{"id":625626,"date":"2026-04-24T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625626\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:40:11","slug":"cfl-scouting-bureaus-no-1-prospect-mesidor-taken-in-first-round-of-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625626\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL Scouting Bureau\u2019s No. 1 prospect Mesidor taken in first round of NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 Defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/04\/21\/mesidor-retains-no-1-spot-in-spring-edition-of-cfl-scouting-bureau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ranked No. 1 in the spring edition of the Canadian Football League (CFL) Scouting Bureau<\/a>, was selected by the Los Angeles Chargers in the first round (22nd overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa, Ontario native started 15 games for the Miami Hurricanes in 2025, recording 12.5 sacks and 17.5 tackles for loss.<\/p>\n<p>Mesidor will also be eligible for selection in the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft on Tuesday and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/04\/22\/mock-draft-2-0-whos-going-first-overall-to-ottawa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">went 73rd overall to the Montreal Alouettes in CFL.ca\u2019s Marshall Ferguson\u2019s latest Mock Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2911459 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777038011_319_CFL-Draft-Stacked-Wordmark.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"140\"\/>CFL CANADIAN DRAFT<br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/03\/31\/cfl-reveals-2026-cfl-draft-and-global-draft-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CFL reveals 2026 CFL Draft and 2026 Global Draft order<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/04\/22\/mock-draft-2-0-whos-going-first-overall-to-ottawa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mock Draft 2.0: Who\u2019s going first overall to Ottawa?<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/04\/21\/who-should-ottawa-pick-first-overall-in-the-2026-cfl-canadian-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Who should Ottawa pick first overall in the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft?<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s official YouTube channel - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s official YouTube channel<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" data-uw-original->Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mesidor helped Miami reach the College Football Playoff National Championship, where the Hurricanes fell 27-21 to Indiana. Over six collegiate seasons, two at West Virginia and four at Miami, the pass rusher totalled 35.5 sacks and 52.5 tackles for loss.<\/p>\n<p>His accolades include All-ACC First Team honours in 2025, along with All-ACC Honourable Mention selections in 2022 and 2024 and an All-Big 12 Honourable Mention in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor, ranked No. 1 in the spring edition of the Canadian Football League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-625626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}