Nic Mitchell
Nic Mitchell
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Nic Mitchell has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Mississippi State. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles, 1 sacks against Arkansas, Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 78 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 80 | 24 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 173 | 45 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025
W 38–35
at Arkansas
10 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Edged out Arkansas on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Mississippi State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Mississippi State
Returning around him
- 2 Mississippi State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (27 in / 40 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Mississippi State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #24 · 2026 recruiting class #23
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Corban Hondru’s 2024 season.
Matches Corban on
Differs from Corban on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jermaine Johnson's graduate season at Massachusetts (2024).
Matches Jermaine on