#12

Keith Mixon Jr.

Senior wide receiver for Western Michigan. 2019: 50 catches, 500 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Western Michigan · Sr. · #12

5′8″ · 195 lb · Birmingham, AL

Western Michigan 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Western Michigan. 2019: 50 catches, 500 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Western Michigan, 1,140 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 84 yds at Ohio.Ohio · W 37-342019

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

P.J. Fleck

Western Michigan

2017–2019

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Mississippi State6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2017Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Mississippi State8-5HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

2019Western Michigan7-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (86th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (14th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#23 / 283 · 86th pct

Receptions#117 / 556 · 79th pct

Rush yards#64 / 283 · 77th pct

Rec yards#213 / 556 · 62nd pct

500

Long catch#312 / 556 · 43rd pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Rec TDs#293 / 556 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#479 / 556 · 14th pct

10.0

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	28.1	9.4	0.3
Road6g	5.0	50.5	11.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.1	40.5	12.7	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	35.2	7.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Western Michigan	50	500	10.0	2	--
2018	Mississippi State	10	137	13.7	2	--
2017	Mississippi State	18	275	15.3	1	--
2016	Mississippi State	19	228	12.0	2	--
Career		97	1,140	11.8	7	--

Season	Team
2019	Western Michigan	1	47	813	44	--
2018	Mississippi State	--	--	8	64	--
2017	Mississippi State	2	13	89	--	--
2016	Mississippi State	25	106	277	--	--
Career		28	166	1,187	108	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 48–13

vs Monmouth

1 rec · 5 yds

Dominant 35-point win at home against Monmouth.

With J. Wassink — 368 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5 · -14 rush yds (2 car) · D. Bussell — 5 rec · 116 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-13vs Monmouth	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 2	L 17-51@ Michigan State	4	71	17.8	0	43
Wk 3	W 57-10vs Georgia State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 4	L 33-52@ Syracuse	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 5	W 31-15vs Central Michigan	6	62	10.3	0	26
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Toledo	7	67	9.6	0	21
Wk 7	W 38-16vs Miami (OH)	3	84	28.0	2	46	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 8	L 27-34@ Eastern Michigan	5	46	9.2	0	12
Wk 9	W 49-10vs Bowling Green	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 11	W 35-31vs Ball State	6	23	3.8	0	8
Wk 12	W 37-34@ Ohio	10	84	8.4	0	19
Wk 14	L 14-17@ Northern Illinois	3	14	4.7	0	5
Bowl	L 20-23vs Western Kentucky	2	9	4.5	0	8
Total		50	500	10.5	2	46

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