Career Bio and Statistics
ATHLETIC HONORS
• 2018 All-Sun Belt Third Team
• 2018-19 All-Sun Belt Preseason Second Team
• Sun Belt Player of the Week - Feb. 5, 2018
• College Sports Madness Sun Belt Player of the Week - Feb. 5, 2018
• Season Leader (2nd): 3-Pointers - 98 (2017-18)
• Career 3PT Made: 215 (3rd)
• Career 3PT Attempts: 509 (5th)
• Career 3PT FG Percentage: .424 (3rd)
ACADEMIC HONORS
• Graduated with a degree in journalism
2018-19
Earned 2018-19 All-Sun Belt Preseason Second Team honors before averaging 12.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game while shooting 43.3 percent from 3-point range, ranked No. 1 in the Sun Belt and No. 14 in the NCAA . . . After missing the first seven games of the season due to an injury, knocked down 84 3-pointers which was ranked No. 101 in the NCAA, an average of 3.1 per contest which was No. 2 in the Sun Belt and No. 40 in the country . . . The 84 3-pointers are the sixth-most in a single season in program history . . . The 43.3 3-point field goal percentage ranks No. 7 for a single season in program history . . . Made 44 3-pointers over a 10-game stretch which tied for the most in a 10-game stretch in program history.
After returning to the line-up at Liberty, played 25 minutes at Alabama where he started his collegiate career . . . Scored 17 points off the bench against Chattanooga going 5-of-10 from 3-point range . . . In first start of the season scored 23 points going 6-of-10 from 3-point range against UNCW . . . Finished with 21 points including seven 3-pointers against Middle Georgia State . . . Went 4-of-6 from 3-point range and scored 16 points at Texas State . . . Scored 20 points in back-to-back games at Troy and at home against Texas State knocking down 10 games over the two-game stretch . . . Finished with a team-high 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting against Louisiana . . . Scored 12 points and went 4-of-4 from the free throw line against Houston in the NCAA Tournament.
2017-18
Named to the All-Sun Belt Third Team after averaging 12.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game while shooting 44.6 percent from the floor and 44.7 percent from 3-point range . . . Made 98 3-pointers, the second-most in a single-season in school history . . . Made 2.8 3-pointers per game, ranked No. 3 in the Sun Belt and No. 61 in the NCAA . . . Scoring average was No. 20 in the Sun Belt . . . 3-Point shooting percentage was No. 1 in the league and No. 11 in the NCAA . . . The 98 3-pointers made was ranked No. 30 in the NCAA while the 219 attempts were ranked No. 109 . . . Earned Sun Belt Conference and College Sports Madness Sun Belt Player of the Week on Feb. 5, after scoring a career-high 38 points (eighth-most in school history), including 10 3-pointers (tied for second-most in school history) and the second-most in the NCAA during the 2017-18 season.
Scored 23 points going 8-of-10 from the floor and 7-of-8 from 3-point range against Eastern Washington in the first game of the MGM Grand Main Event . . . Finished with 28 points on 9-of-14 shooting including six 3-pointers at Dayton . . . After being held scoreless in the first half, knocked down four 3-pointers including three-straight with less than four minutes to play to score 14 points at UMass . . . Finished with a team-high 15 points with three 3-pointers against Coastal Carolina . . . Scored 20 points with five 3-pointers against Louisiana . . . Finished with 25 points while going 7-of-12 from 3-point range at UT Arlington . . . Went 6-of-8 from 3-point range to finish with 20 points and five rebounds in just 19 minutes against South Alabama . . . Scored 13 points in Sun Belt Championship game against UT Arlington going 3-of-4 from 3-point range.
2016-17
Averaged 4.8 points and 1.0 rebounds in 11.8 minutes per game in his first season . . . Knocked down 34 3-pointers, shooting 35.8 percent from beyond the arc . . . Played in all 33 games, making four starts.
Earned start and scored eight points on 3-of-3 field goals in just 13 minutes of the regular season opener against Thomas . . . Finished with 13 points in just 16 minutes on 4-of-6 from 3-point range against Georgia Southwestern . . . Played a career-high 26 minutes against Alabama A&M, scoring 10 points and knocking down two 3-pointers . . . Scored a team-high 11 points at Old Dominion . . . Knocked down game-winning 3-pointer with 11 seconds to play against South Alabama . . . Earned start and scored 15 points in just 20 minutes against Troy . . . Knocked down three 3-pointers and scored 11 points at Louisiana . . . Finished with 14 points on 5-of-9 field goals and three 3-pointers against Texas State . . . Scored a career-high 16 points, knocking down three 3-pointers at Little Rock . . . Finished with eight points and a career-high five rebounds against Georgia Southern.
2015-16
Redshirted the season after transferring from Alabama.
2014-15 (ALABAMA)
Played in 14 games, earning one start . . . finished with an assist and two rebounds after starting against Stillman (12/19) . . . matched career-high with three points against Vanderbilt (2/14) . . . scored three points against Towson (11/14) in his first game at the Alabama . . . played 12 minutes at LSU (2/7).
PREP
Played at Collins Hill High School under head coach Eric Nathan . . . Named to Atlanta Journal-Constitution Class AAAAAA first team all-state in 2014 . . . Named Gwinnettprepsports.com’s Regional Player of the Year for 7-AAAAAA Boys . . . Averaged 16.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 4.7 assists as a senior.
During junior season, led all Gwinnett County players with 20.2 points per game, averaging six rebounds and three assists while connecting on 42 percent from 3-point range . . . Highlight of junior season came when he scored a school-record 41 points in the Gainesville Tournament . . . Following the 2012-13 season, he was tabbed to the Gwinnett Daily Post Super Six, which profiles the top six players in the county . . . Ranked by 247Sports as the No. 57 overall player in the nation, No. 13 shooting guard and No. 2 player in the state of Georgia . . . ESPN.com rated him the No. 31 player in the region and No. 6 in the state of Georgia . . . Scout.com tabbed him a four-star prospect, while Rivals.com gave him a three-star rating.
PERSONAL
Full name is Devin Carlton Mitchell . . . Born on Jan. 31, 1996 in Chicago, Ill. . . . Son of Ericka and Cameron Mitchell . . . Has one younger brother, Jalen, who plays basketball at Clark Atlanta . . . His cousin Jordan Goldwire currently plays basketball at Duke . . . He is the cousin of former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL standout player Desmond Howard.
