2010 Senior Season

• Earned second straight All-MAC First Team honor

• Ranked fifth in the MAC with 6.5 sacks and ninth in tackles for loss with 11.5

• Finished third on the team with 82 tackles despite missing a game due to injury

• Named MAC Defensive Player of the Week following win over Ohio in which he: forced a fumble that was recovered for a touchdown, recovered a fumble that led to a touchdown, recorded eight tackles and a sack, had two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry

• Made first career interception and added a sack against Temple

• Recovered or forced a fumble in four games

• Recorded sacks in four straight games (Oct. 2- Oct. 23)

• Tallied eighth career sack and recovered a fumble at Bowling Green

• Notched seventh career sack and recovered a fumble at Miami

• Voted a team captain

• Recorded 15 tackles at Boston College

• Led team with nine tackles against Akron

2009 Junior Season

• Garnered first team All-MAC accolades after leading the Flashes with 108 tackles

• Was seventh in the MAC and tied for 34th nationally with 9.9 tackles per game

• Led the team in six of 12 games this season, posting six double-digit efforts

• His career-high 18 stops Oct. 10 against Bowling Green tied for ninth-most in the country

• Earned MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording 12 tackles in the season-opener Sept. 3 against Coastal Carolina

• Posted 11 stops, 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack at Eastern Michigan Oct. 17

• Had 10 tackles, a TFL and a fumble recovery in the season finale Nov. 27 against Buffalo

2008 Sophomore Season

• Made presence felt in first season at Kent State, ranking third on team with 73 tackles (37 solo)

• Posted five TFL and two sacks

• Ranked for 20th in the MAC with 7.3 tackles per game

• Started eight of 10 games he played in at linebacker

• Missed just two games after suffering a broken foot Sept. 27 at Ball State

• Had a big outing at Louisiana-Lafayette Sept. 20 with 13 tackles, including 10 solo stops, and forced a fumble

• Recorded 11 stops on Sept. 13 against Delaware State

• Tallied eight tackles on Aug. 30 vs. Boston College, at Iowa State Sept. 6 and at Bowling Green Nov. 1

• Made seven tackles and a sack at Ball State Sept. 27

• Posted seven tackles at Buffalo Nov. 28, four of them solo

2007 Redshirt Freshman Season

• Sat out per NCAA guidelines after transferring from Michigan

Prior to Kent State

• Redshirted at Michigan in 2006

• Four-star prospect and the No. 8 inside linebacker nationally according to Rivals.com

• Listed as the ninth-best prospect in the state of Ohio by Rivals.com

• Rated as No. 73 overall player nationally by Prep Football Report

• Four-star prospect and the nation’s No. 30 linebacker according to Scout.com

• Ranked the No. 18 linebacker in the nation by PrepStar Magazin

• No. 18 on the Detroit Free Press Best of the Midwest rankings

• Helped lead Colerain High School to the Division I state playoffs as a senior after playing through an ACL injury his junior season as an integral part of the school’s state championship team

• First team All-Ohio performer in Division I as a senior, Mixon was also a three-time all-city, and all-conference selection and two-time All-Southwest Ohio honoree

• Recorded 135 tackles as a senior, adding two interceptions and a defensive touchdown

• As a junior, he notched 100 stops, including 12 tackles for loss and six sacks — despite missing three weeks with a knee injury

• Was coached by Kerry Coombs

• Played at Colerain with current teammate Brian Lainhart

• Also played basketball during freshman and sophomore years

Personal

• Born Oct. 15, 1987

• Son of Mary and Hubert Mixon

• Majoring in educational studies

• First name is pronounced co-BRA-nee

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