2026
2026 season · TE · #84 · 5th season
James Mitchell
Age 27 · 6'4" · 249 lb · Virginia Tech · Pick 177 overall (2022). Listed TE4 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 42% across 1 game.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | 0% | |||
| Depth of targetair yards per target | - | |||
| After the catchyards per reception | - | |||
| Catch ratereceptions per target | - |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per target | - | |||
| First downsper target | - | |||
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | - | |||
| Yards per game | 0.0 |
Graded once he reaches 15 targets. 45 tight ends qualify so far.
Mitchell scores 0.0 standard points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (9+) and 1 bust (under 3). Next up, in Week 9, the Colts allow the 9th-most standard points to TEs, 9.7 a game.
Mitchell scores 0.0 half-PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (12+) and 1 bust (under 4). Next up, in Week 9, the Colts allow the 12th-most half-PPR points to TEs, 12.0 a game.
Mitchell scores 0.0 PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (15+) and 1 bust (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Colts allow the 12th-most PPR points to TEs, 14.4 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the TE12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
at ColtsLucas Oil Stadium
DAL −6 · O/U 51.5
The defense vs TE
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Colts rank 19th vs TE, allowing +0.27 EPA per target to tight ends. He has averaged 0 yards a game against middle defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at NYG L 20-28Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | vs WAS W 37-20Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs BAL L 31-34Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | at HOU W 34-30Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | vs TB L 16-24Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | at GB L 13-23Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | at PHI W 38-21Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | vs ARI L 30-3322nd D | 22nd vs TE | 42% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9 | at INDSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs SFSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | vs TENSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs PHIThu Nov 26 | |||||||
| 13 | at SEAMon Dec 7 | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | at LASun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs JAXSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs NYGSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at WASSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 1 games | 42% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at NYG L 20-28Did not play | ||||||||
| 2 | vs WAS W 37-20Did not play | ||||||||
| 3 | vs BAL L 31-34Did not play | ||||||||
| 4 | at HOU W 34-30Did not play | ||||||||
| 5 | vs TB L 16-24Did not play | ||||||||
| 6 | at GB L 13-23Did not play | ||||||||
| 7 | at PHI W 38-21Did not play | ||||||||
| 8 | vs ARI L 30-3322nd D | 22nd vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 9 | at INDSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||||
| 10 | vs SFSun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | vs TENSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | vs PHIThu Nov 26 | ||||||||
| 13 | at SEAMon Dec 7 | ||||||||
| 14 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 15 | at LASun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | vs JAXSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs NYGSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | at WASSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 1 games | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at NYG L 20-28Did not play | ||||||
| 2 | vs WAS W 37-20Did not play | ||||||
| 3 | vs BAL L 31-34Did not play | ||||||
| 4 | at HOU W 34-30Did not play | ||||||
| 5 | vs TB L 16-24Did not play | ||||||
| 6 | at GB L 13-23Did not play | ||||||
| 7 | at PHI W 38-21Did not play | ||||||
| 8 | vs ARI L 30-3322nd D | 22nd vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 9 | at INDSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||
| 10 | vs SFSun Nov 15 | ||||||
| 11 | vs TENSun Nov 22 | ||||||
| 12 | vs PHIThu Nov 26 | ||||||
| 13 | at SEAMon Dec 7 | ||||||
| 14 | Bye week | ||||||
| 15 | at LASun Dec 20 | ||||||
| 16 | vs JAXSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | vs NYGSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | at WASSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 1 games | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Too few games for a trend yet: 1 played.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 32nd-toughest slate vs TE: his opponents rank 22.0 of 32 on average (league middle 17.0). Ahead: 6 of his next 9 are top-10 vs TE and 1 is bottom-10, starting with the Colts (19th, away) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Tgt/g | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | – | – | – | – |
| 11 to 22Middle | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | – | – | – | – |
| All games | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Yards against the rank of the defense
Too few games to read a pattern yet.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2022, 113 receiving yards in 8 games with DET. This season's 0.0 a game puts him on pace for 0 over 17, short of it.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | DET | 8 | 11 | 11 | 113 | 1 | 10.3 | 14.1 | +0.91 |
| 2023 | DET | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | +0.67 |
| 2025 | CAR | 2 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 9.3 | 14.0 | +0.75 |
| 2026 | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0.0 | – |
| Career | 3 tm | 13 | 16 | 16 | 169 | 1 | 10.6 | 13.0 | +0.85 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- TE4 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 0 on 0 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Javonte WilliamsRB | 158 | 632 · 9 TD | +1.2 |
 CeeDee LambWR | 94 | 703 · 6 TD | +30.3 |
 George PickensWR | 62 | 533 · 2 TD | +25.4 |
 Ryan FlournoyWR | 45 | 345 · 2 TD | +14.6 |
 Tyler GoodsonRB | 35 | 109 | -5.0 |
 Jake FergusonTE | 25 | 115 · 3 TD | -6.8 |
 Dak PrescottQB | 23 | 101 · 1 TD | +3.7 |
 Brevyn Spann-FordTE | 18 | 110 | +3.3 |