Senior linebacker for Florida International. 2021: 35 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.
6′2″ · 238 lb · Miami, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 946 nationally · Signed with UCF
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Florida International. 2021: 35 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.
Eric Mitchell
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Scott Frost, Josh Heupel and Butch Davis. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Marshall — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Florida International, 203 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Butch Davis.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #451 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida International | 35 | 22 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | UCF | 40 | 18 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | UCF | 70 | 39 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | UCF | 44 | 24 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | UCF | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 203 | 113 | 19.5 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 21-54@ Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-31@ Central Michigan | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-58@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-45vs Charlotte | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-38@ Marshall | 10 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 24-47vs Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-50@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-49vs North Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 22 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Player DNA
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jeffrey Bassa’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Carson Bruener's senior season at Washington (2022).
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Player DNA