#10

Kris Mitchell

Former wide receiver at Notre Dame. 2024: 22 catches, 224 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Notre Dame · Sr. · #10

6′0″ · 183 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 31 · #392 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNotre Dame 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1809 nationally · Signed with Florida International

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Notre Dame. 2024: 22 catches, 224 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida International in 2019.
Transferred from Florida International to Notre Dame in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Notre Dame, 1,887 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 201 yds vs Maine.Maine · W 14-122023

2019

Signed with Florida International3-star out of Mandarin

202312 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1809 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

2022–2024

Marcus Freeman

Notre Dame

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

31Below cohort / limited sample #392 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.1	22.3	12.0	0.1
Road5g	1.4	13.6	10.1	0.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #392 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 20 · 2024

W 27–24

at Penn State

1 rec · 7 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With R. Leonard — 223 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 80.3 · 35 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD · J. Rendell — 39 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 44 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Navy · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 6 yds for a TD (Zac Yoakam KICK)
Week 14 · USC · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 19 yds to the USC 40 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 19 yds to the NIU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.13Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 11 yds to the ND 42 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.06Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 14 yds to the M-OH 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ohio State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.00Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 10 yds to the ND 46 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Stanford · 1&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 · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.73Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 12 yds to the ND 37 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · USC · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.69Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 6 yds to the USC 41 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.67Riley Leonard pass complete to Kris Mitchell for 10 yds to the NIU 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-13@ 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 31-13@ Georgia Tech	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 9	W 51-14@ Navy	2	10	5.0	1	6
Wk 12	W 35-14vs Virginia	2	12	6.0	0	8
Wk 13	W 49-14vs Army	1	28	28.0	0	28
Wk 14	W 49-35@ USC	2	25	12.5	0	19
Bowl	W 27-17vs Indiana	1	11	11.0	0	11
Bowl	W 27-24@ Penn State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Bowl	L 23-34vs Ohio State	2	16	8.0	0	10
Total		22	224	11.2	2	28

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