Brian Mitchell (born October 15, 1969) is a former

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and professional

arena football Indoor American football, or arena football, is a variation of gridiron football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas. While varying in details from league to league, the rules of indoor football are designed to allow for play in a smaller ...

player.

Career

Mitchell played

for the

Marshall Thundering Herd The Marshall Thundering Herd is the intercollegiate athletic collection of teams that collectively represent the Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Thundering Herd athletic teams compete in the Sun Belt Conference, which are membe ...

in 1987 and the

Northern Iowa Panthers The Northern Iowa Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa. The university is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes in NCAA Division I (Division I FCS in football). History The school's mascot is t ...

(UNI) from 1989 to 1991. He holds many UNI football records and

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

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 The 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Northeast Louisiana Indians (now the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 19, 1 ...

. Mitchell was named number six on the

Football Championship Subdivision The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the Football Bowl Subdivision. Sponsored by the National Collegiate Athleti ...

(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 The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

, in

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for the Cleveland Thunderbolts and in

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for the

St. Louis Stampede The St. Louis Stampede were a professional arena football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The team was a member of the Pacific Division (AFL), Central Division of the American Conference, in the Arena Football League (AFL). The Stampede compet ...

. Mitchell kicked 6

drop kick A drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football. It involves a player dropping the ball and then kicking it as it touches the ground. Drop kicks are used as a method of restarting play and scoring points in rugby union and rugby league ...

field goal A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in gridiron football. To score a field goal, the team in possession of the ball must place kick, or drop kick, the ball through the goal, i.e., between the uprights and over the crossbar. The entire ba ...

s and 18 drop kick

extra point The conversion, try (American football, also known as a point(s) after touchdown, PAT, or (depending on the number of points) extra point/2-point conversion), or convert (Canadian football) occurs immediately after a touchdown during which the sc ...

s in 1994. Mitchell holds every drop kick record in the Arena Football League. As of 2018, Mitchell is the only player to make a 4-point field goal (drop kick) in Arena Football League history.

References

External links

Arena League statistics
1969 births Living people American football placekickers Marshall Thundering Herd football players Northern Iowa Panthers football players Cleveland Thunderbolts players St. Louis Stampede players {{ArenaFootballLeague-stub