Mitchell Wilcox

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Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-5
Weight:
245
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
High School:
Tarpon Springs HS

WILCOX’S CAREER HIGHS
Receptions: 8, at Illinois (9/15/18)
Receiving Yards: 109, at Illinois (9/15/18)
Receiving TDs: 2, vs. SC State (9/14/19)
Long Reception: 55, at Georgia Tech (9/7/19)

CAREER HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Mackey Award Candidate (2017, 2018 & 2019)
2019 Honorable mention All-Conference
2018 First Team All-Conference (Coaches & Phil Steele)
2016 Second Team All-Conference (Coaches)
USF career tight end record holder in receiving yards (1,326), receptions (100) & receiving TD (11)
USF season tight end record holder in receptions (43) and receiving yards (540)
USF game tight end record holder in receptions (8 vs Illinois, 2018)
No. 8 on USF career TD receptions chart (11), No. 10 on USF career receiving yards (1,326) and No. 11 in career receptions (100)

A four-year starter for the Bulls, Wilcox established himself as the top tight end in program history and owned nearly every tight end record at the end of his career, including all career and season receiving marks...a three-time all-conference selection, he earned an invitation to the 2020 East-West Shrine Game and to the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine...the Bay area native helped lead the Bulls to three bowl games and a pair of bowl game victories over Power 5 opponents in the 2016 and 2017 Birmingham Bowls...he was also a strong blocker and helped lead the way for 1,000-yard rushers in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons...he started 40 games on his career and played in 49.

2019: Entered the season ranked No. 4 among senior tight end prospects for the 2020 NFL Draft by NFL.com Senior Analyst Gil Brandt...participated in the 2020 East-West Shrine Game...started all 12 games on the year...led the Bulls with 28 receptions for 350 yards and five touchdowns...earned honorable-mention all-conference honors...Mackey Award candidate...caught three passes for 60 yards at Georgia Tech (9/7)...caught two touchdown passes vs. SC State (9/14)...had four catches for a season-high 77 yards and a touchdown vs. SMU (9/28)...caught two passes for 52 yards and a touchdown in a win over BYU (10/12/)...had a season-best five catches for 55 yards vs. Temple (11/7) and five catches for 29 yards and a touchdown vs. No. 17 Cincinnati (11/16).

2018: Named first team All-American Athletic Conference by conference coaches and by Phil Steele...named to the Mackey Award Watch List…set the single season program record for receptions by a tight end (43) and receiving yards by a tight end (540)…led all AAC tight ends in receiving yards...posted six games on the year with four or more catches...set the program record for career receiving yards by a tight end (976)…finished third on the team in receiving yards and second in receptions...a key blocker helping Jordan Cronkrite post the ninth 1,000-yard rushing season in program history and tie the program record with five straight 100-yard rushing games.…had four catches for 45 yards and a touchdown against Elon (9/1)…posted career highs of eight grabs for 109 yards at Illinois (9/15), the eight catches marking a USF game record for a tight end…had five catches for 95 yards at Tulsa (10/12)…had seven catches for 90 yards and a 38-yard touchdown at Cincinnati (11/10)...three catches for 34 yards in the Gasparilla Bowl (12/20).

2017: Named to the Mackey Award watch list… ranked fourth on the team with 17 catches for 158 yards and two touchdowns in 11 games (seven starts)… caught three passes for a season-high 51 yards and a 21-yard touchdown at UCF (11/24)…caught a 12-yard touchdown pass at UConn (11/4)… caught three passes for 18 yards against Cincinnati (10/14)… posted three receptions for 25 yards at East Carolina (9/30)… caught three passes for 27 yards against Stony Brook (9/2).

2016: Second-team all-conference selection…emerged as the team's top tight end, starting the last eight games of the season…proved to be a devastating blocker on the edge springing numerous big plays for the Bulls…caught 12 passes for 278 yards (23.2 ypc) and two touchdowns…helped the Gulf Coast Offense set school records with 77 touchdowns and 6,650 yards of total offense... started his career with a 21-yard touchdown catch against Towson (9/3)… made a career long 52-yard reception against No. 13 FSU (9/24)…caught two passes for 38 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown, against UConn (10/15).

2015: Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit, Wilcox was a two-way prep player in the Bay Area that earned all-state honorable mention honors…made the All-Big County Preps First-Team Offense as a tight end by catching 21 passes for 347 yards and three touchdowns…posted 61 total tackles and 17.5 tackles for loss as a senior… also received offers from Ball State, James Madison, Miami (Ohio)… coached by Ron Hawn.

PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 7, 1996, in Largo, Fla....son of Chuck and Carole Wilcox...parents attended USF’s very first football game in 1997...father served in the U.S. Coast Guard...has one older sister, Jenna...majoring in marketing.