#89

Mitchell Wilcox

Senior tight end for South Florida. 2019: 28 catches, 350 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · South Florida · Sr. · #89

6′5″ · 245 lb · Tarpon Springs, FL

South Florida 2019 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for South Florida. 2019: 28 catches, 350 receiving yards, 5 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Florida, 1,326 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

South Florida

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Willie Taggart

South Florida

2017–2019

Charlie Strong

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018South Florida7-6HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

2019South Florida4-8HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (82nd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#19 / 128 · 82nd pct

Long catch#27 / 128 · 79th pct

Rec yards#40 / 128 · 69th pct

350

Receptions#38 / 128 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#48 / 128 · 62nd pct

12.5

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	35.7	12.0	0.7
Road4g	2.0	25.0	11.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	46.0	18.3	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	20.0	6.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	South Florida	28	350	12.5	5	--
2018	South Florida	43	540	12.6	2	--
2017	South Florida	17	158	9.3	2	--
2016	South Florida	12	278	23.2	2	--
Career		100	1,326	13.3	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019

W 55–16

vs South Carolina State

2 rec · 30 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 39-point win at home against South Carolina State.

With J. McCloud — 217 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.3 · 56 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · T. Schneider — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 44 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-49vs Wisconsin	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 2	L 10-14@ Georgia Tech	3	60	20.0	0	54
Wk 3	W 55-16vs South Carolina State	2	30	15.0	2	20	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 21-48vs SMU	4	77	19.3	1	43	Season-high 77 yds
Wk 7	W 27-23vs BYU	2	52	26.0	1	39
Wk 8	L 3-35@ Navy	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 9	W 45-20@ East Carolina	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 11	L 7-17vs Temple	5	55	11.0	0	25
Wk 12	L 17-20vs Cincinnati	5	29	5.8	1	8
Wk 13	L 10-49vs Memphis	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Wk 14	L 7-34@ UCF	2	16	8.0	0	10
Total		28	350	11.8	5	54

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