[1] After sitting out a season at the University of New Mexico in 2001–02, Mitchell transferred to Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California in 2002.
Mitchell was a two-year starter at Mount SAC, compiling 1,288 receiving yards, 64 receptions and 11 touchdowns in 14 games.
Mitchell finished his career at Kentucky with 53 catches, 671 total yards receiving and 3 touchdown receptions in 20 games in the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
[7] Mitchell then signed with the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2008, where he compiled 35 catches, 682 yards receiving and 2 touchdown receptions in 16 games.
[8] He was released from the Tiger-Cats just before the start of the next season and was briefly signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers later that year but never played for the franchise.