Adonai Mitchell

Former wide receiver at Texas. 2023: 55 catches, 845 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · Texas · Jr. · #5

6′4″ · 196 lb · Missouri City, TX

CFB Index 74 · #58 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceIndianapolis — drafted 2024, Rd 2, Pick 20, #52 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 383 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Texas. 2023: 55 catches, 845 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2021.
Transferred from Georgia to Texas in 2023.
Drafted round 2 by the Indianapolis in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas, 1,405 receiving yards — drafted at #52 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 149 yds vs Kansas State.Kansas State · W 33-302023

202110 games

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Cane Ridge

202314 games

Entered the portal
Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Yearwinner
All-Big 12second

2024

Drafted by Indianapolisround 2, pick 52

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#383 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #52

Indianapolis · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 3rd NFL season

#52Rd 2 · Pick 20

IndianapolisEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #58 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (86th percentile). Strength: td rate (83rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#88 / 639 · 86th pct

16.1

TD rate#107 / 639 · 83rd pct

10.5%

EPA / target#128 / 639 · 80th pct

1.04

Explosive rate#191 / 639 · 70th pct

17.5%

Catch rate#397 / 639 · 38th pct

78.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#11 / 566 · 98th pct

Rec yards#59 / 566 · 90th pct

845

Receptions#78 / 566 · 86th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#137 / 566 · 75th pct

15.4

Long catch#143 / 566 · 75th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rush yards#226 / 294 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.8	72.8	14.7	0.8
Road6g	2.8	43.8	15.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	55.1	13.3	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	3.7	65.6	17.0	0.9

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #58 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #58 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Texas	55	845	15.4	11	--
2022	Georgia	9	134	14.9	3	--
2021	Georgia	29	426	14.7	4	--
Career		93	1,405	15.1	18	--

Season	Team
2023	Texas	2	1	--	--	--
2022	Georgia	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Georgia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	1	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 34–24

at Alabama

5 rush yds (1 car)

With Q. Ewers — 349 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 11 rush yds (3 car) · R. Sanborn — 50 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.61Quinn Ewers pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 62 yds to the OKST 17 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Alabama · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.95Quinn Ewers pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 39 yds for a TD (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 10 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.52Maalik Murphy pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 47 yds to the KSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Kansas · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.32Quinn Ewers pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 22 yds to the KU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · TCU · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Quinn Ewers pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 35 yds to the TEX 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Maalik Murphy pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 37 yds for a TD (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 5 · Kansas · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Quinn Ewers pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 9 yds for a TD (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 2&18 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Quinn Ewers pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 19 yds to the TEX 43 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wyoming · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Quinn Ewers pass complete to Adonai Mitchell for 16 yds to the WYO 29 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Rice · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Adonai Mitchell 9 Yd pass from Quinn Ewers (Bert Auburn Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 37-10vs Rice	3	26	8.7	1	11
Wk 2	W 34-24@ Alabama	3	78	26.0	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 31-10vs Wyoming	3	30	10.0	0	16
Wk 4	W 38-6@ Baylor	3	46	15.3	0	17
Wk 5	W 40-14vs Kansas	10	141	14.1	1	22	141-yard receiving day
Wk 6	L 30-34vs Oklahoma	3	33	11.0	0	16
Wk 8	W 31-24@ Houston	1	14	14.0	1	14
Wk 9	W 35-6vs BYU	3	59	19.7	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 33-30vs Kansas State	8	149	18.6	1	47	Season-high 149 yds
Wk 11	W 29-26@ TCU	3	61	20.3	1	35
Wk 12	W 26-16@ Iowa State	3	32	10.7	0	13
Wk 13	W 57-7vs Texas Tech	2	35	17.5	0	20
Wk 14	W 49-21vs Oklahoma State	6	109	18.2	1	62
Bowl	L 31-37@ Washington	4	32	8.0	1	15
Total		55	845	15.2	11	62