Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2022Penn State
Mitchell Tinsley
WR • 6'1" • 206 lbs • Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Mitchell Tinsley reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky • Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Player Story
Mitchell Tinsley built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Lee's Summit, MO wearing No. 5, spending time with Penn State and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Mitchell Tinsley's...
Read the storyMitchell Tinsley, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Mitchell Tinsley reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 2,356
- Receptions
- 181
- Touchdowns
- 23
Quick Answers
Mitchell Tinsley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 2,356
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Rice
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2022 Receiving yards rank
- 577 receiving yards · WR 170th (top 17%) · Big Ten 13th (top 6%) · National 178th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 12 | 42 | 367 | 4 | 56.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 14 | 7 | 103 | 2 | 80.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 14 | 80 | 1,299 | 12 | 80.5 |
| 2022 Postseason | Penn State | 13 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 64.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 45 | 528 | 4 | 64.1 |
Related Context
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Mitchell Tinsley played WR for Western Kentucky and Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mitchell Tinsley recorded 5 rushing yards, 2,356 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Western Kentucky paired 1,402 primary output with 89.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 57.7 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2022 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 Western Kentucky, Penn State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2020 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
31.4
Efficiency
57.7
Usage
21
Consistency
70.5
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia State: 10. Louisville: 38. Liberty: 69. Middle Tennessee: 10. Marshall: 41. UAB: 6. Chattanooga: 46. BYU: 21. Florida Atlantic: 43. Southern Miss: 35. Florida International: 28. Charlotte: 30
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. Georgia State: 1 by 66.7. Louisville: 3 by 84.4. Liberty: 6 by 76.7. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 33.3. Marshall: 5 by 54.7. UAB: 1 by 40. Chattanooga: 4 by 76.7. BYU: 5 by 28. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 71.7. Southern Miss: 4 by 58.3. Florida International: 3 by 62.2. Charlotte: 5 by 40
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins29.8 · Games = 5 · -2.8 vs Losses
Losses32.6 · Games = 7 · +2.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
84.4 vs Louisville
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/26 | @ Georgia State | L 21-39 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 12/6 | @ Charlotte | W 37-19 | — | 5 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Florida International | W 38-21 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Southern Miss | W 10-7 | — | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 8.80 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 6-10 | — | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 10.80 | 0 | 16 |
| Sun 11/1 | @ BYU | L 10-41 | — | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 4.20 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Chattanooga | W 13-10 | — | 4 | 46 | 10.2 | 11.50 | 0 | 38 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ UAB | L 14-37 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Marshall | L 14-38 | — | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 8.20 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 20-17 | — | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Liberty | L 24-30 | — | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 1 | 23 |
| Sun 9/13 | @ Louisville | L 21-35 | — | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 1 | 19 |
Player Story
Mitchell Tinsley story
Mitchell Tinsley built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Lee's Summit, MO wearing No. 5, spending time with Penn State and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Mitchell Tinsley's career was his receiving role: 181 catches, 2,356 receiving yards, 23 touchdowns, and 5 rushing yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Western Kentucky. 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. His career also includes 5 rushing yards, 3 tackles, and 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Penn State and Western Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Mitchell Tinsley 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Western Kentucky
2020-2021
Opening stop
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Penn State
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 377 | 57.7 | 21 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 377 | 57.7 | 21 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 1,402 | 89.6 | 18.4 | 1,025 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1,402 | 89.6 | 18.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Penn State | 577 | 76.3 | 20.2 | -825 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 577 | 76.3 | 20.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rice
Week 11 · W 42-21 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
198
Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
198 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Purdue
Week 1 · W 35-31 · Conference game
84
Receiving Yards
93.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
84 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#3
vs Liberty
Week 3 · L 24-30
69
Receiving Yards
92.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
69 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.
#4
@ UTSA
Week 14 · L 41-49 · Conference game
173
Receiving Yards
90.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
173 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 12 · W 52-17 · Conference game
164
Receiving Yards
84.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
164 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Western Kentucky
1,402 primary output · 89.6 efficiency · 18.4 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
80.5
1,402 primary · 89.6 efficiency · 18.4 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · Penn State
64.1
577 primary · 76.3 efficiency · 20.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
4
2+ TD games
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