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Career
Toledo's all-time leader in career pass breakups with 46...Passed previous record holder Samuel Womack (42 from 2017-21) during BGSU game...First Rocket ever to be named in all five major All-America teams in his career...Only the second Rocket ever and first since defensive lineman Mel Long, Sr. (1970-71) to be named All-America in consecutive seasons by at least one of the five major All-America teams (AP, AFCA, FWAA, Sporting News in 2023; AP and Walter Camp in 2022).
2023
Named second-team All-America by four of the five major teams: Associated Press, FWAA, Sporting News and AFCA...Also named first-team All-America by The Athletic and second team by USA Today...Named Chuck Bednarik Award semifinalist on Nov. 13...First Rocket ever named Bednarik semifinalist and first MAC player since NIU's Sutton Smith in 2017...Invited to play in the 2024 Senior Bowl...First-team All-MAC... Second straight year making first-team All-MAC...Led MAC and was second nationally with 18 pass breakups...Second in nation with 19 passes defended...41 tackles and two TFLs...Broke up two passes vs. Miami in the MAC Championship Game...Broke up two passes and had six tackles vs. Bowling Green...Grabbed his first interception of the season vs. EMU...Broke up three passes and blocked a punt vs. Buffalo...Season-best four breakups vs. San Jose State...Three PBUs vs. Miami...Came out of WMU game due to injury...Three tackles and one breakup vs. Illinois...One breakup vs. Texas Southern...Named to preseason watch list for Chuck Bednarik Award (Outstanding Defensive Player); Bronko Naguarki Trophy (Top Defensive Player); Jim Thorpe Award (Top Defensive Back).
2022
First-team All-MAC...Named second-team All-America by Walter Camp, Phil Steele, and Pro Football Focus and third-team All-America by the Associated Press...Led country in passes defended (25)...Second in the MAC in interceptions (5) and first with 20 breakups...20 breakups is the all-time Toledo record, breaking a mark of 16 set by current San Francisco 49er Samuel Womack in 2021...Named Walter Camp and Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week, and MAC West Defensive Player of the Week after collecting four interceptions and two pick sixes at NIU...ESPN College Football Final awarded him a helmet sticker and ESPN Sports Center honored him as the Defensive Player of the Day...Tied school record with four INTs and became only FBS player since 2000 with four interceptions and two pick sixes in the same game...Broke up two passes vs. LIU...Three tackles and 0.5 TFL vs. UMass...Six tackles, one TFL, one PBU at San Diego State...Career-high seven tackles, one TFL vs. Kent State...Six tackles, career-high four PBU at Buffalo...Three breakups vs. Ball State...Five tackles and two breakups vs. BGSU...Interception and two breakups at WMU...Three tackles and three PBU in MAC Championship Game vs. Ohio... Two tackles vs. Liberty in Boca Raton Bowl.
2021
Started all 13 games at cornerback...Tied for second on the team with eight pass breakups...Five tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one QB hurry, and two pass breakups at Notre Dame...Five tackles, two PBUs at Ohio...Five tackles against Northern Illinois.
2020
Played in all six games... Tallied seven tackles, including three stops in season opener vs. BGSU... Joined team in the fall of 2020.
High School
Three-star prospect according to 247 Sports...Three-time letterwinner at Williston High School...Finished career with 86 tackles, eight interceptions, and 19 pass deflections...Also ran for 983 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior in 2019, averaging 9.5 yards per carry.
Personal
Full name is Quinyon Keaaron Mitchell...Mother is Mashona Solomon...Communication major.
Career Game Highs
Tackles: 7 (vs. Kent State, 10-15-22)
Interceptions: 4 (at Northern Illinois, 10-8-22)
Pass Breakups: 4 (Buffalo, 10-22-22)
