Player file
James Mitchell
TE Tight End · Virginia Tech · PRO
6' 4" · 249 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 27 · born 1999-08-11 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
DAL · practice-squad
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 3 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
Searched — none · no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0037282 (seasonal record, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank exists (asOf 2026-09-20)
Inspect
no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0037282 (seasonal well, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank existsInspect season and contract figures
Last season line
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T10:36:10.591Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T10:36:10.591Z)
Contract
Not sourced yet · OTC DAL salary-cap table had no Active/IR row matching this official-chart name. — the club cap table is Active/IR only (practice squad and reserve rows omitted), so a miss is a coverage gap, not "no contract" (asOf 2026-09-20T15:11:45.390Z)
Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T10:36:10.591Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T10:36:10.591Z)
Contract
Not sourced yet · OTC DAL salary-cap table had no Active/IR row matching this official-chart name. — the club cap table is Active/IR only (practice squad and reserve rows omitted), so a miss is a coverage gap, not "no contract" (asOf 2026-09-20T15:11:45.390Z)
as of 2026-09-20T15:11:45.390ZNFL by year
- 2025 · CAR · TE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 rec · 3 tgt · 28 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2023 · DET · TE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 rec · 2 tgt · 28 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2022 · DET · TE · 8 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved11 rec · 11 tgt · 113 rec yds · 1 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Hall of Fame Game · 2026-08-06 · CAR at ARI3/4, 15 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-06
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · CAR at BUF2/2, 2 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
- Preseason week 2 · 2026-08-21 · CAR at JAX1/2, 10 yds, 0 TD · 0 tackles (0-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · HOU at CAR2/4, 15 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-06as of 2026-08-28College by year
- 2021 · Virginia Tech · receiving5 rec · 42 yds · 1 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2020 · Virginia Tech · receiving26 rec · 435 yds · 4 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2019 · Virginia Tech · receiving21 rec · 363 yds · 2 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2022 Combine · TE · Virginia Tech · 6-4 · 249 lb
Searched — none · in the combine table for this session with no drill value — did not participate or not recorded; the table does not say which
drafted 2022 · round 5 · Detroit Lions
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Club feed for DAL: dallascowboys.com publishes no transactions page (absent from its own sitemap; /team/transactions, /team/roster-moves and /news/roster-moves all 404 — verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-02), so its rows are relayed from the nfl.com league transactions ledger filtered to the Cowboys: the league office's own filing of every move, an approved equivalent official source carrying the same event contract Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. Club feed for DAL: dallascowboys.com publishes no transactions page (absent from its own sitemap; /team/transactions, /team/roster-moves and /news/roster-moves all 404 — verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-02), so its rows are relayed from the nfl.com league transactions ledger filtered to the Cowboys: the league office's own filing of every move, an approved equivalent official source carrying the same event contract (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Club feed for DAL: dallascowboys.com publishes no transactions page (absent from its own sitemap; /team/transactions, /team/roster-moves and /news/roster-moves all 404 — verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-02), so its rows are relayed from the nfl.com league transactions ledger filtered to the Cowboys: the league office's own filing of every move, an approved equivalent official source carrying the same event contract Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2025
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
Not sourced yet · No Reception Perception row for this player on the Sicko tables.