Cameron Mitchell: DB · Northwestern · #2.
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Cameron Mitchell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the Northwestern secondary. The first one came in 2022: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Penn State — Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Northwestern | 52 | 38 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 48 | 40 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 18 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 119 | 88 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 18 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-28vs Nebraska | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-31vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-17vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-17@ No. 11 Penn State | 11 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 7-42vs Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Maryland | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-33@ Iowa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-21vs No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-31@ Minnesota | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-17@ Purdue | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-41vs Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 38 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL52 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 7 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 14-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
47.7%
417 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
72.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
440 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 119 tackles — drafted at #142 overall by the Cleveland Browns.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Fitzgerald.
Next stop · NFL
Cleveland BrownsEntering 4th NFL season
Cleveland BrownsEntering 4th NFL season
