CB Cameron Mitchell (4.29.23)
On if he has talked to CB Greg Newsome II and what he had to tell him about Cleveland and the Browns:
“Yeah, I just got off the phone with him. I mean, I’ve been up there before to visit him, but he’s just excited. Just telling me, ‘Let’s go!’ Just hyping it up, talking about how we’re about to lock everything down. He’s excited.”
On if he got a sense the Browns had interest and he might end up here during the draft process:
“I was talking to my agent a bit. He said, ‘If you’re still around late, the Browns might draft you, so don’t be surprised.’ That’s all I really had. I never spoke to them at the combine, so leading up to this, that’s all I really had.”
On where he likes to play and where his game has grown the most at Northwestern:
“I really don’t like to put myself in a box. I feel like I can flourish outside and inside. I would just say where my game has grown the most is just psychologically. Just understanding all three levels of the game and I feel like that just helps my versatility. Understanding what the safeties, linebackers, and D-line is doing. It just helps me understand and has given me the versatility to be able to play inside and out.”
On stepping in for Newsome II at Northwestern in 2020 when he was injured:
“The whole season, I was really prepared for that starting role. Once Greg got hurt, we talked about it in the locker room and he was just like, ‘You’re going to have to go out there and finish this joint.’ I was ready for it, I was ready for the challenge. I went out there and performed.”
On what he knows about the Browns CB room and if he has met CB Denzel Ward:
“I know the room is deep. I did meet Denzel when I came out there one time. I have not met Martin (CB Martin Emerson Jr.). I know he’s a dog after what he did on the field last year, and then, my boy Greg. I know the room is going to be deep and I’m going to have to come in and be ready to learn and ready to work.”
On if he knew Newsome II before getting to Northwestern:
“Yeah, I’ve known Greg since I was 11-12 years old.”
On how that relationship started and how it has grown:
“It started, we used to play seven- on-seven for Midwest Boom out here in Chicago. Then, he ended up at Northwestern and he was in the coach’s ear about me early on when I was a freshman in high school. He was big on recruiting me to there. Now, I’m here in Cleveland. It seems like I can’t get away from him (Laughs).”
On how facing Ohio State has prepared him for the NFL:
“I prepare for every game the same way, but you know when you have games like that, you circle them. You look forward to those a little bit differently and when you see those kinds of matchups, you don’t run from them, you run to them. That’s just how I approached it. I knew that those were the games that were going to get me the looks that I needed to get to this level that I’m at right now, so I look forward to those games.”
On learning from Newsome II and what might be in store if he moves inside:
“Well, I know that the defense is going to be a little bit different than it was last year for me, but I just know Greg will mostly be able to affect the game. He obviously didn’t feel like he could affect the game as much on the inside. I played slot a little bit in my career, especially early on, so that’s a role that I’m not new to.”
On the difficulty of building a highlight tape when the ball isn’t thrown to your side:
“It’s difficult, man. Like you go on YouTube, you type in ‘Cam Mitchell highlights,’ you’re not going to see too much. There’s games out there where I’m just out there making tackles and just not getting thrown at. It’s all good. When these coaches turn on the sound, they see what they need to see. The highlights are for everyone else, but the coaches know what they get.”
On how much pride he takes on making a difference in special teams:
“Like I said a little bit earlier, when it’s a deep room, I’m just trying to get on the field any way I can. Special teams is something I’ve always done throughout my entire career and going into this, that’s kind of something I expected being a part of my role my first year, so I’m excited for it.”
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