Rachuan Mitchell: DB · Southern Miss · #1.
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Rachuan Mitchell
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Southern Miss. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Alabama — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 23 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 26 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | Southern Miss | 24 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 87 | 64 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 15 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-0vs Grambling | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-63@ No. 1 Alabama | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-26vs UTEP | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-34vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-35@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Pass share
38.8%
286 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
61.4
12 games
Team sack rate
11.3%
328 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Southern Miss, 87 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Tim Billings, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
