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Jersey Number 2
Connor Mitch
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 220
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- Wakefield
- Previous:
- South Carolina
2016 as a Redshirt Junior: Played in five games… Completed 8-of-17 pass attempts for 68 yards and one interception… Went 8-for-14 for 68 yards at North Carolina (Sept. 17)… Had a season-long 14-yard completion at UNC… Also rushed two times for 16 yards in season opener versus Morehead State (Sept. 3).
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU after spending three seasons at South Carolina out of the SEC… Started two games as a redshirt sophomore before suffering a shoulder injury… Completed 13-of-29 pass attempts for 165 yards and a touchdown… Also rushed for 51 yards and a score… Led Gamecocks to a 17-13 come-from-behind victory in the season opener against North Carolina, passing for 122 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 44 more… Scored first career rushing touchdown the following week in the home opener versus Kentucky… Appeared in two games as a redshirt freshman in 2014.
High School: Four-star recruit by Rivals… Finished career at Wakefield High School as program’s second-ranked passer… Threw for 12,078 yards (807-for-1,384) and 153 touchdowns, starting all four years… Passes for 4,661 yards and 63 touchdowns as a senior, completing 62 percent of his passes… Set North Carolina state record with nine touchdown passes in a single game, one off the national record… Passed for 3,832 yards and 48 touchdowns as a junior… Threw for 3,300 yards and 33 scores as a sophomore… Led Wolverines to 11-2 record as a senior and 9-3 record as a sophomore and junior… Named All-State and All-Region… Regarded as seventh-best player in the state, 13th-best pro-style QB in the country and No. 248 on the Rivals250 and No. 243 by 247Sports… Also ranked No. 226 on the ESPN300 and 167th by PrepStar… PARADE Magazine Honorable Mention All-American.
Personal: Father, Bob, played quarterback and safety at Syracuse… Brother, Ryan, played quarterback at Maryland… Sister, Brittany, played basketball at Duke.
Prior to JMU: Transferred to JMU after spending three seasons at South Carolina out of the SEC… Started two games as a redshirt sophomore before suffering a shoulder injury… Completed 13-of-29 pass attempts for 165 yards and a touchdown… Also rushed for 51 yards and a score… Led Gamecocks to a 17-13 come-from-behind victory in the season opener against North Carolina, passing for 122 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 44 more… Scored first career rushing touchdown the following week in the home opener versus Kentucky… Appeared in two games as a redshirt freshman in 2014.
High School: Four-star recruit by Rivals… Finished career at Wakefield High School as program’s second-ranked passer… Threw for 12,078 yards (807-for-1,384) and 153 touchdowns, starting all four years… Passes for 4,661 yards and 63 touchdowns as a senior, completing 62 percent of his passes… Set North Carolina state record with nine touchdown passes in a single game, one off the national record… Passed for 3,832 yards and 48 touchdowns as a junior… Threw for 3,300 yards and 33 scores as a sophomore… Led Wolverines to 11-2 record as a senior and 9-3 record as a sophomore and junior… Named All-State and All-Region… Regarded as seventh-best player in the state, 13th-best pro-style QB in the country and No. 248 on the Rivals250 and No. 243 by 247Sports… Also ranked No. 226 on the ESPN300 and 167th by PrepStar… PARADE Magazine Honorable Mention All-American.
Personal: Father, Bob, played quarterback and safety at Syracuse… Brother, Ryan, played quarterback at Maryland… Sister, Brittany, played basketball at Duke.
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