Bobby Mitchell

Robert Cornelius Mitchell

Position: FL-HB-WR

6-0, 192lb (183cm, 87kg)

Born: June 6, 1935 in Hot Springs, AR

Died: April 5, 2020

College: Illinois (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 88 (279th overall since 1960)

High School: Langston (AR)

Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 7th round (84th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1983 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

148

104

Rec

521

Yds

7954

Y/R

15.3

FantPt

1589.3

Rush

513

Yds

2735

Y/A

5.3

FantPt

1589.3

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1958	23	CLE	LH	49	12	7	16	131	8.2	3	25	1.3	10.9	80	500	1	63	6.3	41.7	6.7	96	6.6	631	4	2		AP RoY-2, UPI RoY-2
1959	24	CLE	LH	49	12	12	35	351	10.0	4	76	2.9	29.3	131	743	5	90	5.7	61.9	10.9	166	6.6	1094	9	2
1960*	25	CLE	HB	49	12	11	45	612	13.6	6	69	3.8	51.0	111	506	5	50	4.6	42.2	9.3	156	7.2	1118	11	4	19	PB
1961	26	CLE	HB	49	14	13	32	368	11.5	3	52	2.3	26.3	101	548	5	56	5.4	39.1	7.2	133	6.9	916	8	6	12
1962*+	27	WAS	FL	49	14	14	72	1384	19.2	11	81	5.1	98.9	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	73	19.0	1389	11	5	15	AP MVP-3, AP1, PB
1963*	28	WAS	FL	49	14	14	69	1436	20.8	7	99	4.9	102.6	3	24	0	21	8.0	1.7	0.2	72	20.3	1460	7	7	14	PB
1964*	29	WAS	FL	49	14	14	60	904	15.1	10	60	4.3	64.6	2	33	0	19	16.5	2.4	0.1	62	15.1	937	10	2	10	AP2, PB
1965	30	WAS	FL	49	14	12	60	867	14.5	6	80	4.3	61.9								60	14.5	867	6	1	8
1966	31	WAS	FL	49	14	13	58	905	15.6	9	70	4.1	64.6	13	141	1	48	10.8	10.1	0.9	71	14.7	1046	10	0	12
1967	32	WAS	FL/HB	49	14	14	60	866	14.4	6	65	4.3	61.9	61	189	1	16	3.1	13.5	4.4	121	8.7	1055	7	2	12
1968	33	WAS	SE	49	14	4	14	130	9.3	0	18	1.0	9.3	10	46	0	13	4.6	3.3	0.7	24	7.3	176	0	1	2
Career					148	128	521	7954	15.3	65	99	3.5	53.7	513	2735	18	90	5.3	18.5	3.5	1034	10.3	10689	83	32	104
7 yrs		WAS			98	85	393	6492	16.5	49	99	4.0	66.2	90	438	2	48	4.9	4.5	0.9	483	14.3	6930	51	18	73
4 yrs		CLE			50	43	128	1462	11.4	16	76	2.6	29.2	423	2297	16	90	5.4	45.9	8.5	551	6.8	3759	32	14	31

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1958	23	CLE	LH	49	12	7	14	165	1	68	11.8	18	454	1	98	25.2	1250
1959	24	CLE	LH	49	12	12	17	177	1	78	10.4	11	236	0	31	21.5	1507
1960*	25	CLE	HB	49	12	11	9	101	0	34	11.2	17	432	1	90	25.4	1651
1961	26	CLE	HB	49	14	13	14	164	1	64	11.7	16	428	1	91	26.8	1508
1962*+	27	WAS	FL	49	14	14	3	7	0	4	2.3	12	398	1	92	33.2	1794
1963*	28	WAS	FL	49	14	14	6	49	0	28	8.2	9	343	1	92	38.1	1852
1964*	29	WAS	FL	49	14	14						3	58	0	28	19.3	995
1965	30	WAS	FL	49	14	12	1	15	0	15	15.0	5	106	0	35	21.2	988
1966	31	WAS	FL	49	14	13	4	21	0	13	5.3						1067
1968	33	WAS	SE	49	14	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	11	235	0	43	21.4	411
Career					148	128	69	699	3	78	10.1	102	2690	5	98	26.4	14078
7 yrs		WAS			98	85	15	92	0	28	6.1	40	1140	2	92	28.5	8162
4 yrs		CLE			50	43	54	607	3	78	11.2	62	1550	3	98	25.0	5916

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1958	23	CLE		1	0	1	2	0	2	2.0
Career				1		1	2	0	2	2.0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1958	23	CLE	LH	49	12	7							2	0	0	0
1959	24	CLE	LH	49	12	12							2	1	0	0
1960*	25	CLE	HB	49	12	11							4	1	0	0	0.0
1961	26	CLE	HB	49	14	13							6	0	0	0	0.0
1962*+	27	WAS	FL	49	14	14							5	0	0	0	0.0
1963*	28	WAS	FL	49	14	14							7	2	0	0	0.0
1964*	29	WAS	FL	49	14	14							2	1	0	0	0.0
1965	30	WAS	FL	49	14	12							1	1	0	0	0.0
1966	31	WAS	FL	49	14	13							0	1	0	0	0.0
1967	32	WAS	FL/HB	49	14	14							2	0	0	0	0.0
1968	33	WAS	SE	49	14	4							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					148	128							32	7	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		WAS			98	85							18	5	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		CLE			50	43							14	2	0	0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1960*	25	CLE	HB	49	12	11	1	1	100.0	23	1	100.0	23	23.0	43.0	23.0	1.9	158.3
1966	31	WAS	FL	49	14	13	1	1	100.0	21	0	0.0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	1.5	118.7	0	0	0.0	21.00	21.00
1967	32	WAS	FL/HB	49	14	14	1	1	100.0	17	0	0.0	17	17.0	17.0	17.0	1.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	17.00	17.00
Career					148	128	3	3	100.0	61	1	33.3	23	20.3	27.0	20.3	0.4	158.3	0	0	0.0	20.33	27.00
7 yrs		WAS			98	85	2	2	100.0	38	0	0.0	21	19.0	19.0	19.0	0.4	118.7	0	0
4 yrs		CLE			50	43	1	1	100.0	23	1	100.0	23	23.0	43.0	23.0	0.5	158.3

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1958	23	CLE	LH	49	12	7	1	3	1	1	6		36	3.0
1959	24	CLE	LH	49	12	12	5	4	1		10		60	5.0
1960*	25	CLE	HB	49	12	11	5	6		1	12		72	6.0
1961	26	CLE	HB	49	14	13	5	3	1	1	10		60	4.3
1962*+	27	WAS	FL	49	14	14		11		1	12		72	5.1
1963*	28	WAS	FL	49	14	14		7		1	8		48	3.4
1964*	29	WAS	FL	49	14	14		10			10		60	4.3
1965	30	WAS	FL	49	14	12		6			6		36	2.6
1966	31	WAS	FL	49	14	13	1	9			10		60	4.3
1967	32	WAS	FL/HB	49	14	14	1	6			7		42	3.0
Career					148	128	18	65	3	5	91	0	546	3.7
7 yrs		WAS			98	85	2	49		2	53	0	318	3.2
4 yrs		CLE			50	43	16	16	3	3	38	0	228	4.6

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