Defensive back, Northwestern, 2019–⁠22

Cameron Mitchell

Number: No. 2
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 195 lb
Class (2022): Junior
Hometown: Bolingbrook, IL
Born: Sep 8, 2001

Cameron Mitchell played defensive back at Northwestern (2019–⁠22). The Cleveland Browns took Mitchell in round 5, No. 142 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 52; Tackles, 2022 (Northwestern, 1–⁠11)
Drafted: No. 142; Round 5, 2023 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

11tackles, career highat Penn State, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

3–⁠97–⁠2AP 103–⁠91–⁠11

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2019	Northwestern	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Northwestern	18	9	0.5	0.5	1	5	0
2021	Northwestern	48	40	0.5	0	0	6	1
2022	Northwestern	52	38	2.5	1	1	7	1
Career		119	88	3.5	1.5	2	18	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Northwestern	2	DB	Yr 1
2020	Northwestern	2	DB	Yr 2
2021	Northwestern	2	DB	Yr 3
2022	Northwestern	2	DB	Jr. (Yr 4)	6′0″	195

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 Northwestern 11 games, 52 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 27	vs.Nebraska	W 31–⁠28	6	2	0	0	1	2
Sep 10	vs.Duke	L 23–⁠31	2	1	0	0	0	1
Sep 24	vs.Miami (OH)	L 14–⁠17	3	3	1	1	0	1
Oct 1	atPenn State	L 7–⁠17	11	9	1	0	0	0
Oct 8	vs.Wisconsin	L 7–⁠42	3	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 22	atMaryland	L 24–⁠31	6	4	0	0	0	0
Oct 29	atIowa	L 13–⁠33	4	3	0	0	0	0
Nov 5	vs.Ohio State	L 7–⁠21	4	4	0	0	0	3
Nov 12	atMinnesota	L 3–⁠31	4	1	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 19	atPurdue	L 9–⁠17	4	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Illinois	L 3–⁠41	5	4	0	0	0	0

2021 Northwestern 12 games, 48 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 3	vs.Michigan State	L 21–⁠38	2	2	0	1
Sep 11	vs.Indiana State	W 24–⁠6	3	3	0	1
Sep 18	atDuke	L 23–⁠30	3	3	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Ohio	W 35–⁠6	2	2	0	0
Oct 2	atNebraska	L 7–⁠56	5	4	0	0
Oct 16	vs.Rutgers	W 21–⁠7	3	3	0	0
Oct 23	atMichigan	L 7–⁠33	5	2	0	1
Oct 30	vs.Minnesota	L 14–⁠41	5	5	0	1
Nov 6	vs.Iowa	L 12–⁠17	3	3	0	0
Nov 13	atWisconsin	L 7–⁠35	5	3	0.5	0
Nov 20	vs.Purdue	L 14–⁠32	9	7	0	0
Nov 27	atIllinois	L 14–⁠47	3	3	0	2

2020 Northwestern 6 games, 18 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Nov 7	vs.Nebraska	W 21–⁠13	2	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 14	atPurdue	W 27–⁠20	2	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 21	vs.Wisconsin	W 17–⁠7	1	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 28	atMichigan State	L 20–⁠29	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 19	vs.Ohio State	L 10–⁠22	4	2	0.5	0.5	1	1
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Auburn	W 35–⁠19	6	3	0	0	0	2

2019 Northwestern 1 game, 1 tackle

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 18	vs.Ohio State	L 3–⁠52	1	1	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2023	Combine or pro day 2023
Height	5′10¾″
Weight	191 lb
Arm length	31⅜″
Hand size	9¾″
Wingspan		76⅛″^W
40-yard dash	4.47 s
10-yard split		1.48 s
Vertical jump	35″
Bench press	15 reps
3-cone drill		6.89 s
20-yard shuttle		4.06 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 28 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2023	Cleveland Browns	9	16	1
2024	Cleveland Browns	12	23	0
2025	Indianapolis Colts	7	18	0
NFL career		28	57	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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