Derrell Mitchell

Derrell Mitchell

Date of birth:	September 16, 1971 (1971-09-16) (age 40)
Place of birth:	Miami, Florida
Career information
Status:	Retired
CFL status:	Import
Position(s):	SB
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
College:	Texas Tech
NFL Draft:	1994 / Round: 6 / Pick: 176
Drafted by:	New Orleans Saints
Organizations
As player:
1994 1995 1997-2003 2004-2006 2007	New Orleans Saints Scottish Claymores Toronto Argonauts Edmonton Eskimos Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
2x Grey Cup champion (1997, 2005) 1997 CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award Most pass receptions in a CFL season (160 in 1998)
CFL All-Star:	1997, 1998, 2000
CFL East All-Star:	1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
Playing stats at CFL.ca
Playing stats at NFL.com

Derrell Lavoice "Mookie" Mitchell^[1] (born September 16, 1971 in Miami, Florida) is a former Canadian Football League slotback.

Junior College Career

Mitchell attended Joliet Junior College. As a sophomore, he was an NJCAA second team All-American pick, and was his league's co-Player of the Year.

College career

After a stellar career at Joliet Junior College, Mitchell transferred to Texas Tech. He finished his two-year NCAA college football career with 91 receptions for 1312 yards (14.42 yards per rec. avg.) and 9 touchdowns.

World League Career

Mitchell spent the 1995 season with the Scottish Claymores of the World League of American Football, having been allocated there by the New Orleans Saints, catching 11 passes for 145 yards and one touchdown.

CFL career

Mitchell signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL in 1997 and immediately made a mark in the league with close to 1,500 yards and 17 TD's receiving in his first season in the league, going on to win the 1997 CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award. Days later, Mitchell and the Argonauts went on to win the Grey Cup in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1998 he took his game one step forward catching a CFL-record 160 receptions for 2,000 yards. After a failed tryout in the National Football League in 1999, Mitchell returned to the Argos and consistently put up 1,000-yard or close to 1,000-yard seasons.

In 2004 he was released by the Argonauts, and was promptly signed by the Edmonton Eskimos who he helped win the 2005 Grey Cup a season later. Mitchell was eventually released by Edmonton on June 23, 2007. On July 2, 2007, Mitchell rejoined the Argonauts by signing a practice agreement with the team. On July 11, 2007, he was put on the active roster in time for a game against the Calgary Stampeders the following day and scored a touchdown in his first game back with the Argonauts. On July 26, 2007, Mitchell set a new Argonaut record for career receiving yards after catching a pass from Damon Allen in a home game against the Montreal Alouettes, surpassing former record holder Paul Masotti's 8772 receiving yards. On October 27, 2007, Mitchell surpassed 12,000 career receiving yards in the CFL against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

He was released by the Argonauts on March 20, 2008.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ http://sandbox.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MitcDe00.htm
2. ^ "Argos release Mookie". CFL.ca. 2008-03-20. http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&nid=23293. 

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Name	Mitchell, Derrell
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Date of birth	September 16, 1971
Place of birth	Miami, Florida
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