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Article: Tough image isn't everything.(Sports)(Kevin Mitchell is a terror on the field but a quiet guy off it)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2002
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Byline: BOB CLARK The Register-Guard
NOTHING IS as it appears with Kevin Mitchell.
The shaved head, the tattooed arms, the ever-changing beard?
`If I were to just meet Mitch, I'd think, `wow, who is this guy?' ' fellow linebacker David Moretti said. `Is he going to pick a fight with me?
`But that's not Mitch. He looks like a hard ass, but he's not.'
`An enigma,' suggested Oregon coach Mike Bellotti. `He's not an extrovert. He's a pretty quiet guy, except around his friends.'
Or the football field, where the junior linebacker has been in on 26 tackles, including three for 22 lost yards. That follows a 2001 season in ...