2022 Football Roster
Mekhi LaPointe
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Seffner, Fla.
- High School:
- Armwood HS
2022: Saw action in 11 games and made six startsโฆinjuries limited his playing time mid-season after starting the first five gamesโฆranked third on the team with 53 tackles and added two tackles for loss a sack and an interceptionโฆled the team with 10 tackles and had an interception in the home opener against BYU (9/3)โฆmade seven tackles, two tackles for loss, and a sack at No.18 Florida (9/17)โฆ posted a season-high 10 tackles (8 solo) vs. ECU (10/1)โฆreturned to full strength with eight tackles in the season-finale vs. UCF (11/26)โฆposted at least on tackle in 10 games.
2021:ย Named a team captain...started all 11 games he played in at safety...tied for fourth on the team with 59 tackles and tied for the team lead with two interceptions...added 2.5 tackles for loss and three pass breakups...led USF with seven tackles at Tulane (11/20) and added 1.5 tackles for loss...posted a season-high 10 tackles at ECU (10/28)...made seven stops at NC State (9/2), vs. Tulsa (10/16) and vs. Houston (11/6)...grabbed an interception and returned it 50 yards vs. Florida (9/11)...made an interception vs. Temple (10/23).
2020: Saw action in seven of the Bulls' nine games on the year and made six starts at safety...posted 33 tackles (tied for third among secondary players) and added 2.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions (second on the team) and two pass-break-ups on the year...posted a season-high eight tackles at Memphis (11/7) and added a tackle for loss...grabbed his first interception of the year in the season-opening win vs. The Citadel (9/12) and added four tackles...grabbed an interception and added five tackles at Temple (10/17)...had three tackles and a tackle for loss at Notre Dame (9/19)...posted five tackles vs. Tulsa (10/23) and UCF (11/27).
2019: Saw action in nine games at defensive backโฆhad three games with multiple tackles, including a season-high five tackles vs. Wisconsin (8/30)โฆbroke up a pass vs. South Carolina State (9/14)โฆfinished with 14 tackles on the season.
2018: Appeared in 11 games and drew four startsโฆtotaled 34 tackles (23 solo) and two tackles for lossโฆled the team with nine tackles at Tulsa (10/12) and with 11 against UConn (10/20), a career highโฆhelped USF rank 35th in the NCAA in passing yards allowed with 199.1 per gameโฆrecorded his first career interception against Houston (10/27)...posted a tackle in eight games.
2017: Redshirt season...did not see action.
ARMWOOD HS:ย Played for Sean Callahan at Armwood High Schoolโฆmissed most of his senior season with an injury, totaling 19 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss in just six games while serving as a team captainโฆled the state as a junior with 10 interceptions and totaled 60 tackles (28 solo) and three tackles for lossโฆnamed to the Florida All-State Class 6A Second Team as a junior and also earned all-county second team honorsโฆ totaled 110 tackles and four interceptions in his career...rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sportsโฆalso received offers from Cincinnati, Iowa State, Marshall, NC State, Buffalo, Samford, Toledo, Troy, UCF and WKU.
PERSONAL: Son of Lisa and Moiseย LaPointe...has two sisters, Danielle and Taylor...earned his associate degree while in high school...majoring in marketing...born on May 1, 1999.
LAPOINTEโS CAREER HIGHS
Tackles 11, vs. UConn (10/20/18)
TFL 2.0, at Tulsa (10/12/18)
INT 1, (5X) last vs. Temple (10/23/21)
PBU 1,ย (6x), last at ECU (10/28/21)
LaPOINTE GAME-BY-GAME STATS
2021ย Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
NC State (7-2-5); Florida (1-1-0); BYU (3-1-2); SMU (4-1-3); Tulsa (7-5-2); Temple (3-3-0); ECU (10-5-5); Houston (7-6-1); Cincinnati (4-4-0); Tulane (7-5-2); UCF (6-3-3)
2020 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
The Citadel (4-3-1); Notre Dame (3-2-1); Temple (5-5-0); Tulsa (5-4-1); Memphis (8-7-1); Houston (3-2-1); UCF (5-5-0)
2019 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Wisconsin (5-3-2); South Carolina State (1-1-0); SMU (2-2-0); UConn (1-0-1); BYU (1-1-0); East Carolina (1-0-1); Memphis (1-1-0); UCF (2-1-1).
2018 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Elon (1-0-1); Georgia Tech (3-0-3); East Carolina (1-1-0); UMass (5-4-1); Tulsa (9-7-2); UConn (11-7-4); Houston (2-2-0); Marshall (2-2-0).
