Myron Mitchell

#5 · WR · Sr. · UAB6′1″ · 180 lb · Jasper, AL · Walker

Myron Mitchell: WR · UAB · #5.

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Myron Mitchell

WR · UAB · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Transferred to UAB from UAB. First career honor, 2020: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 117 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Miami — Week 2, 2020.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2020	UAB	29	436	15.0	3	63
2019	UAB	34	554	16.3	4	76
Career		63	990	15.7	7	76

Season	Team
2020	UAB	2	7	94	38
2019	UAB	1	4	403	40
Career		3	11	497	78

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-35vs Central Arkansas	4	47	11.8	1	28
Wk 2	L 14-31@ Miami	8	117	14.6	0	29	Season-high 117 yds
Wk 4	W 42-10@ South Alabama	3	77	25.7	0	52
Wk 5	W 21-13vs UTSA	6	65	10.8	1	18
Wk 7	W 37-14vs Western Kentucky	3	34	11.3	0	15
Wk 8	L 20-24vs Louisiana	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 9	L 34-37@ Louisiana Tech	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 15	W 21-16@ Rice	1	63	63.0	1	63
Wk 16	W 22-13@ Marshall	2	13	6.5	0	10
Total		29	436	15.0	3	63

Signature game

Week 2 · 2020

L 14-31

at Miami

8 rec · 117 yds

With K. Greenwell — 42 yards per punt · 11 punts · 4 inside the 20 · T. Johnston III — 150 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 15 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.05Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 63 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 5 · UTSA · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.59Bryson Lucero pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 8 yds to the TexSA 42 for a UT SAN ANTONIO Penalty, personal foul (Rashad Wisdom) to the TexSA 43 for a
Week 2 · Miami · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.58Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 29 yds Myron Mitchell fumbled, forced by Te'Cory Couch, recovered by UAB
Week 5 · UTSA · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.57Bryson Lucero pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 18 yds for a TD (Matthew Quinn KICK)
Week 1 · Central Arkansas · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Bryson Lucero pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 18 yds for a TD (Matthew Quinn KICK)
Week 4 · South Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Bryson Lucero pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 52 yds to the SAlab 8 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.13Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 11 yds to the UAB 42 for a
Week 2 · Miami · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.07Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 8 yds to the MiaFl 42 for a
Week 2 · Miami · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.06Bryson Lucero pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 29 yds to the UAB 36 for a
Week 1 · Central Arkansas · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA −1.91Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Myron Mitchell for a loss of 4 yards to the CArk 43

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Bill Clark — 15-8 over that span.

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2020 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#21 / 65 · 68th pct

15.0

TD rate#30 / 65 · 54th pct

6.7%

EPA / target#31 / 65 · 53rd pct

0.64

Explosive rate#31 / 65 · 52nd pct

15.6%

Catch rate#45 / 65 · 32nd pct

64.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#91 / 421 · 78th pct

Yards / catch#125 / 421 · 70th pct

15.0

Rec yards#130 / 421 · 69th pct

436

Rec TDs#120 / 421 · 63rd pct

Receptions#164 / 421 · 60th pct

Rush yards#112 / 202 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#38 / 202 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#59 / 146 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

22nd → 53rd percentile

Explosive rate

43rd → 52nd percentile

Catch rate

2nd → 32nd percentile

TD rate

43rd → 54th percentile

Yards / catch

74th → 68th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2020. 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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.5	38.8	10.7	0.5
Road5g	3.0	56.2	24.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.8	68.0	14.8	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	1.2	24.0	22.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2020 season

Head Coach

Bill Clark

Pass share

40.4%

243 pass / 359 run

Plays / game

66.9

9 games

Team sack rate

1.6%

254 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Myron Mitchell

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Style of play

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at UAB

Moves

2016

2018

2020 9 games

2021