ACQUIRED:
On Nov. 14, 2022 Hamilton acquired Mitchell’s rights from Calgary in exchange for two draft picks and future considerations.

CURRENT SEASON STATS
Games Played: 7
Games Started: 6
Pass Attempts: 136
Pass Completions: 79
Completion Percentage:58.19%
Passing Yards: 1,034
Passing Touchdowns: 6
Interceptions: 11

AWARDS:
Grey Cup MVP – 2 – (2014, 2018)
CFL Most Outstanding player – 2 – (2016, 2018)
CFL All-Star – 2 – (2016, 2018)
CFL West All-Star – 3 – (2015, 2016, 2018)
CFL Passing Touchdown Leader – 2 – (2016, 2018)
Stamps’ nominee for Most Outstanding Player – 3 – (2015, 2016, 2018)
West Division finalist for Most Outstanding Player – 3 – (2015, 2016, 2018)
CFL’s 2010s all-decade team
Herm Harrison Memorial Award Winner – 2 – (2015, 2016)

CAREER:
2023: Signed with the Tiger-Cats on Jan 24…Started six games…Played in seven…Completed 17 of 33 passes for 200 yards and one touchdown in his Ti-Cats debut…Left Jun. 18 game against Toronto with an injury…Made his return in week eight against Ottawa on Jul. 28/23 throwing for 353 yards…Made his return from the six-game injured list completing four of six passes for 129 yards and one touchdown vs Saskatchewan in week 18 on Oct. 7/23.
Playoffs: Appeared in the Eastern Semi-Final in Montreal on Nov. 4/23.

2022: Mitchell played 18 games for the Calgary Stampeders…Mitchell attempted 261 passes and completed 160 for a completion percentage of 61.3%…2,010 pass yards, Nine passing touchdowns, and six interceptions…On Jun. 18, vs Hamilton, Mitchell passed for 313 yards and two touchdowns…Jun. 25th game vs Edmonton, passed for 321 yards and one touchdown…Jul. 7th game vs Edmonton passed for 279 yards and two touchdowns
Playoffs: Mitchell appeared in the fourth quarter of the Stampeders first-round matchup vs. the B.C. Lions.

2021: Mitchell played and started 11 regular-season games at quarterback, completing 211 of 325 passes…a 64.9% success rate…for 2,594 yards, ten touchdowns and 13 interceptions…Placed on the six-game injury list prior to the Week 3…Activated for a Week 6 game in Edmonton, which represented his 100th career start…In Week 12, he connected with Malik Henry to move ahead of Henry Burris and become the franchise’s all-time leader in completions…Became the 18th player in CFL history to pass for 30,000 career yards (Week 13)
Playoffs: Started the Western Semi-Final and completed 26 of 36 passes for 285 yards and two interceptions.

2020: Mitchell was under contract with the Stampeders but the season was cancelled due to the global pandemic.

2019: Mitchell started 11 regular-season games for the Stamps…Completed 274 of 415 attempts (66.0 per cent) for 3,464 yards, 19 touchdowns and 11 interceptions…In Mitchell’s 11 starts, he had five games with at least 300 passing yards, including a season-high 464-yard performance in a Week 17 contest at Montreal… He also had at least one touchdown pass in every game he played…In Week 3 against BC, Mitchell became the 20th player in CFL history to throw for 25,000 career passing yards and just the 12th to accumulate that yardage with one team.
Playoffs: Started the Western Semi-Final and completed 12 of 28 passes for 116 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions.

2018: Mitchell started all 18 regular-season games for the Stamps and guided his team to a league-best 13-5 record…He was named the league’s Most Outstanding Player after leading the CFL with 35 touchdown passes and cracking the 5,000-yard plateau for the second time in his career…He completed 356 of 585 passes for 5,124 yards, 35 touchdowns and just 14 interceptions…Had CFL-leading touchdown-to-interception ratio of 2.5…Mitchell topped the CFL with 42 completions of at least 30 yards and had five 300-yard games as well as six other contests in which he threw for at least 270 yards…His season included a 491-yard performance that represented a single-game high for all CFL quarterbacks in 2018…Mitchell passed 14 players on the CFL’s all-time passing-yards list over the course of the season to rank 21st all-time. Mitchell added 108 rushing yards, his highest ground total since 2014.
Playoffs: Mitchell threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns in the Western Final. In Calgary’s Grey Cup win, he has 253 passing yards and two touchdowns in the Grey Cup…Earning the game’s MVP award.

2017: Mitchell started 17 of Calgary’s 18 games…Completing 349 of 546 passes (63.9%) for 4,700 yards, 23 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions…Threw his 100th career touchdown pass on July 22…Played his 100th career game on Sept. 9.
Playoffs: In the Western Final, Mitchell completed 20 of 32 passes for 228 yards and one touchdown. In the Grey Cup, he completed 33 of 45 passes for 373 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.

2016: Mitchell started 17 games and completed 412 passes in 606 attempts (68.0%) for 5,385 yards with 32 touchdowns and eight interceptions…named a West Division and CFL all-star and was voted the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player…Also earned his second consecutive Herm Harrison Memorial Award for his work in the community…Mitchell was named a CFL player of the week after he completed 29 passes for 364 yards and three touchdowns in the Stamps come-from-behind overtime victory over BC in Week 6…Second CFL player of the week honour in Week 13 for his 353-yard, two-touchdown performance against the…In Week 14 Mitchell was named a player of the week for the third time in the season as he threw for 361 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions in the Stamps’ 36-34 victory over Winnipeg…Named a CFL player of the month for August after leading the Stamps to victories in all four games and completing 98 of 143 passes for 1,273 yards with four touchdowns and just one interception…Mitchell was again named a CFL player of the month for September, leading the Stamps to a 4-0 record as he completed 103 of 149 passes (69.1%t) for 1,440 yards with nine touchdowns and just two interceptions…Mitchell passed for at least 338 yards and two touchdowns in each September game and had a 114.5 quarterback rating for the month.
Playoffs: Mitchell started the Western Final and completed 21 of 28 passes for 365 yards and with three touchdowns and one interception. He also started the Grey Cup and completed 28 of 41 passes for 391 yards and two touchdowns and three interceptions.

