TCU football bolsters its defensive line depth by landing versatile Georgia transfer
TCU football bolstered its defensive line depth on Thursday.
Georgia transfer Tymon Mitchell announced his intentions to join the Frogs. Mitchell posted a picture on social media of himself in a TCU uniform, writing “The next chapter.”
Mitchell is listed at 6-foot-3, 300 pounds. He’s expected to be utilized as both a nose tackle and end in Joe Gillespie’s 3-3-5 scheme.
Mitchell was rated as a three-star prospect coming out of high school in 2019. He appeared in two games as a true freshman in 2019, preserving his redshirt, and just one game in 2020.
Last season, Mitchell played in five games and finished with six tackles.
Gillespie has been pleased with the growth of the defensive line throughout the spring season but it’s a unit that could always use more depth. Mitchell provides that and he should push for immediate playing time.
As far as the D-line throughout the spring, Gillespie named a number who have impressed from nose tackles Soni Misi and Damonic Williams to ends Dylan Horton, Terrell Cooper and Colt Ellison. All of the players except Williams are returning players who have embraced the transition from Gary Patterson’s signature 4-2-5 defense to Gillespie’s 3-3-5 scheme.
“We’re asking some guys to do some things that were vastly different than what they were doing,” Gillespie said. “Not that one is better than the other. I’m just saying it was vastly different from what they had been doing and those guys embraced it. When they did that, you could see every day that we stepped out there that they were starting to figure it out more and more.”
This story was originally published April 28, 2022 at 2:48 PM.
