Former defensive tackle at LSU. 2023: 4.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.
6′1″ · 295 lb · Saint Louis, MO
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DL recruit
No. 613 nationally · Signed with Missouri
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive tackle at LSU. 2023: 4.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.
Mehki Wingo
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Eli Drinkwitz and Brian Kelly. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 0.5 sacks against Arkansas — Week 4, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at LSU, 92 tackles — drafted at #189 overall by Detroit.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DetroitEntering 3rd NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (94th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #57 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023
W 49–39
at Missouri
3 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Missouri on the road in a shootout.
With J. Daniels — 259 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.1 · 130 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · J. Bramblett — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-45@ Florida State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 72-10vs Grambling | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-14@ Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31vs Arkansas | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 49-55@ Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-39@ Missouri | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-18vs Auburn | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 35-31vs Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 11 | 5.0 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Langston Murray’s 2021 season.
Matches Langston on
Differs from Langston on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Darrell Prater's junior season at Jacksonville State (2025).
Matches Darrell on
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Player DNA