2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 9
Tony Mitchell
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Alabaster, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Thompson HS (East Mississippi CC)
Career Notes
Played in 18 career games with three starts โฆ Entered the transfer portal following the 2025 season.
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2025 (Junior Season)
Played in 11 games with three starts โฆ Recorded 25 tackles on the year in a primarily backup role โฆ Sat out the Dukeโs Mayo Bowl โฆ vs Alcorn State (9/13): Earned his first career tackle for loss ... Set a new high for tackles in a game in his career ... vs Tennessee (9/27): notched a new career high with three tackles ... at Texas A&M (10/4): made his first career start for State ... vs Georgia (11/8): racked up his most tackles ever in a game ... only player to have multiple tackles for loss in the game ... set a new career high in tackles for loss ... at Missouri (11/15): second game in a row with a tackle for loss.
2024 (East Mississippi CC)
No. 2 ranked JUCO player in America and the No. 1 safety in the class of 2025 according to 247Sports โฆ Consensus top-ranked safety in the JUCO ranks for the class of 2025 โฆ Composite industry rankings have Mitchell ranked as a 4-star recruit โฆ During his lone season at EMCC, Mitchell played in seven games recording 16 tackles while forcing and recovering one fumble.
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2023 (True Freshman Season โ Alabama)
Appeared in seven games โฆ Contributed primarily on special teams in his first season ... recorded one tackle โฆ ย Middle Tennessee (9/2): Made his collegiate debut โฆ Recorded one tackle.
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High School
Tony Mitchell was a 5-star recruit in the class of 2023 as a safety โฆ 247Sports Composite rankings listed Mitchell as the No. 34 player in the nation and as the No. 3 safety and No. 7 player from Alabama ... No. 25 in the ESPN300 and a four-star prospect by ESPN.com ... also listed as the site's No. 4 safety, No. 14 recruit in the Southeast Region and the No. 4 player in the state of Alabama โฆ Earned a spot in the Under Armour All-America Game ... played for Mark Freeman at Thompson High School โฆ Won three consecutive state championships โฆ As a junior in high school, he was named a MaxPreps All-American ... Chose Alabama over Auburn, Georgia and Texas A&M.
Personal
Full name is Antonio Gabriel Mitchell ... Goes by Tony ... Father is Antonio Mitchell ... Committed to Mississippi State on Sept. 18, 2024 โฆ Chose Mississippi State over Ole Miss, Auburn and others.
Career-Highs
Tackles: 6, vs. Georgia (11/8/2025)
Tackles For Loss: 2.0,ย vs. Georgia (11/8/2025)
Played in 18 career games with three starts โฆ Entered the transfer portal following the 2025 season.
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2025 (Junior Season)
Played in 11 games with three starts โฆ Recorded 25 tackles on the year in a primarily backup role โฆ Sat out the Dukeโs Mayo Bowl โฆ vs Alcorn State (9/13): Earned his first career tackle for loss ... Set a new high for tackles in a game in his career ... vs Tennessee (9/27): notched a new career high with three tackles ... at Texas A&M (10/4): made his first career start for State ... vs Georgia (11/8): racked up his most tackles ever in a game ... only player to have multiple tackles for loss in the game ... set a new career high in tackles for loss ... at Missouri (11/15): second game in a row with a tackle for loss.
2024 (East Mississippi CC)
No. 2 ranked JUCO player in America and the No. 1 safety in the class of 2025 according to 247Sports โฆ Consensus top-ranked safety in the JUCO ranks for the class of 2025 โฆ Composite industry rankings have Mitchell ranked as a 4-star recruit โฆ During his lone season at EMCC, Mitchell played in seven games recording 16 tackles while forcing and recovering one fumble.
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2023 (True Freshman Season โ Alabama)
Appeared in seven games โฆ Contributed primarily on special teams in his first season ... recorded one tackle โฆ ย Middle Tennessee (9/2): Made his collegiate debut โฆ Recorded one tackle.
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High School
Tony Mitchell was a 5-star recruit in the class of 2023 as a safety โฆ 247Sports Composite rankings listed Mitchell as the No. 34 player in the nation and as the No. 3 safety and No. 7 player from Alabama ... No. 25 in the ESPN300 and a four-star prospect by ESPN.com ... also listed as the site's No. 4 safety, No. 14 recruit in the Southeast Region and the No. 4 player in the state of Alabama โฆ Earned a spot in the Under Armour All-America Game ... played for Mark Freeman at Thompson High School โฆ Won three consecutive state championships โฆ As a junior in high school, he was named a MaxPreps All-American ... Chose Alabama over Auburn, Georgia and Texas A&M.
Personal
Full name is Antonio Gabriel Mitchell ... Goes by Tony ... Father is Antonio Mitchell ... Committed to Mississippi State on Sept. 18, 2024 โฆ Chose Mississippi State over Ole Miss, Auburn and others.
Career-Highs
Tackles: 6, vs. Georgia (11/8/2025)
Tackles For Loss: 2.0,ย vs. Georgia (11/8/2025)
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