DAL · TE
James Mitchell
James Mitchell is a tight end for the Dallas Cowboys.
Scouting report
James Mitchell: the full picture
James Mitchell at a glance
James Mitchell is a 27-year-old tight end for the Dallas Cowboys, listed at 6'4" and 264 pounds. The Detroit Lions drafted Mitchell 177th overall in the fifth round in 2022, out of Virginia Tech; this is year five in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Mitchell at 6.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE84 at the position and works out to 0.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Mitchell has finished as TE68 in 2022, TE99 in 2023 and TE100 in 2025. The high-water mark is 28.3 PPR points in 2022. Across 12 regular-season games on record, the totals read 16 receptions, 169 receiving yards and 1 receiving touchdowns.
James Mitchell by the numbers
The career high is 8.8 PPR points, set in Week 9 of 2022 against GB.
Contract
Mitchell is playing on a one-year, $1.3 million contract signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2026, an average of $1.3 million per year with $411,300 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Mitchell carries a GV stock price of 1,772, which ranks 457th overall and TE75 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Mitchell 619th overall. Value has moved down 1.4 since the previous model run. See where Mitchell sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 6.3
- PPR / game
- 0.6
James Mitchell fantasy outlook
James Mitchell enters the 2026 season with DAL and ranks TE168 and #806 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 6.4 PPR points across 11.6 games, or 0.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The current depth-chart role is still being established, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, James Mitchell produced 5.8 PPR points in 2 games (2.9 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 19%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 3 projection
James Mitchell is projected for 0.3 PPR points on the road at CLE in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 0.0.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.4 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 5.8
- Dynasty
- 17.2
- Superflex redraft
- 4.7
- Superflex dynasty
- 19.2
- TE premium dynasty
- 14.3
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CAR | 2 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | DET | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | DET | 8 | 11 | 11 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 |
Tight ends ranked near James Mitchell
- John FitzPatrick TE81 · 11.0 PPR
- Harrison Bryant TE82 · 7.8 PPR
- Stone Smartt TE83 · 6.6 PPR
- Justin Joly TE85 · 1.7 PPR
Dallas Cowboys fantasy players
- CeeDee Lamb WR · 300.8 PPR
- Dak Prescott QB · 271.4 PPR
- George Pickens WR · 221.0 PPR
- Javonte Williams RB · 193.9 PPR
- Jake Ferguson TE · 129.6 PPR
- Ryan Flournoy WR · 110.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.