Naeten Mitchell
Colorado Buffaloes
86
Great

Naeten Mitchell

Colorado BuffaloesRebuilding
FSDefenseGreatTRANSFER · New Mexico State
Projected Starter

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Naeten Mitchell is the projected starter at FS for Colorado Buffaloes.

Redshirt junior · #4 · 5'10", 175 lbs

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Depth at FS · Colorado Buffaloes

  1. 1486Naeten MitchellStarter
  2. 22660Braylon Edwards

Colorado Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the Big 12

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Up next for Colorado

Colorado plays Arizona State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

The Ballhawk

This season: 92 tackles, 3 INT, 7 PBU. That's 14% of the team's production at his spot and 97th-percentile production nationally — good for a 86 overall (Great tier).

Team Share14%Percentile97th
Temple, TX
Jersey
#4
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
175 lbs
Transfer
New Mexico State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—9237

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

High School
Temple
Hometown
Temple, TX

Why this rating?

On a 79-rated defense; 97th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.78 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 86.

Team defense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 97% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 34% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.78)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WKSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24 OT

Oct 24LOKSTTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 57-24

Oct 18LUTAHTKL 12
TKL
12
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Oct 3LTTUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-7

Sep 26LBAYTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-13

Sep 19LNUTKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-7

Sep 12WWEBTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 52-21

Sep 4WGTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 14-13

Naeten Mitchell's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Ballhawk
92 tkl · 7 PD · 3 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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