← 2023 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R3 · #102 OVERALL · CB

Mekhi Blackmon

Drafted by MIN · GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah · USC

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Full-career context

These totals follow Mekhi Blackmon across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played32
Games started14
Weighted career AV6
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons3

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2023 · Round 3 · #102

MIN draft credit

GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah

Team games15
Team starts3
On-team AV2
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.26 contribution18th of 28 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Average pick

Mekhi Blackmon was Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's 18th-best of 28 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.26. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
15
on drafting team · 32 full-career
Games started
3
on drafting team · 14 full-career
Snap-z
-0.0
1 modeled season
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
2
modeled; full weighted AV 6
AV / 1k snaps
4.6
437 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
+0.0
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Kwesi Adofo-Mensah pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Mekhi Blackmon totals -0.26. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-10+1+2203. Reichard#203 · Will Reichard · aggregate +2.47Reichard +2.5191. Nailor#191 · Jalen Nailor · aggregate +0.55232. Rodriguez#232 · Levi Drake Rodriguez · aggregate +0.51134. Ward#134 · Jay Ward · aggregate +0.4923. Addison#23 · Jordan Addison · aggregate +0.48139. Ingram-Dawkins#139 · Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins · aggregate +0.38202. Bartholomew#202 · Gavin Bartholomew · aggregate +0.3859. Ingram#59 · Ed Ingram · aggregate +0.29230. Jurgens#230 · Michael Jurgens · aggregate +0.27118. Evans#118 · Akayleb Evans · aggregate +0.24141. Roy#141 · Jaquelin Roy · aggregate +0.18201. King#201 · Kobe King · aggregate +0.15227. Muse#227 · Nick Muse · aggregate +0.13164. Hall#164 · Jaren Hall · aggregate +0.08102. Felton#102 · Tai Felton · aggregate -0.01169. Chandler#169 · Ty Chandler · aggregate -0.05177. Rouse#177 · Walter Rouse · aggregate -0.17102. Blackmon#102 · Mekhi Blackmon · aggregate -0.26Blackmon -0.3222. McBride#222 · DeWayne McBride · aggregate -0.30165. Otomewo#165 · Esezi Otomewo · aggregate -0.37108. Jackson#108 · Khyree Jackson · aggregate -0.46184. Lowe#184 · Vederian Lowe · aggregate -0.5242. Booth#42 · Andrew Booth · aggregate -0.6817. Turner#17 · Dallas Turner · aggregate -0.7924. Jackson#24 · Donovan Jackson · aggregate -0.8966. Asamoah#66 · Brian Asamoah · aggregate -1.1732. Cine#32 · Lewis Cine · aggregate -1.2410. McCarthy#10 · J.J. McCarthy · aggregate -1.36

Incremental contribution by season

-6-4-20+2+4+6+82022 · Nick Muse · incremental +0.142022 · Ed Ingram · incremental +0.342022 · Jalen Nailor · incremental -0.022022 · Akayleb Evans · incremental -0.162022 · Ty Chandler · incremental -0.212022 · Esezi Otomewo · incremental -0.772022 · Brian Asamoah · incremental -0.902022 · Vederian Lowe · incremental -1.002022 · Andrew Booth · incremental -1.002022 · Lewis Cine · incremental -1.262023 · Ty Chandler · incremental +0.182023 · Jaren Hall · incremental +0.182023 · Jay Ward · incremental +0.292023 · Jordan Addison · incremental +0.362023 · Ed Ingram · incremental +0.392023 · Jaquelin Roy · incremental +0.402023 · Akayleb Evans · incremental +1.032023 · Nick Muse · incremental -0.122023 · DeWayne McBride · incremental -0.512023 · Mekhi Blackmon · incremental -0.622023 · Jalen Nailor · incremental -0.662023 · Andrew Booth · incremental -0.832023 · Brian Asamoah · incremental -0.982023 · Lewis Cine · incremental -1.382024 · Ty Chandler · incremental +0.102024 · Ed Ingram · incremental +0.222024 · Michael Jurgens · incremental +0.262024 · Jay Ward · incremental +0.322024 · Jordan Addison · incremental +0.492024 · Jalen Nailor · incremental +0.942024 · Will Reichard · incremental +1.152024 · Levi Drake Rodriguez · incremental +1.822024 · Jaren Hall · incremental -0.052024 · Nick Muse · incremental -0.102024 · Walter Rouse · incremental -0.142024 · DeWayne McBride · incremental -0.172024 · Akayleb Evans · incremental -0.372024 · Dallas Turner · incremental -0.702024 · J.J. McCarthy · incremental -0.772024 · Brian Asamoah · incremental -0.842024 · Khyree Jackson · incremental -0.942025 · Tai Felton · incremental +0.122025 · Kobe King · incremental +0.342025 · Jordan Addison · incremental +0.432025 · Michael Jurgens · incremental +0.442025 · Gavin Bartholomew · incremental +0.442025 · Jay Ward · incremental +0.572025 · Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins · incremental +0.812025 · Jalen Nailor · incremental +1.342025 · Will Reichard · incremental +3.702025 · Jaren Hall · incremental -0.052025 · Ty Chandler · incremental -0.132025 · DeWayne McBride · incremental -0.162025 · Walter Rouse · incremental -0.212025 · Khyree Jackson · incremental -0.292025 · Levi Drake Rodriguez · incremental -0.432025 · Dallas Turner · incremental -1.222025 · Donovan Jackson · incremental -2.052025 · J.J. McCarthy · incremental -2.39Blackmon -0.6Rodriguez +1.8Reichard +3.7Jackson -2.0McCarthy -2.4202210 players202314 players202417 players202518 players
Above expectationBelow expectationMekhi BlackmonGM total -1.7Mekhi Blackmon by season -0.6

How much retained production did Mekhi Blackmon return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: CBs drafted within ±5 picks of Mekhi Blackmon since 2010 (10 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1-0.50+0.5Model value above slot104. YoungTavon Young · model value +0.7104. StephensBrandon Stephens · model value +0.197. TankersleyCordrea Tankersley · model value 097. SmithJaylin Smith · model value 0102. BlackmonMekhi Blackmon · model value -0.1-0.1100. StoutUpton Stout · model value -0.3101. LangleyBrendan Langley · model value -0.398. NelsonSteven Nelson · model value -0.599. DouglasRasul Douglas · model value -0.699. YiadomIsaac Yiadom · model value -0.6106. MurrayEric Murray · model value -1.1
Mekhi BlackmonSlot-similar peers (10)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'24'25048121601Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (3 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2023MIN155437-0.024.6
20240000
2025IND17118371.344.8

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