Akheem Mesidor on Getting Drafted, Miami Football & Chargers

You Better You Bet

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🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Akheem Mesidor joins the show to discuss getting drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers, his time with the Miami Hurricanes, and MUCH MORE!

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0:00.0	Westwood One Sports.
0:03.0	It's Brad Evans from BetMGM tonight, and you could catch us weeknights from 6 to 11 on the bet.
0:08.8	1520.
0:16.2	Now, back to You Better You Bet with Nick Costos on Westwood One Sports.
0:22.3	Back here on You Better You Bet on this Thursday, Nick Costos and you on Westwood One Sports.
0:27.7	And joining us right now on the show, a very special guest.
0:30.9	The 22nd overall pick of this year's NFL draft of the Los Angeles Chargers from the University of Miami.
0:39.0	Very talented edge rusher.
0:40.2	Akeem Mesidor.
0:41.9	Akeem, really appreciate the time.
0:42.5	How's it going?
0:45.2	Congratulations on going in round number one to the Chargers.
0:46.5	Thank you.
0:48.2	Everything is going to well.
0:49.3	Awesome. I want to start with this.
0:52.8	Just doing some research on you, just aside from watching you that dominate this past year, Miami and taking the hurricanes to the national championship game along with Rubin and others.
1:01.7	You grew up in Canada, in Ottawa.
1:04.3	Tell us about that in your transition from Canada to the United States.
1:08.8	Yeah, it wasn't nothing crazy.
1:10.4	I grew up in Ottawa, Ontario.
1:11.6	Everybody asked me, what's it like?
1:13.7	Canada is pretty much the same as here, just a different government, I guess.
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