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Bobby Mitchell

Robert Cornelius Mitchell

Position: FL-HB-WR
Height: 6-0    Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: June 6, 1935 in Hot Springs, AR
College: Illinois

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1983

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 7th round (84th overall) of the 1958 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1958 23 CLE LH 12 0 16 131 8.2 3 25 1.3 10.9 80 500 1 63 6.3 41.7 6.7 631 4 2
1959 24 CLE LH 12 0 35 351 10.0 4 76 2.9 29.3 131 743 5 90 5.7 61.9 10.9 1094 9 2
1960* 25 CLE HB 12 0 45 612 13.6 6 69 3.8 51.0 111 506 5 60 4.6 42.2 9.3 1118 11 4
1961 26 CLE HB 14 0 32 368 11.5 3 52 2.3 26.3 101 548 5 56 5.4 39.1 7.2 916 8 6
1962*+ 27 WAS RH 14 0 72 1384 19.2 11 81 5.1 98.9 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 1389 11 5
1963* 28 WAS FL 14 0 69 1436 20.8 7 99 4.9 102.6 3 24 0 21 8.0 1.7 0.2 1460 7 7
1964* 29 WAS FL 14 0 60 904 15.1 10 60 4.3 64.6 2 33 0 19 16.5 2.4 0.1 937 10 2
1965 30 WAS FL 14 0 60 867 14.5 6 80 4.3 61.9 867 6 1
1966 31 WAS FL 14 0 58 905 15.6 9 70 4.1 64.6 13 141 1 48 10.8 10.1 0.9 1046 10 0
1967 32 WAS FL 14 0 60 866 14.4 6 65 4.3 61.9 61 189 1 16 3.1 13.5 4.4 1055 7 2
1968 33 WAS fl 14 0 14 130 9.3 0 18 1.0 9.3 10 46 0 13 4.6 3.3 0.7 176 0 1
Career 148 0 521 7954 15.3 65 99 3.5 53.7 513 2735 18 90 5.3 18.5 3.5 10689 83 32
7 yrs WAS 98 0 393 6492 16.5 49 99 4.0 66.2 90 438 2 48 4.9 4.5 0.9 6930 51 18
4 yrs CLE 50 0 128 1462 11.4 16 76 2.6 29.2 423 2297 16 90 5.4 45.9 8.5 3759 32 14

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 LH 12 0 14 165 1 68 11.8 18 454 1 98 25.2 1250
1959 24 CLE LH 12 0 17 177 1 78 10.4 11 236 0 31 21.5 1507
1960* 25 CLE HB 12 0 9 101 0 34 11.2 17 432 1 90 25.4 1651
1961 26 CLE HB 14 0 14 164 1 64 11.7 16 428 1 91 26.8 1508
1962*+ 27 WAS RH 14 0 3 7 0 4 2.3 12 398 1 92 33.2 1794
1963* 28 WAS FL 14 0 6 49 0 28 8.2 9 343 1 92 38.1 1852
1964* 29 WAS FL 14 0 3 58 0 28 19.3 995
1965 30 WAS FL 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 5 106 0 35 21.2 988
1966 31 WAS FL 14 0 4 21 0 13 5.3 1067
1968 33 WAS fl 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 11 235 0 43 21.4 411
Career 148 0 69 699 3 78 10.1 102 2690 5 98 26.4 14078
7 yrs WAS 98 0 15 92 0 28 6.1 40 1140 2 92 28.5 8162
4 yrs CLE 50 0 54 607 3 78 11.2 62 1550 3 98 25.0 5916

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1958 23 CLE LH 12 0 2 0 0 0
1959 24 CLE LH 12 0 2 1 0 0
1960* 25 CLE HB 12 0 4 1 0 0
1961 26 CLE HB 14 0 6 0 0 0
1962*+ 27 WAS RH 14 0 5 0 0 0
1963* 28 WAS FL 14 0 7 2 0 0
1964* 29 WAS FL 14 0 2 1 0 0
1965 30 WAS FL 14 0 1 1 0 0
1966 31 WAS FL 14 0 0 1 0 0
1967 32 WAS FL 14 0 2 0 0 0
1968 33 WAS fl 14 0 1 0 0 0
Career 148 0 32 7 0 0
7 yrs WAS 98 0 18 5 0 0
4 yrs CLE 50 0 14 2 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1960* 25 CLE HB 12 0 1 1 100.0 23 1 100.0 0 0.0 23 23.0 33.0 23.0 1.9 158.3
1966 31 WAS FL 14 0 1 1 100.0 21 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 21.0 21.0 21.0 1.5 118.7
1967 32 WAS FL 14 0 1 1 100.0 17 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 17.0 17.0 17.0 1.2 118.7
Career 148 0 3 3 100.0 61 1 33.3 0 0.0 23 20.3 23.7 20.3 0.4 158.3
7 yrs WAS 98 0 2 2 100.0 38 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 19.0 19.0 19.0 0.4 118.7
4 yrs CLE 50 0 1 1 100.0 23 1 100.0 0 0.0 23 23.0 33.0 23.0 0.5 158.3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1958 23 CLE LH 12 0 1 3 1 1 36
1959 24 CLE LH 12 0 5 4 1 60
1960* 25 CLE HB 12 0 5 6 1 72
1961 26 CLE HB 14 0 5 3 1 1 60
1962*+ 27 WAS RH 14 0 11 1 72
1963* 28 WAS FL 14 0 7 1 48
1964* 29 WAS FL 14 0 10 60
1965 30 WAS FL 14 0 6 36
1966 31 WAS FL 14 0 1 9 60
1967 32 WAS FL 14 0 1 6 42
Career 148 0 18 65 3 5 546
7 yrs WAS 98 0 2 49 2 318
4 yrs CLE 50 0 16 16 3 3 228

