Mitchell Melton

PRIOR TO VIRGINIA (OHIO STATE) 
2024: Appeared in 13 games for the National Champion Buckeyes …. credited with 12 tackles (6 solo), 3.5 TFL and two sacks … season-high three tackles including 1.5 sacks and a QB hurry against Michigan State on Sept. 28. 2023: Saw action in eight games … totaled three tackles, all solo efforts and all tackles for loss … recorded his first career sack in a 63-10 win over Western Kentucky on Sept. 16. 2022: Was being used as a rush end/linebacker in 2022 spring drills by the new defensive staff before an injury ended his spring … did not appear in any games. 2021: Missed the 2021 campaign because of injury. 2020: Played in one game as a true freshman in 2020 for the Big Ten and Sugar Bowl champion Buckeyes.

HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
• Played Andy Stefanelli at Good Counsel High School … helped the Falcons win the 2019 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship with a 16-14 victory over St. John’s … Good Counsel finished the 2019 season 9-3 and were ranked No. 1 by The Washington Post and No. 11 nationally by MaxPreps … a four-star prospect who 247Sports ranked as the No. 11 outside linebacker and No. 8 player in Maryland … finished senior season with 97 tackles, 16 tackles-for-loss, one interception, four forced fumbles, eight pass breakups and a team-record 20 sacks … 2019 WCAC Defensive Player of the Year and first-team defense (linebacker) … had eight tackles, 3.5 sacks and one pass breakup in a 2019 WCAC semifinal win over Gonzaga and two more sacks in the championship game … NBC Sports Washington’s All-DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) football team – Defensive Student-Athlete of the Year … Washington Post All-Met 2019 Football Team – First-team defense … son of Jennifer and Jeff Melton … has an older sister, Sydney … graduated with a degree in communication from Ohio State in December of 2023.