Mitchell Melton

PRIOR TO VIRGINIA

AT OHIO STATE (2020-24)
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 (9/28). 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 (9/16). 2022 – Primarily used as an edge/rush 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 season due to 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 … 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.