Player Dossier

2020-2022

East Carolina

Keaton Mitchell

RB • 5'9" • 184 lbs • Mcdonough, GA, USA

Workhorse runnerBig-play efficiency

Keaton Mitchell leans workhorse runner traits and 67.8 efficiency.

Usage / Role

63%

Regular offensive contributor

lowfeatured

Impact Production

97

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

lowelite

Reliability

68

Reliable weekly contributor

lowhigh

Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · East Carolina

20212222

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
East Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Player Story

Keaton Mitchell built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Keaton Mitchell's career was his backfield...

Read the story
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8322

Eagle's Landing Christian Academy · McDonough, GA

Committed To
East Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Keaton Mitchell, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · East Carolina. Keaton Mitchell leans workhorse runner traits and 67.8 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,607
Rushing yards
3,027
Receiving yards
580
Touchdowns
28

Quick Answers

Keaton Mitchell quick answers

Latest team and position
East Carolina · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,607
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 33 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · East Carolina
Top game
Temple
Recruit profile
3-star · Eagle's Landing Christian Academy · East Carolina
High school pipeline
Eagle's Landing Christian Academy · 11 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Sophomore
2022 Scrimmage yards rank
1,704 scrimmage yards · RB 10th (top 2%) · American Athletic 2nd (top 1%) · National 10th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina951844375343.2
2021 Regular SeasonEast Carolina121,3851,1322531074.1
2022 PostseasonEast Carolina1214212715184.5
2022 Regular SeasonEast Carolina121,5621,3252371484.5

Related Context

Keaton Mitchell played RB for East Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Keaton Mitchell recorded 3,027 rushing yards, 580 receiving yards, and 28 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with East Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

East Carolina paired 1,704 primary output with 67.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 64.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 222 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2021 Regular Season · East Carolina

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

115.4

Efficiency

64.4

Usage

26.9

Consistency

73.7

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

123456789101112

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 129. South Carolina: 49. Marshall: 170. Charleston Southern: 149. Tulane: 222. UCF: 77. Houston: 38. South Florida: 93. Temple: 146. Memphis: 121. Navy: 136. Cincinnati: 55

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 9 by 100. South Carolina: 16 by 31.5. Marshall: 18 by 89.4. Charleston Southern: 16 by 88.8. Tulane: 15 by 100. UCF: 18 by 41.7. Houston: 11 by 36. South Florida: 17 by 53.7. Temple: 18 by 83.8. Memphis: 19 by 56.3. Navy: 22 by 58.4. Cincinnati: 17 by 33.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins148.1 · Games = 7 · +78.5 vs Losses
Losses69.6 · Games = 5 · -78.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

100 vs Tulane

Result
Fri 11/26vs CincinnatiL 13-3517553.2003.2
Sat 11/20@ NavyW 38-3518945.2014426.2
Sat 11/13@ MemphisW 30-2917814.8012406.4
Sat 11/6vs Temple100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 45-3181468.1028.1
Thu 10/28vs South FloridaW 29-1416794.9011145.5
Sat 10/23@ HoustonL 24-3111383.5003.5
Sat 10/9@ UCFL 16-2017653.8001124.3
Sat 10/2vs Tulane100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 52-291522214.80214.8
Sat 9/25vs Charleston Southern100 rush yardsW 31-28131259.6013249.3
Sat 9/18@ Marshall100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 42-38141359.6014359.4
Sat 9/11vs South CarolinaL 17-20144230273.1
Thu 9/2@ App StateL 19-3345012.50057914.3

Player Story

Keaton Mitchell story

Keaton Mitchell built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Keaton Mitchell's career was his backfield work: 3,027 rushing yards, 463 carries, 25 rushing touchdowns, and 580 receiving yards across 33 career games in the available record. His career also includes 580 receiving yards and 234 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Keaton 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

    East Carolina

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina51845.118.4
2021 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1,38564.426.9867
2022 PostseasonEast Carolina1,70467.833.3319
2022 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1,70467.833.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Temple

Week 13 · W 49-46 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

300

Scrimmage Yards

97.7 takeover

300 scrimmage yards and 50.9 usage.

#2

@ Cincinnati

Week 11 · L 17-55 · Conference game

150

Scrimmage Yards

89.6 takeover

Loss with 150 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

150 scrimmage yards and 31 usage.

#3

vs Tulane

Week 5 · W 52-29 · Conference game

222

Scrimmage Yards

88.3 takeover

Win with 222 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

222 scrimmage yards and 22.7 usage.

#4

vs Charleston Southern

Week 4 · W 31-28

149

Scrimmage Yards

82.4 takeover

Win with 149 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

149 scrimmage yards and 32 usage.

#5

@ BYU

Week 9 · W 27-24

184

Scrimmage Yards

82 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

184 scrimmage yards and 43.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · East Carolina

1,704 primary output · 67.8 efficiency · 33.3 usage

84.5

#2

2022 Regular Season · East Carolina

84.5

1,704 primary · 67.8 efficiency · 33.3 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · East Carolina

74.1

1,385 primary · 64.4 efficiency · 26.9 usage

Milestones

15

100+ rush yards

8

150+ scrimmage yards

7

2+ TD games