Eastern Michigan University Athletics

EMU: 2024: Earned 2024 Preseason Athlon Sports All-MAC Third Team Offense… 2023: Played in all 12 regular season games, starting 11… Second on the team in receptions (35) and receiving yards (398)… Averaged 11.4 yards per catch with a long of 50 yards on the season… Set career highs in receptions and yards in four consecutive games… Posted then-career-best seven grabs and 71 yards with one touchdown in the homecoming win over Ball State (Oct. 7)… Pulled in a 50-yard pass against Western Michigan (Oct. 28) on his way to a career-best 99 yards on the day… Capped the season with another seven-catch showing, this time at Buffalo (Nov. 21), where he finished with 75 yards… Recorded multiple catches in eight games… 2022: Did not play... 2021: Appeared in six games, one start at wide out, for the Green and White... Earned his first collegiate start at Northern Illinois (Oct. 2)... HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Thompson High School and played for Head Coach Mark Freeman as a Warrior... Part of one of the best teams in Alabama for the past two years with a 26-1 record since 2019 and consecutive 7A state championships... Played in 37 career games with 177 catches, 2,589 yards receiving, and 26 touchdowns... Averaged 70.0 yards per game and 14.6 yards per catch... As a senior, grabbed 70 balls for 1,163 yards and 12 scores... Named first-team 2020 Alabama MaxPreps All-State... Selected to participate in the 34th Annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Classic at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery... Snagged 53 balls as a junior for 682 yards and eight TDs... As a sophomore, notched 54 catches for 744 and six touchdowns... Also was a part of the school’s basketball team... PERSONAL: Full Name: James B. Mitchell III... Son of James and April Mitchell... Has one brother, Parker... Sport management major.