Mitchell Brinkman

#89 · TE · Sr. · South Florida6′4″ · 250 lb · Council Bluffs, IA · Lewis Central

Mitchell Brinkman: TE · South Florida · #89.

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Mitchell Brinkman

TE · Northern Illinois · Sr · #89

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for three head coaches at two programs in six seasons: Rod Carey, Thomas Hammock and Jeff Scott. The first one came in 2019: All-MAC. On tape: 35 receiving yards and 2 receptions against NC State, Week 1, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

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

South Florida in the news

USF secures bowl eligibilityNov 1

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	South Florida	14	173	12.4	1	33
2020	South Florida	15	161	10.7	1	37
2019	Northern Illinois	34	445	13.1	3	48
2018	Northern Illinois	6	79	13.2	0	24
2017	Northern Illinois	4	48	12.0	2	26
2016	Northern Illinois	1	3	3.0	0	3
Career		74	909	12.3	7	48

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-45@ NC State	2	35	17.5	0	31	Season-high 35 yds
Wk 2	L 20-42vs No. 13 Florida	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 3	W 38-17vs Florida A&M	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 5	L 17-41@ SMU	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 7	L 31-32vs Tulsa	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 9	L 14-29@ East Carolina	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 10	L 42-54vs No. 20 Houston	1	33	33.0	1	33
Wk 12	L 14-45@ Tulane	2	26	13.0	0	18
Wk 13	L 13-17@ UCF	4	22	5.5	0	10
Total		14	173	12.4	1	33

Signature game

Week 10 · 2021

L 42-54

vs Houston

1 rec · 33 yds · 1 TD

With B. Battie — 27 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 1 yds · T. McClain — 289 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 71.1 · 46 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Houston · 2nd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 33 yds for a TD, (Spencer Shrader KICK)
Week 13 · UCF · 4th and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.08Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 4 yds to the UCF 36 for a
Week 12 · Tulane · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.91Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 18 yds to the Tulan 26 for a
Week 2 · Florida · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.36Katravis Marsh pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 14 yds to the Fla 2 for a
Week 3 · Florida A&M · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.24Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 15 yds to the SFla 28 for a
Week 13 · UCF · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +0.94Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 10 yds to the UCF 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −0.93Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 1 yd to the SFla 44
Week 1 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.93Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 31 yds to the NCSt 14 for a
Week 13 · UCF · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.58Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 7 yds to the UCF 45
Week 7 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.40Timmy McClain pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 6 yds to the SFla 44

Teams and coaches

2016Northern Illinois5-7HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Northern Illinois8-5HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2018Northern Illinois8-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2019Northern Illinois5-7HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2020South Florida1-8HC: Jeff Scott · Balanced

2021South Florida2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 36 (#107 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2021 season

36Below cohort / limited sample #107 of 119 · 2021?

5 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: receptions (13th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#43 / 146 · 71st pct

12.4

Long catch#75 / 146 · 48th pct

Rec yards#106 / 146 · 27th pct

173

Rec TDs#103 / 146 · 19th pct

Receptions#122 / 146 · 13th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.0	17.0	17.0	0.2
Road5g	2.0	21.0	11.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.2	16.6	13.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	22.5	15.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Jeff Scott

Pass share

40.1%

426 pass / 636 run

Plays / game

88.5

12 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

378 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

14 catches in 9 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

36 · #107 of 119 TEs · 2021

Two-star recruit. Now #107 at the position.

Mitchell Brinkman

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

14 catches in 9 games

Six seasons, two schools

2016

2019 12 games