2023 Football Roster

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Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Juwan Mitchell
Juwan Mitchell
Juwan Mitchell
Jersey Number 51

Juwan Mitchell

  • Position:
    Inside Linebacker
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    235
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Newark, NJ
  • High School:
    Mater Dei
  • Prev School:
    Butler CC/Texas/Tennessee
AT COLORADO (2023)
2023 (Gr.)
  • Played in seven games, starting in four.
  • Recorded 32 total tackles and 2.5 tackles for a loss of 14 yards.
  • Led the team in tackles against Colorado State and Oregon.
TRANSFER
  • He comes to Colorado with one year to play one.
AT TENNESSEE (2021-22)
  • Played in 10 games in 2022 totaling 43 tackles, one interception, and three pass breakups.
  • Made his 150th career FBS tackle in the 2022 regular-season finale at Vanderbilt.
  • Played in three games with one start and earned a redshirt in 2021.
  • Missed the final nine games of the year due to a shoulder injury and underwent surgery. 
  • Started at MLB in the season opener against Bowling Green, making his Tennessee debut.
AT TEXAS (2019-20)
  • Played in 21 games at Texas with 13 starts, collecting 101 tackles (59 solo) with eight tackles for loss, three sacks, five pass breakups and one fumble recovery.
  • Played in 10 games and started eight times in 2020.
  • Led the team with 62 tackles (32 solo), which ranked 15th in the Big 12.
  • Also recorded 4.5 tackles for loss, one quarterback hurry, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery.
  • Recorded at least five tackles in six of nine games.
  • Posted five tackles in his first start of the season at Texas Tech. 
  • Posted three tackles in the Valero Alamo Bowl vs. Colorado.
  • Member of the Big 12 Honor Roll in the spring of 2020, majoring in physical culture and sport.
  • Played in 11 games and started five games in his debut season and logged 39 tackles, 27 solo stops, 3.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and four pass breakups in his first season.
  • Posted five tackles and one pass breakup in the Valero Alamo Bowl vs. No. 11 Utah.
AT BUTLER CC (2018)
  • An all-conference linebacker from Butler Community College in 2019.
  • Selected honorable mention All-KJCCC (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) in 2018.
  • Played in all 12 games as a freshman.
  • Led all freshmen at Butler in tackles (55) and tackles for loss (7.5), which ranked sixth and fourth overall on the team, respectively.  
  • Also recorded two sacks, a 44-yard interception return and a pass breakup.
  • Registered at least four tackles in seven games, including a three-game stretch with a total of 26. 
  • Helped Butler to an 8-4 overall record, a 5-2 conference record and a Midwest Classic Bowl Championship in 2018.
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended New Berlin (New York) Milford Academy in the fall of 2017 and led the conference in tackles
  • Played for Dino Mangiero at Mater Dei High School in New Jersey and helped them to an undefeated 12-0 record, including a 5-0 league mark and title, and the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 2 Championship in 2016.
  • Selected third-team All-Shore Conference at linebacker as a senior in 2016, also chosen second-team all-area.
  • Registered 87 tackles (51 solo), two sacks, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one interception on defense, along with eight receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown on offense as a junior in 2015.
  • Also competed in discus in track and field in high school.
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