No. 19 – Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
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Born: | Frisco, Texas, U.S. | March 19, 2002||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Lone Star (Frisco) | ||||||||||
College: | Oklahoma (2020–2022) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2023 / Round: 2 / Pick: 63 | ||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Marvin Mims Jr. (born March 19, 2002) is an American football wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma.
Mims grew up in Frisco, Texas and attended Lone Star High School. He was named the District 5-5A-I Offensive MVP in his junior season after posting 1,158 yards and 14 touchdowns. [1] As a senior Mims set a national record with 2,629 receiving yards on 117 receptions with 32 touchdown catches and was named Mr. Texas Football and first team USA Today High School All-American. [2] [3] [4] Mims finished his high school career with a state record 5,485 receiving yards. [5] [6] Mims initially committed to play college football at Stanford over offers from Notre Dame and TCU, but later decommitted during his senior year in favor of attending Oklahoma. [7] [8]
Mims joined the Oklahoma Sooners in January 2020 as an early enrollee. [9] In his first game at Oklahoma, Mims caught 3 passes for 80 yards and a touchdown against Missouri State and scored 2 more touchdowns the following week in a loss to Kansas State. [10] [11] [12] [13] Mims finished his freshman season with team highs of 37 receptions, 610 receiving yards and 9 touchdown receptions, which was also a school freshman record, and was named second team All-Big 12 and an FWAA Freshman All-American. [14] As a sophomore, he led the Sooners with 705 receiving yards on 32 catches with 5 touchdowns. [15] As a junior in 2022 Mims topped his squad with 54 receptions for 1,083 yards (ranking sixth in the country with 20.1 yards per catch average) and six scores in 13 games. Mims also returned kicks (3-70-23.3) and punts (33-391-11.8) during his college career, receiving 2022 honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference honors for his punt return efforts. Mims declared for the 2023 NFL draft following the 2022 season.
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||
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5 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1.80 m) | 183 lb (83 kg) | 31+5⁄8 in (0.80 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.38 s | 1.55 s | 2.51 s | 6.90 s | 39.5 in (1.00 m) | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) | |||
All values from NFL Combine [16] [17] |
Mims was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round, 63rd overall, of the 2023 NFL draft. [18]
In Week 10, Mims returned two punts that led to touchdowns, along with a 31-yard kick return, in a 24–22 win over the Buffalo Bills, earning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. [19]
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
2023 | DEN | 16 | 7 | 22 | 377 | 17.1 | 60 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Career | 16 | 7 | 22 | 377 | 17.1 | 60 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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