Rutgers has been searching for talent on the offensive side of the ball and they have added an experienced piece in landing Arkansas RB/WR/PR/ST Damon Mitchell. The Cedar Creek native is the older brother of Rutgers WR Ahmir Mitchell.

In high school, Mitchell was rated as a four star dual threat quarterback by 247Sports, checking in as the #321 player in the country, #12 QB in the country, and #12 recruit in the state of New Jersey. He originally committed to Arkansas over offers from Rutgers, UNC, Iowa, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Syracuse and several other programs.

Once arriving at Arkansas, Mitchell was immediately moved from quarterback to running back, where he has seen limited action throughout his career. He redshirted his freshman year, and in his redshirt freshman year he had 6 carries for 58 yards while also playing on the kick coverage and punt coverage teams. As a sophomore, he had 4 carries for 29 yards while also catching 6 passes for 84 yards and scoring his only college touchdown. Again, he also played on specials. As a junior, he was expected to have a breakout campaign, but that never happened, as he played in just three games carrying the ball 7 times for 18 yards.

Ultimately, Mitchell was underused in Brett Bielema's pro-style offense and should be able to make a bigger impact in Rutgers power spread. He has great agility and quickness and is very versatile. Expect him to line up all over the field next year, at running back, slot receiver, kick returner, punt returner, and on the coverage units for both punts and kickoffs.

Mitchell now joins three other Cedar Creek players at Rutgers in his brother Ahmir Mitchell and incoming freshman Bo Melton and Owen Bowles. More coming soon