Mitchell played
college football for the
Marshall Thundering Herd in 1987 and the
Northern Iowa Panthers (UNI) from 1989 to 1991. He holds many UNI football records and
NCAA records as well, including the most accurate single-season kicker in NCAA college football history (26 for 27 in field goals). His longest field goal was 57 yards in 1990. He was a member of the Marshall squad that competed in the
1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. Mitchell was named number six on the
Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly Division I-AA) Top 30 Kickers all-time list between 1978 and 2008. Mitchell played two years of professional football in the
Arena Football League, in
1994 for the
Cleveland Thunderbolts and in
1995 for the
St. Louis Stampede. Mitchell kicked 6
drop kick field goals and 18 drop kick
extra points in 1994. Mitchell holds every drop kick record in the Arena Football League. In 2024, Mitchell was inducted into the
University of Northern Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame. ==References==