No. 18 – Washington Commanders | |
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Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
Born: | Lee's Summit, Missouri, U.S. | September 15, 1999
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Lee's Summit |
College: |
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Undrafted: | 2023 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Mitchell Anthony Robert Tinsley (born September 15, 1999) is an American football wide receiver for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Hutchinson, Western Kentucky and Penn State and was signed by the Commanders as an undrafted free agent after the 2023 NFL draft.
Tinsley was born on September 15, 1999, in Lee's Summit, Missouri. [1] He attended Lee's Summit High School, where he only played one year of football, recording 19 receptions for 350 yards and six touchdowns as a senior.[ citation needed]
Tinsley attended Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas for two years, recording 57 receptions for 656 yards and four touchdowns for the Blue Dragons. [2]
In 2020, Tinsley transferred to Western Kentucky University to play for the Hilltoppers. In his first year there, he had 43 receptions for 377 yards and four touchdowns. As a 14-game starter in 2021, Tinsley had 87 receptions for 1,402 yards and 14 touchdowns. [3] [4]
In 2022, Tinsley transferred to Penn State to play for the Nittany Lions. [5] [6] [7] In his first game at Penn State, he had seven receptions for 84 yards and a touchdown. In 13 starts, Tinsley recorded 51 receptions for 577 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
199 lb (90 kg) |
32+3⁄8 in (0.82 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.59 s | 1.60 s | 2.63 s | 4.14 s | 6.70 s | 35.5 in (0.90 m) |
10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
14 reps | |
Sources: [8] [9] |
Tinsley signed with the Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2023. [10] On August 29, 2023, the Commanders announced that he had made the initial 53-man roster. [11]