Is Adonai Mitchell good? What to know about new Jets WR acquired in Sauce Gardner trade

The New York Jets stunned the NFL satellite connected Tuesday, accepting the Indianapolis Colts’ connection for prima cornerback Sauce Gardner amid different mislaid season. Aaron Glenn’s portion opened the twelvemonth with a unsmooth 1-7 agelong earlier sending retired its apical antiaircraft subordinate for aggregate first-round picks.

It wasn’t conscionable those invaluable draught selections that the Jets landed successful the blockbuster trade, though. Indianapolis besides sent young wide receiver Adonai Mitchell, who present joins the Jets successful the 2nd twelvemonth of his career.

The 2025 play won’t bring a realistic playoff propulsion for the Jets, but Mitchell could blossom into a productive wideout implicit the remainder of the twelvemonth and found himself arsenic a portion of the team’s future.

Here’s a breakdown of Mitchell’s talents and everything to cognize astir the Jets’ newest receiver.

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Is Adonai Mitchell good?

If Mitchell is 1 thing, it’s unproven. He’s lone successful his 2nd twelvemonth aft being selected 52nd wide successful the 2024 NFL Draft.

The Colts drafted Mitchell with hopes that helium could go a cardinal limb successful their offense’s future, particularly with young backmost Anthony Richardson inactive ironing retired his ain issues. As precocious arsenic the 2024 season, Indianapolis appeared headed toward a rebuild — meaning players similar Richardson and Mitchell would person country to make without overmuch anticipation of a playoff run.

The 2025 play has flipped everything for the Colts. After signing Daniel Jones successful escaped bureau and adding choky extremity Tyler Warren successful the draft, the squad has clicked connected astir each level, emerging arsenic 1 of the AFC’s existent contenders astatine the halfway point. That occurrence has travel down a beardown tally crippled with Jonathan Taylor, antiaircraft improvements, and Jones excelling with Michael Pittman Jr., Alec Pierce and Warren arsenic his apical targets.

But that occurrence besides meant little country for Richardson oregon Mitchell to grow. Richardson has fallen retired of favour arsenic Jones’ backup, portion Mitchell slipped down the wide receiver extent chart. Pittman, Pierce and Joshua Downs are each much proven and reliable, not to notation Taylor and Warren serving arsenic 2 centerpieces of the Colts’ 2025 offense.

All of that is to say: there’s apt immoderate untapped imaginable successful Mitchell — imaginable the Jets volition effort to unlock arsenic they participate a wide rebuilding phase. In his last collegiate season, Mitchell posted 845 yards and 11 touchdowns for Texas successful 2023. He has positive velocity and athleticism and is simply a beardown route-runner. He conscionable hasn’t had overmuch accidental successful Indianapolis truthful far, totaling 312 receiving yards successful his rookie season.

Mitchell's presumption connected the Colts lone declined much erstwhile helium made a costly mistake earlier this play against the Rams, losing the shot portion celebrating conscionable arsenic helium was astir to transverse the extremity enactment for a touchdown pursuing a bully play.

That would person been Mitchell's archetypal vocation touchdown — and watching the archetypal fewer seconds of the play, helium displayed the playmaking quality that made him a second-round pick. That's what the Jets are hoping they tin get retired of the receiver.

He's young and hasn't yet taken the leap toward reliability the Colts had hoped, but Mitchell's talents should beryllium overmuch much attainable successful New York arsenic the Jets inclination toward the AFC cellar erstwhile again successful 2025.

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Jets WR extent chart

The Jets came into the 2025 play without galore passing weapons astir prima receiver Garrett Wilson, and that has not changed. Running the shot has been New York's individuality with a mobile backmost successful Justin Fields. Wilson remains the apical people successful the offense, but determination is inactive plentifulness of country for Mitchell to instantly commencement getting targets with the Jets.

Tight extremity Mason Taylor is becoming different bully weapon, but New York doesn't person a bonafide WR2 down Wilson. Tyler Johnson has the second-most receiving yards for a wideout with 187, portion seasoned Josh Reynolds follows with 101. 

Mitchell tin precise easy go 1 of Fields' apical receivers done the remainder of the mislaid 2025 play and springiness the Jets a subordinate to trust connected done the air. If helium tin get person to his ceiling helium displayed successful college, Mitchell would marque for a large route-runner and speedy limb alongside Wilson.

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Adonai Mitchell Madden rating

Adonai Mitchell age

Mitchell is 23 years old. He won't crook 24 until Oct. 8, 2026. 

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Adonai Mitchell contract

Adonai Mitchell stats

Here's a look astatine Adonai Mitchell's numbers successful his 2 NFL seasons.