Give or take a quarterback convert, the 2016 NFL draft saw 32 wide receivers selected.
The Georgia product’s rookie campaign with the New England Patriots would go on to rank higher than his No. 112 overall positioning, though. By the time the 16-game regular season had drawn to a close, Mitchell’s production had exceeded a handful of the receivers taken before him, and even managed to rival the first one off the board.
The soon-to-be 24-year-old will look follow it up on a Patriots depth chart that now features Brandin Cooks alongside Julian Edelman, Chris Hogan and Danny Amendola in 2017.