Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 21-42@ TCU | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 1 | 32 | Season-high 88 yds |
| Total | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 1 | 32 |
#5
JB Mitchell III
Former wide receiver at Eastern Michigan. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Alabaster, AL
CFB Index 42 · #277 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceEastern Michigan 2024 — college career complete
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
3★
WR recruit
No. 1687 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Eastern Michigan. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2021.
JB Mitchell III
Moves the chains on third down. He has spent two seasons in the Eastern Michigan receiving corps. One game to point at: 88 rec yds, 5 receptions against TCU — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Eastern Michigan, 435 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
The week the volume broke through — put up 99 yds vs Western Michigan.Western Michigan · L 21-452023
2021
- Signed with Eastern Michigan3-star out of Thompson
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Eastern Michigan
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 11-14 over that span.
2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 5.0 REC/g, 88.0 YDS/g, 17.6 YPR, 1.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Eastern Michigan | 35 | 398 | 11.4 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 38 | 435 | 11.4 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Eastern Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jared Sparks’s 2021 season.
84%match
Matches Jared on
Height
EPA / play (adj)
Reception volume
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Taylor Grimes’s path through Incarnate Word.
Taylor Grimes
100%match
#2
Anthony Lowe
98%
Matches Taylor on
Yards per reception
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Taj Davis's freshman season at Washington (2021).
Matches Taj on
TD rate
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Differs from Taj on
Class year (higher)
Reception volume (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like JB Mitchell III
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology