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Jersey Number 85
John Mitchell
- Height:
- 6-4
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tallahassee, Fla.
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Redshirt Senior (2021)
- Made the transition to tight end and returned from injury with a confidence building performance versus Florida
- Commitment to blocking was called out and praised by Coach Taggart
- Collected each of the four passes he was targeted with a 51 yards, with a long of 25 yards in the UF game
- First player in 2021 to record two TD receptions in a game when he hauled in four passes versus Georgia Southern for a total of 60 yards, including the two scores
- Recorded three receptions for 30 yards in the Owls' 45-14 win over Fordham
- Drew the start and had one catch at Air Force
- Named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Scholar Athlete award
- Had four receptions for a total of 37 yards in the Owls' 58-21 victory over FIU in Shula Bowl XX
- Saw action in the Owls' contest at UAB
- Played a role in the Owls' 38-9 road win over Charlotte
- Drew the start and quarterback N'Kosi Perry threw his way, but the duo didn't connect, in the Owls' 28-25 win over UTEP
- Recorded a five-yard reception versus Marshall
- Saw action on both the offense and with special teams versus ODU
- Recorded three receptions for a total of 36 yards, including a nine-yard TD reception at WKU
- Had a diving catch to put the Owls up 14-0 in the second quarter of the MT game...in total, he collected two passes for a total of 38 yards, including the 32-yard long score
Redshirt Senior (2020)
- Did not play due to injury
Redshirt Junior (2019)
- Earned Spring Game Offensive MVP along with Harrison Bryant
- Earned fourth team preseason Conference USA honors by Phil Steele's Magazine
- Had a 12 yard reception versus Ohio State in the season opener
- Recorded two catches for 15 yards and drew his second start of the season versus UCF
- Had a breakout game versus Ball State with eight receptions for 124 yards and three TDs, a feet that had not happened is 2008. His longest catch of the yard was a team high of 33 yards, which earned him the FAU male athlete of the week honors
- Tallied 71 yards on four receptions in the Wagner 42-7 win, a game that he served as a captain
- Had four catches for a total of 70 yards in FAU's 45-27 victory over Charlotte
- Recorded his fourth touchdown of the season, a four-yard score, in the Owls' win over MT and had a total of two catches for 34 yards
- Had four catches for a total of 67 yards in his Marshall start
- Recorded a one-yard reception in the Owls 41-3 victory over ODU
- Had three receptions at WKU for a total of 18 yards
- Played a role in the Owls' victory over FIU with a 12-yard reception
- Contributed with three catches for 24 yards to the Owls' 40-26 win at UTSA
- Had a reception for minus five yards in the Owls' 34-17 win over USM to capture the C-USA East Division title
- Added an 18-yard reception in the Owls' 49-6 win over UAB in the 2019 C-USA Championship game
- Tallied three receptions for a total of 27 yards in the Owls' 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl win over SMU
Redshirt Sophomore (2018)
- Saw action at both Oklahoma and versus Air Force
- Worked with the offense versus ODU
- Part of the offensive game plan at Marshall
- Drew the start versus LA Tech and recorded two receptions for a total of eight yards
- Started and saw action in Shula Bowl XVII versus FIU
- Drew the start versus WKU
- Recorded two receptions and a total of 25 yards at North Texas
- Caught two passes, including one acrobatic sideline grab, versus Charlotte for a total of 33 yards
Redshirt Freshman (2017)
- Worked with the team but redshirted
True Freshman (2016)
- Had one reception, a 13 yard catch, in the season opening victory over SIU
- Had a four-yard catch versus UM
- Recorded a catch for four yards at Kansas State
- Saw action versus Ball State
- Part of the offensive scheme versus FIU and Charlotte
- Saw action at Marshall
- Played both on offense and on special teams versus WKU and recorded two catches for a total of eight yards
- Had a 33-yard scoring reception versus Rice. His first collegiate score
- Saw action in the UTEP victory
- Worked with the offensive unit and special teams versus ODU
High School
- Played for Garrett Jahn (Jahn was FAU's inaugural game starting quarterback in 2001) at Lawton Chiles High School
- He broke the record for receiving yards in a single season with 1,125 (on 58 receptions) and for touchdowns with eight
- Tallied the third-most receiving yards for a Florida 7A school for the 2015 season
- Listed seventh among all high school players
- Ended the year averaging 19.4 yards per catch and 102.3 yards per game
- Two-time Lawton Chiles MVP and recipient of the Offensive Pride of the Pack Award
- Earned 2015 All-Big Bend following his senior campaign and was named First Team All-State
- Named the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Wide Receiver of the Year and earned Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Scholar Athlete of the Week
- Participated in the North vs South Florida All-Star Game
Personal
- Has earned his undergrad degree in biological science (pre-med)
- Is pursuing his master's of science in biomedical science
- Son of Reggie and Cheryl Mitchell
- Born April 3, 1998 in Tallahassee
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