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Jersey Number 87
Zaire Mitchell-Paden
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 267
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Rockville, Md.
- Prev School:
- Notre Dame College
- High School:
- Richard Montgomery
- Major:
- Marketing
- Birthday:
- 8/20/1999
Bio
At FAU
Graduate Student (2021)
Graduate Student (2021)
- Used his size to help the Owls match up versus Florida
- Recorded his first FAU reception in the season home opener versus Georgia Southern, a 20-yarder
- Drew the start and contributed to he Owls' 45-14 win over Fordham
- Started and had a five-yard reception at Air Force
- Contributed two receptions for a total of 40 yards and was credited with his first FAU score in the Owls' 58-21 victory over FIU in Shula Bowl XX
- Started his sixth consecutive FAU game and contributed a seven-yard reception at UAB
- Collected a two-yard pass in the Owls' 38-9 road win over Charlotte
- Credited with a rushing TD after he recovered a N'Kosi Perry fumble on the goal line and collected a pass for no gain in the Owls' 28-25 win over UTEP
- Drew the start and played a strong game versus Marshall becoming more and more comfortable with the Owls' system
- Hauled in each of the two passes through to him versus ODU for a total of 16 yards
- Started at TE versus at WKU
- Targeted once, versus MT, in the Owls' final game of 2021
- At NDC, caught 90 passes for 1,206 yards in four seasons
- The 2020 NDC season was shortened and pushed to the spring, but in five games – with the Falcons going 5-0 – he hauled in 14 catches for 182 yards, including five for 84 in the finale, the Mountain East Conference Championship, on April 17
- His best year was his junior season, with 53 receptions for 573 yards and six touchdowns
- Played in 13 total games in 2019, with his single-game high of 99 yards in the playoffs, with two scores
- As a sophomore in 2018, started all 14 games, with 32 catches for 435 yards and four scores
- Caught two passes as a freshman
- Was also a member of the MEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2019
- At Richard Montgomery High School, his senior year, caught 24 passes for 431 yards with seven TD
- Season high in yards was 112, on just three receptions, in a win over Kennedy
- Had three catches, all touchdowns, against Randallstown
- Twice hauled in five passes, for 64 yards in the season opener, and for 80 in the season finale
- Rockets went 10-2 his senior year and he was named First Team All-County 4A at tight end
- Also played basketball and was part of the track team at RMHS
- Marketing major
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