Player Dossier

2019-2022

Northwestern

Cameron Mitchell

DB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Bolingbrook, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cameron Mitchell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

98%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Cameron Mitchell built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive back from Bolingbrook, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Cameron Mitchell's career was his...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 8
Overall
No. 142
NFL Team
Cleveland Browns

Cameron Mitchell, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern. Cameron Mitchell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
119
TFL
3.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
18

Quick Answers

Cameron Mitchell quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · DB
Career Tackles
119
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
Top game
Ohio State
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 5 · Pick 8 · Cleveland Browns
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2022 Tackles rank
52 tackles · DB 117th (top 13%) · Big Ten 54th (top 9%) · National 514th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern11-0--037
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern66-0-2041.2
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern6120.50.5-3041.2
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern12480.5016039.6
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern11522.5117057.4

Related Context

Cameron Mitchell played DB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cameron Mitchell recorded 119 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Northwestern paired 12.5 primary output with 31.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

24.2

Usage

3.7

Consistency

53.6

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 2. Nebraska: 1. Purdue: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Michigan State: 0. Ohio State: 3

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. Auburn: 6 by 45. Nebraska: 2 by 18.3. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 1 by 14.2. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5. Ohio State: 4 by 46.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Ohio State

Result
Fri 1/1vs AuburnSplash gameW 35-1963002
Sat 12/19@ Ohio StateSplash gameL 10-22420.500.5011
Sat 11/28@ Michigan StateL 20-2930000
Sat 11/21vs WisconsinW 17-711001
Sat 11/14@ PurdueW 27-2022000
Sat 11/7vs NebraskaW 21-1321001

Player Story

Cameron Mitchell story

Cameron Mitchell built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive back from Bolingbrook, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Cameron Mitchell's career was his defensive production: 119 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Cameron Mitchell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northwestern

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern04.20.8
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern724.23.77
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern724.23.70
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern7.522.95.50.5
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern12.531.18.35

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio State

Week 16 · L 10-22 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Miami (OH)

Week 4 · L 14-17

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Penn State

Week 5 · L 7-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Nebraska

Week 1 · W 31-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Indiana State

Week 2 · W 24-6

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Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

12.5 primary output · 31.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

57.4

#2

2020 Postseason · Northwestern

41.2

7 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 3.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Northwestern

41.2

7 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 3.7 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

8

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games