Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Florida Atlantic
John Mitchell
WR • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Tallahassee, FL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
John Mitchell reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Florida Atlantic
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Florida Atlantic
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
John Mitchell built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 85, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of John Mitchell's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Florida Atlantic
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
John Mitchell, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Florida Atlantic. John Mitchell reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 873
- Receptions
- 69
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
John Mitchell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida Atlantic · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 873
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Florida Atlantic
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lawton Chiles · Florida Atlantic
- High school pipeline
- Brookfield East · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Senior
- 2021 Receiving yards rank
- 257 receiving yards · WR 398th (top 39%) · Conference USA 51st (top 24%) · National 498th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 32.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 48.6 |
| 2019 Postseason | Florida Atlantic | 14 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 60.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 14 | 35 | 461 | 5 | 60.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 19 | 257 | 4 | 58.1 |
Related Context
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John Mitchell played WR for Florida Atlantic. Across 6 tracked seasons, John Mitchell recorded 873 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Florida Atlantic.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Florida Atlantic paired 488 primary output with 69.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 70.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
32.1
Efficiency
70.6
Usage
11.3
Consistency
71.6
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida: 51. Georgia Southern: 60. Fordham: 30. Air Force: 0. Florida International: 37. Marshall: 5. Western Kentucky: 36. Middle Tennessee: 38
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. Florida: 4 by 85. Georgia Southern: 4 by 100. Fordham: 3 by 66.7. Air Force: 1 by 0. Florida International: 1 by 100. Marshall: 1 by 33.3. Western Kentucky: 3 by 80. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins42.3 · Games = 3 · +16.3 vs Losses
Losses26 · Games = 5 · -16.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/28 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 17-27 | — | 2 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 32 |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Western Kentucky | L 17-52 | — | 3 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Marshall | L 13-28 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Florida International | W 58-21 | — | 1 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 37 |
| Sun 9/26 | @ Air Force | L 7-31 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Fordham | W 45-14 | — | 3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Georgia Southern2+ TD | W 38-6 | — | 4 | 60 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 22 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Florida | L 14-35 | — | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 12.80 | 0 | 25 |
Player Story
John Mitchell story
John Mitchell built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 85, spending time with Florida Atlantic. The clearest part of John Mitchell's career was his receiving role: 69 catches, 873 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Florida Atlantic. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida Atlantic.
The arc is straightforward: John Mitchell moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Florida Atlantic
2016-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 62 | 53.4 | 7.2 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | — | — | -62 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 66 | 70 | 11.3 | 66 |
| 2019 Postseason | Florida Atlantic | 488 | 69.3 | 11.9 | 422 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 488 | 69.3 | 11.9 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 0 | — | — | -488 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 257 | 70.6 | 11.3 | 257 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ball State
Week 3 · W 41-31
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
93.6 takeover
124 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Georgia Southern
Week 2 · W 38-6
60
Receiving Yards
90.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
60 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Charlotte
Week 13 · L 24-27 · Conference game
33
Receiving Yards
80.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Florida
Week 1 · L 14-35
51
Receiving Yards
80.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
51 receiving yards with a 85 efficiency score.
#5
@ Rice
Week 10 · W 42-25 · Conference game
33
Receiving Yards
73.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Florida Atlantic
488 primary output · 69.3 efficiency · 11.9 usage
60.3
#2
2019 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
60.3
488 primary · 69.3 efficiency · 11.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
58.1
257 primary · 70.6 efficiency · 11.3 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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