Senior wide receiver for Florida Atlantic. 2021: 19 catches, 257 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′4″ · 220 lb · Tallahassee, 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
WR recruit
No. 2192 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Florida Atlantic. 2021: 19 catches, 257 receiving yards, 4 TD.
John Mitchell
Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. John Mitchell has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Florida Atlantic. The receipt: 60 rec yds, 4 receptions against Georgia Southern — Week 2, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 873 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Partridge, Lane Kiffin, and Willie Taggart. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: epa / target (90th percentile). Concern: long catch (24th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 34.0 | 17.2 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 29.0 | 8.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 35.6 | 15.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 26.3 | 12.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #361 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 19 | 257 | 13.5 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | Florida Atlantic | 38 | 488 | 12.8 | 5 | -- |
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 69 | 873 | 12.7 | 10 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 45–14
vs Fordham
3 rec · 30 yds
Dominant 31-point win at home against Fordham.
With N. Perry — 278 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 29 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · M. Hayball — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 45 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-35@ Florida | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-6vs Georgia Southern | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 2 | 22 | Season-high 60 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 45-14vs Fordham | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-31@ Air Force | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-21vs Florida International | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 37 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-28vs Marshall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-52@ Western Kentucky | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-27vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Total | 19 | 257 | 13.8 | 4 | 37 |
Play style
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Carlos Carriere’s 2021 season.
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Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Taylor Grimes’s path through Incarnate Word.
Taylor Grimes
Anthony Lowe
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Brian Shane's junior season at Miami (OH) (2025).
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Player DNA