#13

Dillon Mitchell

Former wide receiver at Oregon. 2018: 75 catches, 1,184 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Oregon · Jr. · #13

6′1″ · 188 lb · Memphis, TN

Minnesota — drafted 2019, Rd 7, Pick 25, #239 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 161 nationally · Signed with Oregon

Statement game14 rec · 239 ydsvs Stanford (FBS) · L 31-38

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Oregon. 2018: 75 catches, 1,184 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oregon in 2016.
Drafted round 7 by the Minnesota in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oregon, 1,710 receiving yards — drafted at #239 overall by Minnesota.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 239 yds vs Stanford.Stanford · L 31-382018

20165 games

Signed with Oregon4-star out of White Station

2019

Drafted by Minnesotaround 7, pick 239

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#161 national

CFB

College

Oregon

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #239

Minnesota · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

3 coaches

2016

Mark Helfrich

Oregon

2017

Willie Taggart

Oregon

era →

2018

Mario Cristobal

Oregon

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mark Helfrich, Willie Taggart, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 8th NFL season

#239Rd 7 · Pick 25

MinnesotaEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Oregon4-8HC: Mark Helfrich · Run-leaning

2017Oregon7-6HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2018Oregon9-4HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (96th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#13 / 550 · 98th pct

1184

Receptions#20 / 550 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#21 / 550 · 96th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Long catch#116 / 550 · 78th pct

Yards / catch#124 / 550 · 77th pct

15.8

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Rush yards#181 / 277 · 33rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.8	98.1	17.8	0.8
Road5g	5.8	79.8	12.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.9	90.1	16.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	92.2	15.6	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Oregon	75	1,184	15.8	10	--
2017	Oregon	42	517	12.3	4	--
2016	Oregon	2	9	4.5	0	--
Career		119	1,710	14.4	14	--

Season	Team
2018	Oregon	1	5	--	10	--
2017	Oregon	4	6	--	89	--
2016	Oregon	--	--	49	26	--
Career		5	11	49	125	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2018

W 30–27

vs Washington

8 rec · 119 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Herbert — 202 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -1 rush yds (5 car) · T. Brooks-James — 1 FUM · 1 LOST · 48 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 58-24vs Bowling Green	3	26	8.7	1	11
Wk 2	W 62-14vs Portland State	2	55	27.5	0	31
Wk 3	W 35-22vs San José State	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 4	L 31-38vs Stanford	14	239	17.1	0	53	Season-high 239 yds
Wk 5	W 42-24@ California	7	105	15.0	1	36
Wk 7	W 30-27vs Washington	8	119	14.9	1	23
Wk 8	L 20-34@ Washington State	7	47	6.7	0	15
Wk 9	L 15-44@ Arizona	6	69	11.5	1	29
Wk 10	W 42-21vs UCLA	8	156	19.5	2	67	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 25-32@ Utah	8	169	21.1	2	58	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 31-29vs Arizona State	4	103	25.8	1	57
Wk 13	W 55-15@ Oregon State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Bowl	W 7-6vs Michigan State	6	70	11.7	1	28
Total		75	1184	15.8	10	67

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology