James Mitchell Season 2021

2020 All-ACC Second Team (PFF College)
 
2021: Made three receptions for 36 yards and an 11-yard touchdown in the 17-10 win over North Carolina (9/3) ... Recorded two receptions for six yards vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/11). Also registered a one-yard rush before leaving the game due to a knee injury.

2020: Saw action in 10 games (nine starts) … Totaled 26 receptions for 435 yards and caught a team-high four TDs … Also registered a rushing TD … Led the Hokies in receiving with 68 yards vs. NC State (9/26) and scored a TD … Caught three passes for 23 yards and a TD at Duke (10/3) ... Posted 103 yards and a TD at UNC (10/10) and also scored a rushing TD ... Had two catches for 20 yards vs. Boston College (10/17) ... Had three catches for 51 yards and a TD at Wake Forest (10/24) ... Registered three receptions for 46 yards at Louisville (10/31) ... Had two receptions for 46 yards at Pitt (11/21) ... Made three receptions vs. Clemson (12/5) for 11 yards ... Caught three passes for 67 yards vs. Virginia (12/12).
 
2019: Played in all 13 games with eight starts … Paired with Dalton Keene to give Tech one of the ACC’s most dynamic TE tandems … Caught 21 passes for 361 yards with two TDs … Also scored four rushing TDs on five carries … Had two receptions for 22 yards, including an 11-yard TD vs. Boston College (8/31) ... Ran for a three-yard TD vs. Furman (9/14) … Hauled in three passes for 75 yards, including a career-long 67-yard catch at Miami (10/5) and ran for a one-yard score ... Posted a one-yard scoring run vs. Wake Forest (11/9) … Set career highs with four catches for 90 yards at Georgia Tech (11/16), including a seven-yard TD reception ... Wore Coach Beamer’s No. 25 jersey vs. Pitt (11/23), rushing for a one-yard TD … Had three receptions for 36 yards in the Belk Bowl vs. Kentucky (12/31).
 
2018: Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams ... Started his first game at tight end vs. Marshall (12/1).
 
High School: 2017 VHSL 2A Offensive Player of the Year … Helped guide Union to a trip to the 2A semifinals in 2017 … Played for head coach Travis Turner … Four-time all-state tight end and a USA Today All-Virginia First-Team selection … Racked up 756 receiving yards on 42 catches and nine touchdowns in his career and was also pressed into duty at quarterback due to injuries … Two-time first-team all-conference pick as a basketball player.
 
Personal: James Maxell Mitchell … Born in Norton, Virginia … Has two sisters, Joy and Jasmine, and one brother, Jordan … Son of Jimmy and Marcia Mitchell … Mother played college basketball at Brown ... Majoring in sports media and analytics.