2015: Mitchell started 17 gamed and completed 364 of 555 passes (65.6%) for 4,551 yards with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions…He also ran the ball 19 times for 88 yards and three touchdowns…Mitchell led the Stamps to 13 victories, the highest win total of any CFL quarterback…He was first in the West Division in completions (364), passing yards (4,551), touchdowns (26) and QB rating (96.8)…Mitchell had six 300-yard passing games and eight games with multiple touchdown passes.
Playoffs: Mitchell started the Western Semi- Final and completed 15 of 24 passes for 199 yards and two touchdowns…Started the Western Final and completed 25 of 38 passes for 381 yards and two touchdowns…He was the West Division nominee for Most Outstanding Player and was named a West Division all-star… Mitchell was also the recipient of the Herm Harrison Memorial Award for his work in the community.

2014:
Mitchell made 14 starts and completed 264 of 417 passes (63.3%) for 3,389 yards with 22 touchdowns and eight interceptions…His 98.3% efficiency rating was the highest in the league…His longest pass was a 102-yard touchdown to Maurice Price in the season-opener against Montreal…Also carried the ball 35 times for 232 yards and four touchdowns…On July 24, he tied Jeff Garcia for the CFL record for most consecutive wins to start a career with seven…On Sept. 6, he became the first quarterback in CFL history to win 12 of his first 13 starts…He was on the one-game injury list for Week 13 after suffering knee and ankle injuries on Sept. 13. He dressed for Weeks 14 and 15 but did not play.
Playoffs: Mitchell started the Western Final — his first playoff start — and completed 14 of 22 passes for 336 yards and four touchdowns while rushing twice for five yards and a touchdown…He also started the Grey Cup and earned MVP honours after completing 25 of 34 passes for 334 yards and one interception and adding four rushes for 19 yards.

2013: Mitchell made three starts…He saw significant playing time on July 20 and again on Sept. 2 in relief of Kevin Glenn…He got his first CFL start on July 26 and was named the CFL’s offensive player of the week after he completed 29 of 33 passes for 376 yards and three touchdowns…Mitchell got his second start on Sept. 6 in Edmonton and his third start on Sept. 13 vs Hamilton…In total, he completed 94 of 135 passes (69.6%) for 1,156 yards with 10 touchdowns and three interceptions…He also had 35 carries for 151 yards and two touchdowns.
Playoffs:Mitchell saw some action at the end of the Western Final and completed one of three passes for six yards and ran once for five yards.

2012: Mitchell dressed as a backup quarterback for all 18 regular-season games, two playoff games and the Grey Cup…He was used as the Stamps’ short-yardage quarterback and during the regular season he ran the ball 34 times for 67 yards and five touchdowns…He also completed 12 of 21 pass attempts for 168 yards and two touchdowns.
Playoffs: In the playoffs, Mitchell ran the ball three times for six yards and two touchdowns in the Western Semi-Final and five times for seven yards and one touchdown in the Western Final…In the West final, he had one pass completion for 42 yards…In the Grey Cup, Mitchell came off the bench to finish the game and completed six of nine passes for 80 yards and a touchdown and also threw for a successful two-point convert.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
First CFL Game – July 1/12, vs Montreal
First rushing touchdown – July 12/12, at Montreal
First touchdown pass – Sept. 14/12, vs Winnipeg
100th touchdown pass – July 22/17, vs Saskatchewan
25,000 passing yards – June 29/19, vs BC
30,000 passing yards – Oct. 29/21, at Ottawa
Tied Jeff Garcia’s CFL record for most consecutive wins to start a career with seven – 2014
Stampeders’ all-time leader in pass completions – Oct. 23/21
Grey Cup Champion – 2 – (2014, 2018)
CFL Record Most Consecutive Wins by a Starting QB – 14
CFL Record Best Starting Record for a First-Time QB – 12 Wins, 1 Loss
CFL Record Fastest Starting Quarterback to 60 Wins – 72 Starts

College: Mitchell spent two seasons (2010-11) with the Eastern Washington Eagles…Led EWU to its first national title in football when the Eagles won the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS National Championship with a 20-19 comeback victory over the University of Delaware…Mitchell was named the game’s Most Outstanding Player after throwing three touchdown passes in the final 16 minutes of the game…Mitchell led the FCS in four statistical categories in 2011 including passing yards (4,009) and touchdown passes (33) on his way to breaking four school records…He won the Walter Payton Award as best offensive player in the FCS…Named the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Year…Named to seven All-American teams in 2011, including six first-team honours…In 2010, Mitchell was an all-Big Sky Conference honourable mention and was named to the Big Sky all-academic squad after starting 14 of 15 games for the Eagles…Mitchell started his college career at Southern Methodist University and spent two seasons (2008-09) with the Mustangs, starting 19 games and throwing for 4,590 yards, 36 touchdowns and 33 interceptions…Mitchell had six 300-yards passing games and six contests with at least three TD passes at SMU.

Personal:
Mitchell threw for 2,451 yards, 37 touchdowns and just four interceptions as a senior at Katy High School in Texas…Rated a two-star prospect on Rivals.com and Scout.com…Mitchell led his high school team to an undefeated season and a state championship…Mitchell was teammates with NFL QB Andy Dalton…Mitchell was an interdisciplinary liberal arts major in college.