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2017-2020Louisiana
Elijah Mitchell
RB • 5'11" • 218 lbs • Erath, LA, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
Elijah Mitchell leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 65.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Louisiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Elijah Mitchell built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Erath, LA wearing No. 15, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Elijah Mitchell's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Louisiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 10
- Overall
- No. 194
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
Elijah Mitchell, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Louisiana. Elijah Mitchell leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 65.1 efficiency.
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Elijah Mitchell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,856
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Louisiana
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Erath · Louisiana
- High school pipeline
- Erath · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 6 · Pick 10 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2020 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,031 scrimmage yards · RB 20th (top 4%) · Sun Belt 5th (top 3%) · National 29th (top 2%)
Elijah Mitchell played RB for Louisiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Elijah Mitchell recorded 3,259 rushing yards, 597 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Louisiana.
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