Former Toledo cornerback Quinyon Mitchell has been invited to participate in the annual NFL Combine from Monday, Feb. 26, through Monday, March 4, in Indianapolis.
Mitchell, who is expected to be one of the top players selected in this year’s NFL Draft, was named second-team All-America by four of the five major All-America teams in 2023. He also was an All-America choice in 2022, making him Toledo’s second player ever to be named to a major All-America team in multiple years and the first since defensive lineman Mel Long Sr. in 1970-71. Mitchell is the only Rocket to be named to all five major teams in a career.
Quinyon Mitchell is expected to be one of the top players selected in this year’s NFL Draft.
A two-time first-team All-MAC pick, Mitchell led the nation with 20 pass breakups in 2022 and was second nationally with 18 last season. He is the first Rocket ever to be named a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award as the nation’s top defensive player.
Recent Rockets who have been invited to the combine include safety Tycen Anderson (2022), Diontae Johnson (2019), Cody Thompson (2019), Logan Woodside (2018), Ola Adeniyi (2018), Kareem Hunt (2016), Treyvon Hester (2016), Michael Roberts (2016) and Greg Mancz (2015), all of whom play or played in the NFL.
Toledo has had nine players selected in the NFL Draft in the past seven years, and had 13 players on NFL rosters at the end of the 2023 season. The 2024 NFL Draft will take place April 25 through 27 in Detroit’s Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza.
