2024-25 Football Roster

#98 Mitch Jeter Football Roster

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Height 5-11
Weight 195
Class Graduate Student/*Senior
Hometown Salisbury, NC
High School Cannon School/South Carolina
Mitch Jeter - Football - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Watchlist for 2025 Senior Bowl
  • Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (Sept. 4)

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2024)

  • at TEXAS A&M (8/31): Named Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (Sept. 4)… made a huge debut for the Irish as the team’s place kicker… went a perfect three-of-three on field goals and two-of-two on PATs… drilled a 46-yard field goal with 30 seconds remaining to put the Irish up by 10 points to essentially secure the win
  • NORTHERN ILLINOIS (9/7): Saw playing time for the Irish…had three kickoffs for 184 yards, averaging 61.3 yards per kick
  • at PURDUE (9/15): Was a perfect 8-of-8 on kicking attempts… converted all seven PATs attempted… added a 42-yard field goal… added seven kickoffs… averaged 64.6 yards per kickoff… 452 total yards on kickoffs with five touchbacks
  • MIAMI UNIVERSITY (9/22): Took five kickoffs for 325 yards with five touchbacks… averaged 65 yards per kick… converted all four PAT attempts taken
  • LOUISVILLE (9/28): Tallied 388 yards on six kickoffs with four touchbacks… averaged 64.7 yards per kickoff… hit a 48-yard field goal… converted all four PAT attempts
  • STANFORD (10/12): Competed in the Irish victory… took a kickoff… converted a PAT
  • at GEORGIA TECH (10/19): Did not play
  • at NAVY (10/26): Did not play

PRIOR TO NOTRE DAME (SOUTH CAROLINA)

AS A SENIOR (2023)

  • Ended the season as South Carolina’s top point scorer
  • Hit 12-of-14 field goal attempts
  • Connected on 33-of-34 extra point attempts
  • Hit a season-long 51-yard field goal against Missouri
  • Finished 4-for-4 in field goals at Missouri, accounting for all Gamecock points
  • Ended the season 11-for-11 on field goals between 20-49 yards
  • Handled kick off duties, kicking off 63 times with 41 touchbacks
  • Averaged 62.3 yards per kickoff

AS A JUNIOR (2022)

  • Took over placekicking duties 
  • One of three players awarded the Outstanding Student-Athlete Award at the South Carolina Banquet
  • Successful on al 11 of his field goal attempts during the season
  • Hit a pair of 50-yard kicks
  • One of two kickers in school history to convert all of his field goal attempts in a season with a minimum of 10 made
  • Hit 42-of-44 extra point attempts
  • Connected on field goals of 52 and 51 yards out in his first two attempts
  • Hit the game-winning field goal from 35-yards out to defeat Clemson
  • Averaged 62.1 yards per kickoff, connecting for 50 touchbacks on 75 kickoffs
  • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021)

  • Handled kickoff duties, appearing in all 12 games
  • Averaged 63.0 yards with 29 touchbacks on 53 kickoffs
  • Connected on a pair of extra point attempts against Eastern Illinois
  • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

AS A FRESHMAN (2020)

  • Kickoff specialist 
  • Kicked off 41 times, averaging 58.2 yards per kick
  • 22 touchbacks
  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Graduate of Cannon High School in Concord, NC
  • 8-for-10 with a long of 57 yards for the Cabarrus Warriors
  • Competed at the 2019 Spring Southern Showcase and National Scholarship camps and the Kohl’s Kicking Camp
  • Played soccer where he was all-conference and all-region
  • Led his team to a semifinals appearance in the North Carolina Cup
  • Spent a week training in England inside Premier League stadiums, including Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest