Brian Mitchell (born October 15, 1969) is a former

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and professional

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player.

Career

Mitchell played

for the Marshall Thundering Herd in 1987 and the Northern Iowa Panthers (UNI) from 1989 to 1991. He holds many UNI football records and

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records as well, including the most accurate single-season kicker in NCAA college football history (26 for 27 in field goals). His longest field goal was 57 yards in 1990. He was a member of the Marshall squad that competed in the

1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game The 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Northeast Louisiana Indians (now the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 19, ...

. Mitchell was named number six on the

Football Championship Subdivision The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (F ...

(FCS; formerly Division I-AA) Top 30 Kickers all-time list between 1978 and 2008. Mitchell played two years of professional football in the

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, in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

for the Cleveland Thunderbolts and in

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

for the St. Louis Stampede. Mitchell kicked 6

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s and 18 drop kick

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s in 1994. Mitchell holds every drop kick record in the Arena Football League. As of 2018, Mitchell is the only player to make a 4-point field goal (drop kick) in Arena Football League history.

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External links

Arena League statistics
1969 births Living people American football placekickers Marshall Thundering Herd football players Northern Iowa Panthers football players Cleveland Thunderbolts players St. Louis Stampede players {{ArenaFootballLeague-stub