Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Northern Illinois
Mitchell Brinkman
TE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Council Bluffs, IA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Mitchell Brinkman reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois • South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Player Story
Mitchell Brinkman built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a tight end from Council Bluffs, IA wearing No. 89, spending time with Northern Illinois and South Florida. The clearest part of Mitchell...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Mitchell Brinkman, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Mitchell Brinkman reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 909
- Receptions
- 74
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Mitchell Brinkman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 909
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Ohio
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lewis Central · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Lewis Central · 8 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 89 · Senior
- 2021 Receiving yards rank
- 173 receiving yards · TE 108th (top 27%) · American Athletic 59th (top 36%) · National 701st (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34.8 |
| 2017 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 6 | - | 0 | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 33.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 12 | 34 | 445 | 3 | 74.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 7 | 15 | 161 | 1 | 48.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 9 | 14 | 173 | 1 | 51.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 9 | - | 0 | 0 | 51.7 |
Related Context
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Mitchell Brinkman played TE for Northern Illinois and South Florida. Across 6 tracked seasons, Mitchell Brinkman recorded 909 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 445 primary output with 76.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 78.2 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, South Florida.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · South Florida
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
19.2
Efficiency
78.2
Usage
9.8
Consistency
57.3
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 35. Florida: 14. Florida A&M: 15. SMU: 13. Tulsa: 6. East Carolina: 9. Houston: 33. Tulane: 26. UCF: 22
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 2 by 100. Florida: 1 by 93.3. Florida A&M: 1 by 100. SMU: 1 by 86.7. Tulsa: 1 by 40. East Carolina: 1 by 60. Houston: 1 by 100. Tulane: 2 by 86.7. UCF: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins15 · Games = 1 · -4.8 vs Losses
Losses19.8 · Games = 8 · +4.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/26 | @ UCF | L 13-17 | — | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Tulane | L 14-45 | — | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Houston | L 42-54 | — | 1 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 33 |
| Thu 10/28 | @ East Carolina | L 14-29 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Tulsa | L 31-32 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ SMU | L 17-41 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Florida A&M | W 38-17 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Florida | L 20-42 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Thu 9/2 | @ NC State | L 0-45 | — | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 0 | 31 |
Player Story
Mitchell Brinkman story
Mitchell Brinkman built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a tight end from Council Bluffs, IA wearing No. 89, spending time with Northern Illinois and South Florida. The clearest part of Mitchell Brinkman's career was his receiving role: 74 catches, 909 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 38 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles and 38 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Mitchell Brinkman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2016-2021
Opening stop
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South Florida
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201720182019202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 20 | 5.6 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 48 | 61.7 | 9.6 | 45 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 48 | 61.7 | 9.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 79 | 86.7 | 11.1 | 31 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 445 | 76.7 | 16.7 | 366 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 161 | 60.9 | 11.2 | -284 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 173 | 78.2 | 9.8 | 12 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 173 | 78.2 | 9.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio
Week 7 · W 39-36 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
100
Receiving Yards
89.8 takeover
100 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Western Michigan
Week 12 · W 35-31 · Conference game
26
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
26 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ NC State
Week 1 · L 0-45
35
Receiving Yards
82.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Buffalo
Week 14 · W 30-29 · Conference game
42
Receiving Yards
80.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
42 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs Akron
Week 9 · W 49-0 · Conference game
36
Receiving Yards
77.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
36 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
445 primary output · 76.7 efficiency · 16.7 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
53.1
79 primary · 86.7 efficiency · 11.1 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · South Florida
51.7
173 primary · 78.2 efficiency · 9.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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