Player Dossier

2019-2023

UConn

Jalen Mitchell

RB • 5'10" • 210 lbs • Southwest Brevard, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jalen Mitchell leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

11

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Louisville • UConn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Jalen Mitchell built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Southwest Brevard, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Louisville and UConn. The clearest part of Jalen Mitchell's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8681

Pace · Milton, FL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Jalen Mitchell, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Louisville. Jalen Mitchell leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,384
Rushing yards
1,189
Receiving yards
195
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Jalen Mitchell quick answers

Latest team and position
UConn · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,384
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Louisville
Top game
Wake Forest
Recruit profile
3-star · Pace
High school pipeline
Pace · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2023 Scrimmage yards rank
113 scrimmage yards · RB 438th (top 63%) · FBS Independents 41st (top 52%) · National 1,376th (top 52%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville00000-
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville538034733255.4
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville12843722121573.9
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville548480019.9
2023 Regular SeasonUConn71137241032.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024UConn to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted18Nov 29, 2023
2023Louisville to UConnP4 to G5/FCS18Dec 2, 2022

Jalen Mitchell played RB for Louisville and UConn. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalen Mitchell recorded 1,189 rushing yards, 195 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Louisville paired 843 primary output with 49.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 41.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Louisville, UConn.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Game with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · UConn

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

16.1

Efficiency

41.7

Usage

8.1

Consistency

50.6

Best Game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 65. Georgia: 15

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half65 · Games = 1 · +50 vs Second Half
Second Half15 · Games = 1 · -50 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

Best efficiency game

52.1 vs Middle Tennessee

Result
Sat 9/7@ Georgia515303
Sat 8/31@ Middle Tennessee11524.7001135.4

Player Story

Jalen Mitchell story

Jalen Mitchell built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Southwest Brevard, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Louisville and UConn. The clearest part of Jalen Mitchell's career was his backfield work: 1,189 rushing yards, 239 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 195 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 195 receiving yards and 30 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Mitchell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Louisville

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UConn

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville0
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville38061.718.6380
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville84349.224.8463
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville4839.83.7-795
2023 Regular SeasonUConn11341.78.165

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wake Forest

Week 15 · W 45-21 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

168

Scrimmage Yards

91.5 takeover

168 scrimmage yards and 31.3 usage.

#2

vs Eastern Kentucky

Week 2 · W 30-3

115

Scrimmage Yards

84.7 takeover

Win with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

115 scrimmage yards and 38.9 usage.

#3

vs Syracuse

Week 11 · W 41-3 · Conference game

102

Scrimmage Yards

83.5 takeover

Win with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

102 scrimmage yards and 31.9 usage.

#4

vs UCF

Week 3 · W 42-35

111

Scrimmage Yards

78.5 takeover

Win with 111 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

111 scrimmage yards and 29.5 usage.

#5

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 1

65

Scrimmage Yards

76.1 takeover

Game with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

65 scrimmage yards and — usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Louisville

843 primary output · 49.2 efficiency · 24.8 usage

73.9

#2

2020 Regular Season · Louisville

55.4

380 primary · 61.7 efficiency · 18.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UConn

32.2

113 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 8.1 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games