2024 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Texas WR Adonai Mitchell

From now until the 2023 NFL Draft, we will scout and create profiles for as many prospects as possible, examining their strengths, weaknesses, and what they can bring to an NFL franchise. These players could be potential top-10 picks, all the way down to Day 3 selections, and priority undrafted free agents. Today, a scouting report on Texas WR Adonai Mitchell.

#5 Adonai Mitchell WR Texas – 6-4 196 lbs. (Senior Rs.)

MEASUREMENTS

THE GOOD

— Natural X-receiver build
— Skills to win at all three levels
— Very smooth runner at 6-4, bursts off the line of scrimmage
— Faced high-level competition, including a standout performance against first-round prospect Kool-Aid McKinstry
— Fantastic body control; he contorts his body to make standout catches
— Shifty cuts give glimpses of elite route-running potential
— Tracks the football well and high-points jump balls
— Dangerous in the red zone, 11 total touchdowns in 2023
— Pure hand catcher, consistently catches with diamond form away from his body

The Bad

— Effort was inconsistent when plays weren’t going his way
— Sloppy route running; he needs to tighten up his cuts
— Play strength can be underwhelming, allowing cornerbacks to move him off his route stem
— Blocking needs work overall, intensity and technique
— He needs to eliminate the extra steps on comebacks and curls
— He can run routes too upright, adding difficulty to route cuts
— Pure boundary receiver without slot experience

Bio

— Turns 22 in October
— Transferred from Georgia following the 2022 season
— 876 career college snaps on passing downs
— 28 career college starts
— 55 catches, 845 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2023
— 93 catches, 1,407 yards, and 18 touchdowns in college career
— Missed nine games in 2022 with a lingering high ankle sprain
— Committed to Georgia as a 3-star prospect out of Antioch, Tennessee
— 71.