Adonai Mitchell, a wide receiver from Texas, is anticipated to register for the 2024 NFL Draft, per 247Sports. After two seasons at
Georgia, Mitchell was one of the most significant additions to the Longhorns’ transfer portal for the 2023 cycle, regardless of position.
Despite entering a stacked room with players like veteran Jordan Whittington and sensation Xavier Worthy, he quickly took over the
starting lineup.
Mitchell established himself as Texas’ most dependable big-play threat despite having that talent surrounding him. With 11
touchdowns, he led the Big 12 and had the highest yards per reception of any Texas player with at least 10 catches in the season
(15.4%).
Mitchell also had a reputation for stepping up in key situations. His 1-yard touchdown catch in Texas’ College Football Playoff
semifinal showdown against Washington cut the Huskies’ lead to 34-28 midway through the fourth quarter. That score snapped a 20-
minute scoreless streak for the Longhorns and allowed them to hang around in a game that came down to the wire.
Since his freshman year at Georgia, Mitchell has participated in five postseason games and has at least one touchdown reception in
each of those contests. Two of those catches, one in the fourth quarter of the 2021 national championship game against Alabama,
the other,, with 54 seconds remaining in the previous season’s semifinal against Ohio State, had go-ahead touchdowns that provided
the Bulldogs the momentum they needed to win.
With players like Malik Nabers of LSU and Marvin Harrison Jr. of Ohio State, the wide receiver class of the 2024 NFL Draft is stacked.
Although Mitchell isn’t at the top of the list, he could hear his name called before Day 1 is up. He is ranked No. 6 among wide receivers
and No. 30 overall in CBS Sports’ 2024 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings. In his most recent mock draft, Ryan Wilson of CBS Sports, a
draft expert, projects Mitchell to the Philadelphia Eagles with the 32nd selection.
“Mitchell, a Georgia transfer, is another in a long line of big, physical, fast, twitched-up WRs in this draft class,” Wilson stated. “He
plays mostly outside, but did work in the the slot more this season, and the thought of a WR room of A.J. Brown, Devonta Smith and
Mitchell is fun to think about unless you’re one of the other three teams in the NFC East.”
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