Defensive end, Virginia (from Ohio State), 2020–25
Mitchell Melton
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 256 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Silver Spring, MD
- Born
- Mar 17, 2002
Mitchell Melton played defensive end at Ohio State (2020–24) and Virginia (2025).
Career highs
2sacks, career highat Louisville, 2025Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2020; National champions, 2024 (Ohio State)
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 12 | 6 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Virginia | 45 | 17 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Career | 60 | 26 | 16 | 7.5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ohio State | 17 | DE | |||
| 2021 | Ohio State | 17 | DE | RS | ||
| 2022 | Ohio State | 17 | DE | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Ohio State | 17 | DE | So. | ||
| 2024 | Ohio State | 17 | DE | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Virginia | 17 | DE | Sr. | 6′4″ | 256 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Virginia 14 games, 45 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Coastal Carolina | W 48–7 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at NC State | L 31–35 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. William & Mary | W 55–16 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Stanford | W 48–20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Florida State | W 46–38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Louisville | W 30–27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Washington State | W 22–20 | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at North Carolina | W 17–16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 1 | at California | W 31–21 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Wake Forest | L 9–16 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Duke | W 34–17 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 27–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs.Duke | L 20–27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Missouri | W 13–7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Ohio State 6 games, 12 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Akron | W 52–6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Western Michigan | W 56–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Marshall | W 49–14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at Michigan State | W 38–7 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Iowa | W 35–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 21 ✦ | vs. Tennessee | W 42–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Ohio State 2 games, 3 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 63–10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Purdue | W 41–7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3″ |
| Weight | 253 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅛″ |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ |
| Wingspan | 78½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.63 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 s |
| Vertical jump | 30½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.03 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.44 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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