Matt Mitchell

Honors and Awards: - All-Liberty League First Team (2025) - All-Liberty League Honorable Mention (2023) - Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week (11/10/25) - Liberty League Rookie of the Week (11/27/23) 2025: Started all 11 games at cornerback as a senior captain … led the team with seven pass breakups while adding an interception and 25 tackles … had a sack and broke up two passes in a win over Ithaca (10/25) … recorded a season-best seven tackles (six solo) and two pass breakups and also picked off a pass in the end zone to preserve Union’s win over Rochester (11/8). 2024: Appeared in seven games as a junior … registered 19 tackles, two pass breakups and one interception … had four tackles and an interception in a win over Buffalo State (10/19) … recorded a season-best five tackles, including three solo stops, to help beat Rochester (11/9). 2023: Appeared in all 12 games at cornerback in his first collegiate season … recorded one interception and four pass breakups … added 29 tackles, including 1.5 for loss … picked off a pass in a win at Worcester State (9/9) … recorded three tackles and two PBUs in a win over Rensselaer (11/11) … registered a season-best six tackles in the NCAA Tournament at Johns Hopkins (11/25). Prior to Union: A 2022 graduate of St. John’s Prep … played four years of football as well as three years of both baseball and wrestling … a National Honor Society student.