Mekhi Wingo holds the LDT · Depth spot in Detroit Lions’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Mekhi Wingo played 2 games in 2025 with a 47% snap share.

Mekhi Wingo is a 6'0", 288-pound defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions. The Lions selected him with the 189th overall pick in 2024, marking their first defensive draft pick from LSU since 1974. Wingo played one season at Missouri in 2021 before transferring to LSU for 2022-23. Across his college career, he recorded 104 tackles, 13.0 sacks, and 8.5 tackles for loss. At LSU in 2022, he earned Third-Team All-American honors and Second-Team All-SEC recognition while appearing in 14 games with 13 starts.

Missourithrough 2021

LSU2022 – 2023

Lions2024 — present

CollegeLSU; MissouriDraftRound 6 · No. 189 overall · 2024 · DETHometownSt. Louis, MO