Former South Jersey HS football star released from prison

In the past 15 years, South Jersey has recorded an increase in the high school football competition, with several schools competing for state championships. In addition, numerous athletes from the South Jersey High School get scholarships to play the football of Division 1 at College level.

One of these high schools, which has become a constant candidate in South Jersey, is the Cedar Creek High School. The football team is located in EGG Harbor City and, together with the Regional Championship 2021 South Jersey/Central Jersey Group 3, won two State Sectional titles (2015, 2019).

Two graduates of the Cedar Creek High School are currently playing in the NFL. Bo Melton (Green Bay Packers) and Max Melton (Arizona Cardinals) were important players during the last post -season runs of the CCHS Pirates.

The first deep playoff run of the Cedar Creek High School Football was the final of Group II South Jersey under the direction of a future athlete of Division 1, which has now been in legal difficulties 13 years later.

Latest about the former football star of the South Jersey High School

On Saturday, February 15th, there was a traffic stop in the municipality of Hamilton, which led to the arrest of the former Cedar Creek High School and the football player of the University of Arkansas, Damon Mitchell.

According to reports, the police reacted to a “temporary extreme risk protection regulation” and discovered two pistols, two rifles and magazines with great capacity in Damon Mitchell's possession. It was Mitchell's father who went to the police with concerns about his son “extreme and unpredictable behavior”.

Damon Mitchell with the nickname “Duwop” (extremely Doo-Wop) and was the Cedar Creek Quarterback when he led the offensive with an average of 38 points per game and played against the South Jersey championship in her first appearance in South Jersey Championship. Mitchell was appointed Press of Atlantic City Player of the year in 2012 and played football for three years in Arkansa's football.

On Monday, February 24th, Damon Mitchell was released from prison during his hearing for the negotiation of the Supreme Court of Atlantic County. The conditions of his release, before he has to return to court on April 9, are weekly reviews with the court and the maintenance of the “rightful contact” with family members.

Now, 30 years old, Damon Mitchell was handled to Rutgers University at the family to play College Football season 2017. His younger brother Ahmir was a 4-star recruit that originally committed himself to the Michigan University.

But Ahmir Mitchell was suspended before playing a game for Michigan Wolverines and later switching to Rutgers. Damon Mitchell returned to New Jersey to be together with his brother as a member of Scarlett Knights' football program.

Ahmir Mitchell suffered a torn ACL and was later released from the Rutgers soccer team because he had violated the team rules. Damon Mitchell has a bachelor's degree with an English/journalistic major and has lived in Arkansas in recent years. “Duwop” returned to New Jersey in February to take part in the Cedar Creek Wall of Fame Ceremony.

John Bjorklund, the lawyer of Mitchell, told the court that his client is now working as a truck driver and, to Arkansa's Laws, has the weapons that were found on February 15 during the police interruption. According to reports, Mitchell has three children, for whom he is the financial service provider, without a criminal register in Arkansas or New Jersey.

Damon “Duwop” Mitchell is one of the best athletes in the Cedar Creek Pirate Sports History, and the Cedar Creek High School has recently been appointed one of the best public schools in the state of New Jersey: