Jordan Mitchell

Photo by: Brett Rojo

Position:
Safety
Height:
6-2
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Owasso, Okla.
High School:
Owasso

TULSA – A three-year letterwinner … has played in 39 career games and has 19 starts … received a medical hardship last year … played in the first three games before suffering a season-ending knee injury in 2017 … … has been credited with 114 career tackles and 12 pass breakups … played cornerback in 2014 as a true freshman, but moved to safety in spring drills 2015 … 2017 – Played and started the first three games at free safety … suffered a season-ending knee injury in the third game of the year at Toledo … totaled 11 stops for the season … had a season-high six tackles vs. Louisiana … 2016 – Started all 13 games in 2016 … had 61 tackles and tied for the team-high with 9 PBUs in 2016 … had two double-figure tackle games … totaled a career-high 12 tackles and added one pass breakup at UCF … had 10 tackles at Houston … compiled five tackles at Navy and against Central Michigan in the Miami Beach Bowl … had eight stops against Cincinnati … tallied six stops against East Carolina … registered a career-high four pass breakups at Memphis, while adding two tackles, including TFL for -1 yard … totaled four tackles and one pass breakup against Tulane . . . had 2 pass breakups in the season opener against San Jose State … 2015 – Played in all 13 games and started three contests . . . made starts against FAU, Oklahoma and Houston . . . totaled 36 tackles and three pass breakups . . . made his first career start in the season opener vs. FAU and had four tackles . . . came off the bench against New Mexico and had 4 tackles . . . totaled a career-high seven tackles at #16 Oklahoma . . . was credited with five tackles against Houston . . . had a career-best two pass breakups at SMU . . . tallied two tackles and one pass breakup against #17 Memphis . . . totaled three stops at East Carolina and Tulane . . . 2014 – Played in 10 games as a true freshman . . . missed the first two contests . . . was credited with six tackles . . . had a season-best five tackles against FAU.

HIGH SCHOOL – Was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter at Owasso High School . . . played cornerback . . . tallied 85 tackles, 15 pass break-ups and one interception his senior season . . . was a second-team Tulsa World all-metro selection as a senior . . . also earned Tulsa World honorable mention all-state accolades . . . was ranked 27^th among the top-36 players in the state of Oklahoma by 247Sports Ratings . . . earned first-team District 6A-1 accolades . . . totaled 40 tackles, 15 pass break-ups and four interceptions his junior season . . . high school coach was Bill Patterson.

PERSONAL – Favorite movie is Dazed and Confused … his favorite NFL player is Cam Newton …the Carolina Panthers is his favorite professional sports team … an Eagle Scout … a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes … has an older brother … parents are Wesley Sr. and Yolanda Mitchell … his father played football at Temple and Howard University … received his bachelor’s degree in management in May, and working on a master’s degree in business … born February 6, 1996 in Charlotte, North Carolina.