Senior safety on Ole Miss's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 240 lb · Alabaster, AL · Thompson
How he plays
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.
Tackles for loss: 73rd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
4 TFL
Best game: 6 tackles, 2 TFL, vs Georgia
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Ole Miss's 2025 roster.
Tony Mitchell
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 2 TFL against Georgia — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Ole Miss
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 25 | 13 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Alabama | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 13 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 63-0vs Alcorn State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-41vs Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-31@ Texas A&M | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-45vs Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-41vs Georgia | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 27-49@ Missouri | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-38vs Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 13 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeffrey Ugochukwu’s 2023 season.
Matches Jeffrey on
Differs from Jeffrey on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Bronson Olevao's sophomore season at Utah State (2024).
Matches Bronson on
2026 (SENIOR): Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills. MISSISSIPPI STATE: Appeared in 11 games with three starts during the 2025 season ... Recorded 25 tackles, including multiple tackles for loss, while serving primarily in a reserve role. EAST MISSISSIPPI CC...
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