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Kawika Mitchell

Retired

New Orleans Saints · OLB

Kawika Mitchell recorded 93 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 8 rostered seasons with New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs.

▶Best highlights

4.3

tackles/gm

7

playoff games

8

indexed seasons

93

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Kawika Mitchell's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XLII
NEW YORKGIANTS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
FEB 3, 2008

New York Giants vs New England Patriots

Super Bowl XLII · Feb 3, 2008

7 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2007
NEW YORKGIANTS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 23, 2007

New York Giants vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2007

6 tackles · 2 sacks · 1 INT

Divisional Round
2007
NEW YORKGIANTS
DALLASCOWBOYS
JAN 13, 2008

New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys

Divisional Round · Jan 13, 2008

6 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2004
DENVERBRONCOS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 19, 2004

Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 19, 2004

9 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2006
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
JAN 6, 2007

Kansas City Chiefs vs Indianapolis Colts

Wild Card · Jan 6, 2007

10 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Kawika Mitchell's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 10 total tackles

Regular Season
2007
NEW YORKGIANTS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
DEC 9, 2007

New York Giants vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Dec 9, 2007

10 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 sacks

Regular Season
2007
NEW YORKGIANTS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 23, 2007

New York Giants vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2007

6 tackles · 2 sacks · 1 INT

Career high: 3 quarterback hits

Regular Season
2009
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 20, 2009

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 20, 2009

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2009
BUFFALOBILLS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
OCT 4, 2009

Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dolphins

Regular Season · Oct 4, 2009

8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
2008
BUFFALOBILLS
DENVERBRONCOS
DEC 21, 2008

Buffalo Bills vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Dec 21, 2008

5 tackles · 1 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Kawika Mitchell's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1999–2012

01
KCMITCHELL—Kawika Mitchell
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

2004–2012

02
NYGMITCHELL—Kawika Mitchell
NYGMANNING10Eli Manning
NYGSTRAHAN92Michael Strahan

Road playoff resilience topples New England twice

New York Giants · Eli's two impossible runs

Manning's late-game calm and a deep pass rush produced two unlikely championships, including the upset of an 18–0 Patriots team.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

03
BUFMITCHELL—Kawika Mitchell
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

2006–2011

04
NOMITCHELL—Kawika Mitchell
NOBREES9Drew Brees
NOCOLSTON12Marques Colston

An offense and a city rise together

New Orleans Saints · Brees, Payton and rebirth

The blocked punt in the Superdome reopening began an emotional run that culminated in the franchise's first championship after the 2009 season.

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Career accomplishments

Super Bowl champion · 20078 NFL seasons93 career games287 career solo tackles12 career sacksDrafted by: KCDraft pick: 47Jersey: 947 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Oct 20, 2003Most recent: Jan 8, 2011

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history