidor won&#8217;t be universally loved, but his 2025 tape shows a disruptive force.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NFL.com lead draft writer Eric Edholm recently released his list of the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/eric-edholm-s-top-100-nfl-draft-prospects-1-0-ranking-the-best-players-in-the-2026-class\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top 100 players<\/a> available in the draft and Mesidor comes in at No. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Miller of ESPN lists Mesidor as the No. 30 overall prospect on his <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/47190881\/2026-nfl-draft-rankings-matt-miller-top-prospects-players-positions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top 50<\/a>. Mesidor comes in at No. 18 on ESPN draft analyst Jordan Reid&#8217;s <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/47027232\/2026-nfl-draft-rankings-jordan-reid-top-prospects-players-positions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top 50 prospects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s an aggressive and heavy-handed edge prospect that was a tough ask for any offensive lineman to block,&#8221; Reid said of Mesidor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s on the older side (turns 25 in April), but all the sources I talked to said Mesidor&#8217;s age won&#8217;t be a major factor in his evaluation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What he had to say: &#8220;You can call me a seasoned rookie,&#8221; Mesidor said of his age at the NFL Scouting Combine. &#8220;I think I&#8217;m coming in more mature with a different approach and different mentality than a lot of younger guys. I think my age can be a plus depending how you look at it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How he stacks up: Mesidor is the No. 22 overall prospect in NFL media analyst Daniel Jeremiah&#8217;s latest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,416,49,48,5515,415],"class_list":{"0":"post-818947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-homepage-centerpiece-package","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-news-road-to-the-draft-yoy","13":"tag-news-twentyman"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116249922314858217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}