"When I was informed, I was watching film with the quarterbacks preparing for Atlanta, Mitchell said. I got called in, and I got told, and I was just surprised. After the surprise, the feeling went away, and I was just excited. Excited for a new chapter, excited for a new beginning, and to put everything in the past. A second-round pick out of Texas last year."
"He caught 23 passes in his rookie season and was practically phased out upon the arrival of the resurgent ex-Giants quarterback, Daniel Jones. Mitchell was targeted just 16 times in his first eight games, catching nine passes for 152 yards. But a retooling Jets team obviously saw something in the 24-year-old and secured him in the Gardner trade to offer another potential weapon in an offense that ultimately lost star receiver Garrett Wilson to injury just two days later."
"Mitchell caught eight passes in New York's 27-24 victory just one shy of his total receptions with the Colts during the first half of the season for 102 yards and his first career touchdown, which was a 52-yard bomb from quarterback Tyrod Taylor. With nine minutes left in the third quarter, the young receiver blew past Falcons defensive back Mike Hughes, who then fell"
Adonai Mitchell was traded from the Indianapolis Colts to the New York Jets in the deal that sent cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Colts. Mitchell learned of the trade while preparing film for the Colts’ Week 10 game against Atlanta and reacted with surprise and excitement for a new beginning. A second-round pick out of Texas, he had been an afterthought in the Colts' offense, totaling 23 catches as a rookie and nine catches for 152 yards in eight games this season. The Jets used him as a potential weapon and he delivered eight catches for 102 yards and his first career touchdown, a 52-yard pass from Tyrod Taylor, in New York’s 27-24 win over Atlanta.
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