James Mitchell Fantasy
- Height / Weight
- 6'4" / 246 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- August 11, 2000 (23)
- Experience
- 3rd Season
- Drafted
- 2022 / Rd. 5 / Pk. 177 (DET)
- College
- Virginia Tech
Season Logs
Game Logs
James Mitchell News
Detroit Lions tight end James Mitchell (hand) has been ruled out ahead of Sunday's Wild-Card matchup against the Los Angeles Rams. Mitchell was limited in practice on Thursday, but ended up missing Friday's session. The Lions have decided to rule him out for this contest, which normally doesn't mean too much. However, Sam LaPorta (knee) has been banged up, but he was able to get through a full practice on Friday. Fellow tight end Brock Wright appears ready to play, so the absence of Mitchell won't make much of an impact.
MLive's Kyle Meinke thinks that Detroit Lions tight ends Sam LaPorta, Brock Wright and James Mitchell are roster locks heading into Week 1 of the regular season. And if Brandon Zylstra has a solid training camp, the team could take four tight ends into the regular season. Mitchell is big and physical at the position and has run-after-the-catch abilities. The 23-year-old fifth-round selection last year isn't much of a blocker, so if one of Wright or LaPorta miss time with injury in 2023, he could step into a decent pass-catching role. Mitchell could also see a bigger role if LaPorta struggles with the speed of the NFL game in his first NFL season. Mitchell caught all 11 of his targets in 2022 for 113 yards and one touchdown in 14 games (zero starts).
Detroit Lions tight ends Brock Wright and James Mitchell are far from the fantasy radar, despite each of them catching a touchdown in two games without T.J. Hockenson (traded to Vikings). The tight end duo has combined for just five targets, three catches, and 14 yards over that two-game span. Until either player proves to be larger factors in the passing game instead of beneficiaries of short touchdown passes, they can't be trusted in fantasy lineups.
Depth Chart
- Offense
- Defense
FS | Kerby Joseph |
Ifeatu Melifonwu | |
LDE | John Cominsky |
LDT | Josh Paschal |
Levi Onwuzurike | |
RDT | Alim McNeill |
RDE | Aidan Hutchinson |
LOLB | Alex Anzalone |
MLB | Derrick Barnes |
Jack Campbell | |
ROLB | Malcolm Rodriguez |
Jalen Reeves-Maybin | |
LCB | Carlton Davis III |
NB | Brian Branch |
PR | Kalif Raymond |
KR | Craig Reynolds |
QB | Jared Goff |
Hendon Hooker | |
RB | David Montgomery |
Jahmyr Gibbs | |
LWR | Jameson Williams |
RWR | Antoine Green |
SWR | Amon-Ra St. Brown |
TE | Sam LaPorta |
LT | Taylor Decker |
C | Frank Ragnow |
RG | Colby Sorsdal |
RT | Penei Sewell |
K | Michael Badgley |
P | Jack Fox |