Mitchell Wilcox

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#86

Experience: 4 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 28

Weight: 250 lbs

College: University of South Florida

2024 SEASON

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Year

Preseason

WK	Game Date	OPP	RESULT	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
3	08/26/2024	@Commanders	L 10 - 20
2	08/15/2024	Eagles	L 13 - 14	1	4	4	4	0
1	08/08/2024	Panthers	W 17 - 3	1	5	5	5	0

Regular Season

WK	Game Date	OPP	RESULT
18	01/05/2025	Bills	W 23 - 16
10	11/10/2024	@Bears	W 19 - 3
4	09/29/2024	@49ers	L 13 - 30

Biography

Mitchell Wilcox was signed by the New England Patriots to the practice squad on August 28, 2024 ... Originally signed by Cincinnati as a rookie free agent (4/27/20) ... Released by Cincinnati (9/5/20) ... Signed by Cincinnati to the practice squad (9/6/20) ... Signed by Cincinnati to the 53-man roster from the practice squad (1/1/21) ... Re-signed by Cincinnati (4/8/22) ... Re-signed by Cincinnati (7/24/23) ... Signed by New England (4/22/24) ... Released by New England (8/27/24) ... Elevated by New England to the active roster from the practice squad (9/28/24) ... Reverted back to the New England practice squad (9/30/24) ... Elevated by New England to the active roster from the practice squad (11/9/24) ... Reverted back to the New England practice squad (11/11/24) ... Elevated by New England to the active roster from the practice squad (1/4/25) ... Reverted back to the New England practice squad (1/6/25).

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

SEASONAL REVIEWS

2024 (2/0)

Signed by the Patriots to the practice squad (8/28).
Named practice player of the week by head coach Jerod Mayo for the week leading into the game at Cincinnati (9/8) and leading into the game at Tennessee (11/3).
Elevated to the active roster from the practice squad and made his New England debut on special teams at San Francisco (9/29).
Elevated to the active roster from the practice squad at Chicago (11/10) and saw action on saw action on special teams.
Elevated to the active roster from the practice squad vs. Buffalo (1/5), but was inactive.

2023 (17/4 - CINCINNATI)

Played in 17 games with four starts in a two-tight end formation and finished with 9 receptions for 56 receptions.
Also had 4 special teams tackles.
Made his first start of the season vs. Pittsburgh (11/26).
Caught 2 passes for 20 yards vs. Minnesota (12/16), including a 10-yarder in the 4th quarter that led to a game-tying touchdown.

2022 (16/4, 3/0 - Cincinnati)

Played in 16 games with four starts and finished with 17 receptions for 139 yards and 1 touchdown.
Also played in three postseason games and added 2 receptions for 19 yards.
Caught 3 passes for 34 yards, including his first career touchdown pass on a 12-yard pass in the fourth quarter at Tampa Bay (12/18).
Had a season-high 6 catches for 35 yards at New England (12/24).

2021 (15/1, 4/0 - CINCINNATI)

Played in 15 games with one start and finished with 3 receptions for 16 yards.
Also had 3 special teams tackles.
Also played in all four postseason games, including one offensive snap and 25 special teams snaps in Super Bowl LVI vs. the Los Angeles Rams (2/13).

2020 (0/0 - CINCINNATI)

Originally joined Cincinnati as a rookie free agent.
Spent the majority of the season on the practice squad before being signed to the 53-man roster prior to the final game of the season.
Was inactive vs. Baltimore (1/3).

COLLEGE

Spent five seasons (2015-19) at the University of South Florida with a redshirt year in 2015.
Played in 49 games with 40 starts and finished with 100 receptions for 1,326 yards and 11 touchdowns, all records for tight ends at South Florida.
Also had eight career special teams tackles.
Set single-season school records for a tight end with 43 receptions, 540 receiving yards and five touchdowns.

PERSONAL

Attended Tarpon Springs (Fla.) High School outside of Tampa.
As a senior, he posted 21 catches for 347 yards and 3 touchdowns, while adding 61 tackles on defense.
Majored in marketing at USF.

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