Kris Mitchell

#10 · WR · Sr. · Notre Dame6′0″ · 183 lb · Jacksonville, FL · Mandarin

Kris Mitchell: WR · Notre Dame · #10.

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Kris Mitchell

WR · Notre Dame · Sr · #10

Moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Butch Davis, Mike MacIntyre and Marcus Freeman. The first one came in 2023: All-Conference USA. On tape: 32 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Stanford, Week 7, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Notre Dame in the news

Drayk Bowen out for gameOct 31
Freeman calls out staffYahoo Sports Oct 27
Notre Dame releases injury report and depth charts for Navy gameOct 26
BYU beats Notre Dame for first timeYahoo Sports Oct 18

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Notre Dame	22	224	10.2	2	28
2023	Florida International	64	1,118	17.5	7	80
2022	Florida International	23	348	15.1	4	55
2021	Florida International	9	158	17.6	1	50
2020	Florida International	4	39	9.8	0	15
Career		122	1,887	15.5	14	80

Season	Team
2024	Notre Dame	--	--
2023	Florida International	1	--
2022	Florida International	4	20
2021	Florida International	--	--
2020	Florida International	--	--
Career		5	20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-13@ No. 20 Texas A&M	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 2	L 14-16vs Northern Illinois	3	32	10.7	0	19	Season-high 32 yds
Wk 4	W 28-3vs Miami (OH)	2	25	12.5	0	14
Wk 7	W 49-7vs Stanford	4	32	8.0	1	12
Wk 8	W 31-13vs Georgia Tech	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 9	W 51-14vs No. 24 Navy	2	10	5.0	1	6
Wk 12	W 35-14vs Virginia	2	12	6.0	0	8
Wk 13	W 49-14vs No. 18 Army	1	28	28.0	0	28
Wk 14	W 49-35@ USC	2	25	12.5	0	19
Bowl	W 27-17vs No. 9 Indiana	1	11	11.0	0	11
Bowl	W 27-24vs No. 5 Penn State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Bowl	L 23-34vs No. 6 Ohio State	2	16	8.0	0	10
Total		22	224	10.2	2	28

Signature game

Week 7 · 2024

W 49-7

vs Stanford

4 rec · 32 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 42-point win at home against Stanford.

With R. Leonard — 229 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 31 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Love — 53 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 25 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Navy · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 6 yds for a TD (Zac Yoakam KICK)
Week 14 · USC · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 19 yds to the USC 40 for a
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 19 yds to the NIU 44 for a
Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.13Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 11 yds to the ND 42 for a
Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.06Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 14 yds to the M-OH 38 for a
Week 1 · Ohio State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.00Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 10 yds to the ND 46 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Stanford · 1st and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.88Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 5 yds for a TD (Zac Yoakam KICK)
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.73Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 12 yds to the ND 37 for a
Week 14 · USC · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.69Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 6 yds to the USC 41 for a
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +1.67Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 10 yds to the NIU 41 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Florida International0-5HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Florida International1-11HC: Butch Davis · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning

2023Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Balanced

2024Notre Dame14-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 31 (#392 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

31Below cohort / limited sample #392 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: explosive rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#223 / 610 · 62nd pct

7.7%

EPA / target#336 / 610 · 45th pct

0.84

Yards / catch#438 / 610 · 28th pct

10.3

Catch rate#506 / 610 · 17th pct

80.8%

Explosive rate#557 / 610 · 9th pct

3.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Receptions#374 / 541 · 30th pct

Rec yards#436 / 541 · 20th pct

224

Yards / catch#465 / 541 · 14th pct

10.2

Long catch#486 / 541 · 10th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

86th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

87th → 9th percentile

Catch rate

59th → 17th percentile

TD rate

51st → 62nd percentile

Yards / catch

90th → 28th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.4	22.4	9.6	0.2
Road2g	1.5	18.5	12.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	19.3	9.9	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	17.8	13.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Pass share

44.3%

442 pass / 555 run

Plays / game

62.3

16 games

Team sack rate

4.7%

469 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

22 catches in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

31 · #392 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #392 at the position.

Kris Mitchell

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Style of play

Fans

Notre Dame in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

22 catches in 12 games

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2019

2023 12 games

2024 12 games