Deletion of Donald R. Mitchell

Comment: played two full seasons and most of a third at his sports highest level in the world.  Kicks  through the uprights, not to mention super strong precedent on Wikipedia
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: Two parts to this.  I am calling ''keep'' in this !vote because of a precedent I've observed: players in pro league sports become notable when they leave the bench for the playing field.  Mr. Mitchell has.  I'm calling ''speedy keep and close'' because of teh nominator's actions - very much , and because of the actions from the user (review their stuff in his contributions log), I can no longer assume good faith on this user's part
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point (WP:POINT)

Comment: Seems to be a |pointy nomination, as the nom's only other presence in AfD land has been in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jessica Smith (poet) (immediately below this in today's log
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point (WP:POINT)

Comment: Clearly meets  standard for athletes: "Competitors who have played in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming or tennis", as demonstrated with sources provided in the article. notability has been demonstrated
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: American Football is the top level of his sport, and he has played a few seasons. However, as I've been led to believe, Wikipedia's general notability criteria () usually supersedes specific notability criteria within genres. What I mean is, a US football player is notable only if he's been the subject of third-party non-trivial coverage. I've even had it explained to me recently (in AfD) that the prevailing opinion is that simple coverage is not sufficient - there must be third-party assertion of notability, such that we could assume that (say) 10 years from now this person will still be considered notable. And as well, note that  is only a guideline, not policy - "a fair test", as it says. So, is there any proof that he's not just a football player (of which each team carries what, 70?), but that he's a '''notable''' one
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:BIO)

Comment: Passes 's section on athletes
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)