Mitchell Wilcox

TE · South Florida 2019 · #89

Last confirmed: South Florida, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′5″ · 245 lb · Tarpon Springs, FL

Mitchell Wilcox: TE · South Florida · #89.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Will MalloryMiami · 2020 · 90% season match
Ryan IzzoFlorida State · 2017 · 87% season match
Ian ThomasIndiana · 2017 · 86% season match
Billy HumphreysSan José State · 2019 · 85% season match
David GrinnageNC State · 2014 · 84% season match

Mitchell Wilcox

TE · South Florida · Sr · #89

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Mitchell Wilcox has been at South Florida through two head coaches in four seasons. A game that shows it: 77 receiving yards and 4 receptions against SMU — Week 5, 2019.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	South Florida	28	350	12.5	5
2018	South Florida	43	540	12.6	2
2017	South Florida	17	158	9.3	2
2016	South Florida	12	278	23.2	2
Career		100	1,326	13.3	11

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-49vs No. 19 Wisconsin	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 2	L 10-14@ Georgia Tech	3	60	20.0	0	54
Wk 3	W 55-16vs South Carolina State	2	30	15.0	2	20	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 21-48vs SMU	4	77	19.3	1	43	Season-high 77 yds
Wk 7	W 27-23vs BYU	2	52	26.0	1	39
Wk 8	L 3-35@ Navy	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 9	W 45-20@ East Carolina	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 11	L 7-17vs Temple	5	55	11.0	0	25
Wk 12	L 17-20vs No. 17 Cincinnati	5	29	5.8	1	8
Wk 13	L 10-49vs No. 18 Memphis	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Wk 14	L 7-34@ UCF	2	16	8.0	0	10
Total		28	350	12.5	5	54

Signature game

Week 5 · 2019

L 21-48

vs SMU

4 rec · 77 yds · 1 TD

With T. Schneider — 39 yards per punt · 8 punts · 62 long · B. Barnett — 222 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.1 · 24 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · SMU · 1st and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.77Blake Barnett pass complete to Mitchell Wilcox for 43 yds to the SMU 37 for a
Week 2 · Georgia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Jordan McCloud pass complete to Mitchell Wilcox for 54 yds to the GTech 1 for a
Week 3 · South Carolina State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.25McCloud to Wilcox: a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · BYU · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.14McCloud to Wilcox: a 39-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · South Carolina State · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.57McCloud to Wilcox: a 10-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · SMU · 1st and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.20Barnett to Wilcox: a 7-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 11 · Temple · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.13Jordan McCloud pass complete to Mitchell Wilcox for 15 yds to the SFla 39 for a
Week 1 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.13Blake Barnett pass complete to Mitchell Wilcox for 11 yds to the SFla 42 for a
Week 8 · Navy · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +1.95Jordan McCloud pass complete to Mitchell Wilcox for 11 yds to the SFla 38 for a
Week 11 · Temple · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +1.90Jordan McCloud pass complete to Mitchell Wilcox for 25 yds to the Temp 14 for a

Teams and coaches

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018South Florida7-6HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

2019South Florida4-8HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (82nd percentile). Concern: td rate (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#408 / 728 · 44th pct

10.8%

Yards / catch#448 / 728 · 38th pct

11.4

EPA / target#501 / 728 · 31st pct

0.40

Catch rate#503 / 728 · 31st pct

64.9%

TD rate#555 / 728 · 24th pct

2.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#19 / 128 · 82nd pct

Long catch#27 / 128 · 79th pct

Rec yards#40 / 128 · 69th pct

350

Receptions#38 / 128 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#48 / 128 · 62nd pct

12.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

83rd → 31st percentile

Explosive rate

23rd → 44th percentile

Catch rate

70th → 31st percentile

TD rate

33rd → 24th percentile

Yards / catch

54th → 38th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	35.7	12.0	0.7
Road4g	2.0	25.0	11.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	46.0	18.3	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	20.0	6.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Charlie Strong

Pass share

42.6%

328 pass / 442 run

Plays / game

64.2

12 games

Team sack rate

11.7%

375 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

28 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

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