Receiver, Abilene Christian (from Eastern Michigan), 2021–⁠25

J.B. Mitchell

Number
No. 5
Height
6′1″
Weight
205 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Alabaster, AL

J.B. Mitchell played receiver at Eastern Michigan (2021–⁠24) and Abilene Christian (2025).

Career highs

7catches, career hightwice; last at Buffalo, 202399receiving yards, career highvs. Western Michigan, 2023

Team titles: United Athletic champions, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2023Eastern Michigan3539811.4150
2024Eastern Michigan33712.3014
2025Abilene Christian2224311.0241
Career6067811.3350

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Eastern Michigan5WRRS
2022Eastern Michigan5WRFr.
2023Eastern Michigan5WRSo.
2024Eastern Michigan5WRJr.
2025Abilene Christian5WRSr.6′1″205

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2023Eastern Michigan480.5017th (n=681)0.8024.27%
2024Eastern Michigan31.61––4.8–
2025Abilene Christian (FCS)430.3837th (n=1040)0.4616.15%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Abilene Christian 11 games, 22 catches, 243 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 13atTCUL 21–⁠42588132–
Sep 27atIncarnate WordL 7–⁠381202–
Oct 4vs.North AlabamaW 52–⁠23333021–
Oct 11atWest GeorgiaW 30–⁠13434114–
Oct 18atSouthern UtahL 24–⁠3121007–
Nov 1vs.Tarleton StateW 31–⁠281303–
Nov 8vs.Utah TechW 31–⁠10246041–
Nov 15atEastern KentuckyW 17–⁠101−600–
Nov 22atCentral ArkansasW 49–⁠281606–
Nov 29vs.LamarW 38–⁠20122022–
Dec 6atStephen F. AustinL 34–⁠411505–

No box score in the source for Sep 21 vs. Austin Peay, so that game is not listed.

2024 Eastern Michigan 2 games, 3 catches, 37 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 12vs.Miami (OH)L 14–⁠38112012–
Nov 2vs.ToledoL 28–⁠29225014–
2023 Eastern Michigan 11 games, 35 catches, 398 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.HowardW 33–⁠23116016–
Sep 9atMinnesotaL 6–⁠25––––1
Sep 16vs.MassachusettsW 19–⁠1721608–
Sep 23atJacksonville StateL 0–⁠21323014–
Sep 30atCentral MichiganL 23–⁠26548015–
Oct 7vs.Ball StateW 24–⁠10771116–
Oct 21atNorthern IllinoisL 13–⁠20110010–
Oct 28vs.Western MichiganL 21–⁠45599050–
Nov 8atToledoL 23–⁠49225015–
Nov 14vs.AkronW 30–⁠27215011–
Nov 21atBuffaloW 24–⁠11775028–

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

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