Mitch Jeter

* 2023 Jim Carlen Award (MVP Special Teams)
* 2023 Honorable Mention All-SEC (KOS) (College Football Network)
* 2023 CSC Academic All-District
* 2022 Outstanding Student-Athlete Award
* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2022 co-Harold White GPA Award – Special Teams
* 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Kicking specialist who handled the kickoff duties for the past four seasons and the placement chores for the last two… connected on 23-of-25 field goal attempts in his career, 92.0 percent, and on and 73-of-76 extra point tries… was 3-for-5 in field goal attempts from 50 yards or beyond… led the team in scoring in both 2022 and ‘23, tallying 146 points during his career… only kicker in school history with a pair of 50-yard field goals in the same game… 61 percent of his kickoffs (142-of-232) were touchbacks… earned his degree in December of 2023.

2023 (Senior)
Played in all 12 games, serving as the kickoff and placement specialist… selected as the Jim Carlen Award winner which recognizes the MVP of special teams… led the team with 69 points… converted 12-of-14 field goal attempts (85.7 pct.) including all 11 tries under 50 yards… successful on 33-of-34 extra points… connected on a career best four field goals in a career high five attempts, including a season long 51-yard field goal at Missouri… averaged 62.3 yards with 41 of his 63 kickoffs going for touchbacks… earned honorable mention All-SEC honors as a kickoff specialist from College Football Network… opponents averaged 18.9 yards on 11 returns… recovered his own onside kick in the season opener against North Carolina… named to the CSC Academic All-District team… entered the transfer portal on Nov. 30.

2022 (Junior)
Took over the placekicking duties following the graduation of Parker White, the school’s all-time leading scorer… also handled the kickoff duties… one of three player awarded the Outstanding Student-Athlete Award at the team banquet… successful on all 11 of his field goal attempts during the season, including a pair of 50-yarders… joined Eddie Leopold (12-for-12 in 1980) as the only kickers in school history to convert all of his field goal attempts in a season with a minimum of 10 made… also hit on 42-of-44 extra point attempts… connected on field goals of 53- and 51-yards out in his first two career attempts in the season opener against Georgia State… nailed the game-winning field goal from 35-yards out in the fourth quarter in the win over Clemson… handled 75 kickoffs, averaging 62.1 yards per kickoff with 50 touchbacks… recognized as the co-Harold White GPA Award winner for the special teams at the 2022 Garnet & Black Spring Game… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Sophomore)
Sophomore kicker who handled the bulk of the kickoff chores for a second-straight season… appeared in 12 games… took 53 of the team’s 65 kickoffs… averaged 63.0-yards with 29 for touchbacks… connected on both of his extra point attempts against Eastern Illinois… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2020 (Freshman)
True freshman who served as a kickoff specialist for much of the season… kicked off 41 times for a 58.2-yard average with 22 touchbacks (53.6 pct.)… named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Cannon School in Concord, N.C. in 2020… was 8-for-10 in field goal attempts with a long of 57 yards for the Cabarrus (Cannon/Concord First Assembly Academy) Warriors… coached by Brad Hoover… competed at the 2019 Spring Southern Showcase and National Scholarship camps, and the Kohl’s Kicking Camp… also played soccer where he was an all-conference and all-region performer… was part of a team that made it to the semifinals of the North Carolina Cup… spent a week in England training inside Premier League stadiums including Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest.

PERSONAL
Mitchell Hayden Jeter was born Aug. 27, 2001… is a biological sciences major who graduated in December of 2023.