Steven Mitchell Jr.

Wide receiver for USC. 2017: 41 catches, 644 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · USC · #4

5′10″ · 195 lb · Pasadena, CA

USC 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 wide receiver for USC. 2017: 41 catches, 644 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at USC, 1,287 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 91 yds at Colorado.Colorado · W 38-242017

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

USC

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Steve Sarkisian

USC

2015–2017

Clay Helton

USC

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Sarkisian → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014USC9-4HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2015USC8-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2016USC10-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2017USC11-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#128 / 539 · 76th pct

644

Yards / catch#129 / 539 · 76th pct

15.7

Receptions#159 / 539 · 69th pct

Rec TDs#151 / 539 · 67th pct

Long catch#264 / 539 · 49th pct

Rush yards#154 / 283 · 45th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.8	60.2	18.3	0.4
Road2g	5.5	81.0	16.4	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.6	66.6	14.5	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	62.2	21.4	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	USC	41	644	15.7	4	--
2016	USC	24	226	9.4	1	--
2015	USC	37	335	9.1	4	--
2014	USC	7	82	11.7	2	--
Career		109	1,287	11.8	11	--

Season	Team
2017	USC	1	10	--	--	--
2016	USC	2	-3	91	1	--
2015	USC	--	--	--	1	--
2014	USC	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	7	91	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 42–24

vs Stanford

4 rec · 94 yds · 2 TD

With S. Darnold — 316 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 95.8 · 4 rush yds (2 car) · S. Carr — 119 rush yds (11 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-31vs Western Michigan	4	39	9.8	0	20
Wk 2	W 42-24vs Stanford	4	94	23.5	2	49	Season-high 94 yds
Wk 3	W 27-24vs Texas	6	90	15.0	0	27
Wk 6	W 38-10vs Oregon State	4	46	11.5	0	19
Wk 7	W 28-27vs Utah	5	64	12.8	0	32
Wk 8	L 14-49@ Notre Dame	7	71	10.1	1	16
Wk 10	W 49-35vs Arizona	1	27	27.0	1	27
Wk 11	W 38-24@ Colorado	4	91	22.8	0	30
Wk 12	W 28-23vs UCLA	4	56	14.0	0	18
Wk 14	W 31-28vs Stanford	2	66	33.0	0	49
Total		41	644	17.9	4	49

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

Steven Mitchell Jr.

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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