Eric Mensah
Virginia Tech Hokies
56
Depth

Eric Mensah

Virginia Tech HokiesSolid
RDTDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Ohio State
3rd String

Is Eric Mensah starting?

Eric Mensah is listed 3rd string at RDT for Virginia Tech Hokies.

Redshirt sophomore · #45 · 6'2", 311 lbs

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Depth at RDT · Virginia Tech Hokies

  1. 11383Kemari CopelandStarter
  2. 25559Gerard Johnson III
  3. 34556Eric MensahYou
  4. 45451Grant Karczewski
  5. 59147Garrett Witherington

Virginia Tech Starting Lineup

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Up next for Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech plays SMU away on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Mountain View, ranked #800 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 2 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 56 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #800 NatlTeam Share0%
Stafford, VA
Jersey
#45
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
311 lbs
Transfer
Ohio State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—200

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8742
National Rank
#800
High School
Mountain View
Hometown
Stafford, VA

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 14th-percentile production at transfer origin (×1.00 for competition level) put them -12 vs unit starters → 56.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 14% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 14% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×1.00)
Depth-chart adjustment
-12 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24WCLEMTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-16

Oct 17WGTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-24

Sep 12WODUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-21

Sep 5WVMITKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 73-3

Eric Mensah's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

2 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
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