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Brian Mitchell (born October 15, 1969) is a formercollege football and professionalarena football player.
Mitchell playedcollege football for theMarshall Thundering Herd in 1987 and theNorthern Iowa Panthers (UNI) from 1989 to 1991. He holds many UNI football records andNCAA records as well, including the most accurate single-season kicker in NCAA college football history (26 for 27 in field goals). His longest field goal was 57 yards in 1990. He was a member of the Marshall squad that competed in the1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. Mitchell was named number six on theFootball Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly Division I-AA) Top 30 Kickers all-time list between 1978 and 2008.[1]
Mitchell played two years of professional football in theArena Football League, in1994 for theCleveland Thunderbolts and in1995 for theSt. Louis Stampede. Mitchell kicked 6drop kickfield goals and 18 drop kickextra points in 1994. Mitchell holds every drop kick record in the Arena Football League. As of 2018, Mitchell is the only player to make a 4-point field goal (drop kick) in Arena Football League history.
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