Nic Mitchell is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Mississippi State.
Mitchell is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Mississippi State. The first one came in 2025: SEC Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 sack against Arkansas, Week 10, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 78 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -- | 1 |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 80 | 24 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 173 | 45 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17@ Southern Miss | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-20vs No. 12 Arizona State | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-0vs Alcorn State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-10vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-41vs No. 15 Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-31@ No. 6 Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-23@ Florida | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-45vs No. 22 Texas | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-35@ Arkansas | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 21-41vs No. 5 Georgia | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-49@ Missouri | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-38vs No. 6 Ole Miss | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 29-43vs Wake Forest | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%5 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups78 tackles · 5 for loss · 2.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
41.8%
390 pass / 543 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
413 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
78 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #126 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #19 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,123 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the SEC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Zach Arnett, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
