WVU Football Recruiting
WVU Inks ESPN 4-star DE Akheem Mesidor
The West Virginia football program received a welcome surprise on Wednesday morning.
Akheem Mesidor, an ESPN four-star, 247 and Rivals three-star defensive end in the class of 2020, signed with WVU after having not previously been committed to the school.
Welcome defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor from Ottawa, Ontario and Clearwater Academy International!
➡️ https://t.co/zOvdfArKpr#HailWV | #TrustTheClimb | #TakeMeHome20 pic.twitter.com/Ui2TGgAsV1
— West Virginia Football (@WVUfootball) December 18, 2019
The six-foot-three, 250-pound defensive end played at Clearwater Academy International high school in Clearwater, Florida. Mesidor becomes the third defensive end in Neal Brown’s 2020 class after Taurus Simmons and Sean Martin.
A native of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Mesidor chose West Virginia over Pitt, Syracuse, UCLA and Georgia Tech. In all, Mesidor had received 29 scholarship offers.
For more from WVU’s Class of 2020, check out our live Signing Day tracker.
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