Usage / Role
51%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Nevada
Elijah Mitchell
DB • 5'8" • Corona, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Mitchell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Player Story
Elijah Mitchell built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Corona, CA wearing No. 28, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Elijah Mitchell's career was his return-game role:...
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- Committed To
- Nevada
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Elijah Mitchell, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Nevada. Elijah Mitchell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 39
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Elijah Mitchell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · DB
- Career Tackles
- 39
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- New Mexico
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Eleanor Roosevelt · Nevada
- High school pipeline
- Eleanor Roosevelt · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · DB 231st (top 29%) · Mountain West 95th (top 19%) · National 1,038th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Nevada | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Nevada | 9 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Postseason | Nevada | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 5.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Nevada | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 5.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nevada | 11 | 39 | - | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 51.9 |
Related Context
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Elijah Mitchell played DB for Nevada. Across 4 tracked seasons, Elijah Mitchell recorded -5 rushing yards, 39 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Nevada paired 8 primary output with 22 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
22
Usage
4.1
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Buffalo: 0. Purdue: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Fresno State: 2. San José State: 1. Wyoming: 1. New Mexico: 2. San Diego State: 0. Utah State: 1. UNLV: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Buffalo: 3 by 12.5. Purdue: 4 by 16.7. Hawai'i: 4 by 16.7. Fresno State: 5 by 40.8. San José State: 5 by 30.8. Wyoming: 3 by 22.5. New Mexico: 5 by 40.8. San Diego State: 5 by 20.8. Utah State: 3 by 22.5. UNLV: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs New Mexico
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ UNLV | W 45-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Utah State | W 38-37 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs San Diego State | L 16-46 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/6 | @ New MexicoSplash game | L 26-35 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/23 | vs Wyoming | L 34-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/16 | @ San José State | L 10-14 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Fresno StateSplash game | W 27-22 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | @ Hawai'i | L 17-38 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Purdue | L 14-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | vs Buffalo | W 38-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Notre Dame | L 10-39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah Mitchell story
Elijah Mitchell built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Corona, CA wearing No. 28, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Elijah Mitchell's career was his return-game role: 1,512 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 35 career games in the available record. His career also includes 39 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Elijah Mitchell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Nevada
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Postseason | Nevada | 1 | 1.7 | — | 1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Nevada | 1 | 1.7 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nevada | 8 | 22 | 4.1 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ New Mexico
Week 10 · L 26-35 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Hawai'i
Week 8 · W 30-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Fresno State
Week 6 · W 27-22 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#4
@ San José State
Week 7 · L 10-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
#5
vs Utah State
Week 12 · W 38-37 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
29.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Nevada
8 primary output · 22 efficiency · 4.1 usage
51.9
#2
2013 Regular Season · Nevada
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Nevada
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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