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1960
1962
1963
1964

1st-team All-Pro

1962

Rushing Yds

1959 NFL 743 (5)

Rushing TD

1959 NFL 5 (9)
1960 NFL 5 (6)
1961 NFL 5 (10)

Long Rush

1958 NFL 63 (10)
1959 NFL 90 (1-- 17)
1960 NFL 60 (8)
1961 NFL 56 (8)

Yds/Rushing Att

1958 NFL 6.3 (2)
1959 NFL 5.7 (2-- 50)
1960 NFL 4.6 (8)
1961 NFL 5.4 (3-- 83)
Career 5.3 (13)

Rushing Yds/Game

1959 NFL 61.9 (5)

Receptions

1960 NFL 45 (6)
1962 NFL 72 (1)
1963 NFL 69 (2)
1964 NFL 60 (5)
1965 NFL 60 (4)
1966 NFL 58 (6)
1967 NFL 60 (4)
Career 521 (85)

Receiving Yds

1962 NFL 1384 (1-- 63)
1963 NFL 1436 (1-- 39)
1964 NFL 904 (6)
1965 NFL 867 (8)
1966 NFL 905 (7)
1967 NFL 866 (9)
Career 7954 (75)

Receiving TD

1960 NFL 6 (8)
1962 NFL 11 (3)
1964 NFL 10 (1)
1966 NFL 9 (4)
Career 65 (39)

Long Reception

1959 NFL 76 (7)
1962 NFL 81 (8)
1963 NFL 99 (1-- 1)
1965 NFL 80 (4)

Yds/Reception

1962 NFL 19.2 (9)
1963 NFL 20.8 (2)

Receiving Yds/Game

1962 NFL 98.9 (1-- 35)
1963 NFL 102.6 (1-- 20)
1964 NFL 64.6 (8)
1965 NFL 61.9 (8)
1966 NFL 64.6 (7)
1967 NFL 61.9 (9)
Career 53.7 (95)

Touchdowns

1959 NFL 10 (6)
1960 NFL 12 (5)
1961 NFL 10 (8)
1962 NFL 12 (6)
1964 NFL 10 (4)
1966 NFL 10 (7)
Career 91 (25)

Points Scored

1960 NFL 72 (8)
Career 546 (124)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1959 NFL 9 (6)
1960 NFL 11 (5)
1962 NFL 11 (6)
1964 NFL 10 (4)
1966 NFL 10 (6)
Career 83 (42)

Non-Offensive TDs

1958 NFL 2 (1)
1959 NFL 1 (2)
1960 NFL 1 (3)
1961 NFL 2 (2)
1962 NFL 1 (8)
1963 NFL 1 (3)
Career 8 (24)

Yds From Scrimmage

1959 NFL 1094 (5)
1960 NFL 1118 (6)
1962 NFL 1389 (4)
1963 NFL 1460 (2)
Career 10689 (59)

All-Purpose Yds

1958 NFL 1250 (5)
1959 NFL 1507 (2)
1960 NFL 1651 (2)
1961 NFL 1508 (6)
1962 NFL 1794 (4)
1963 NFL 1852 (3)
Career 14078 (32)

Touches

1959 NFL 194 (7)
1960 NFL 182 (7)
Career 1205 (174)

Yds/Touch

1958 NFL 9.8 (3)
1959 NFL 7.8 (9)
1960 NFL 9.1 (2)
1961 NFL 9.3 (6)
1962 NFL 20.4 (1-- 4)
1967 NFL 8.7 (2)

Kick Returns

1958 NFL 18 (4)
1960 NFL 17 (10)
Career 102 (151)

Kick Return Yds

1958 NFL 454 (4)
1960 NFL 432 (9)
Career 2690 (125)

Kick Return TD

1958 NFL 1 (3-- 57)
1960 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1961 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1962 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1963 NFL 1 (2-- 57)
Career 5 (6)

Long Kick Return

1958 NFL 98 (5)
1960 NFL 90 (3)
1961 NFL 91 (5)
1962 NFL 92 (4)
1963 NFL 92 (6)

Yds/Kick Return

1958 NFL 25.2 (3)
1960 NFL 25.4 (7)
1961 NFL 26.8 (9)
Career 26.4 (18)

Punt Returns

1959 NFL 17 (8)
1961 NFL 14 (10)

Punt Return Yds

1958 NFL 165 (4)
1959 NFL 177 (3)
1960 NFL 101 (8)
1961 NFL 164 (5)

Punt Return TD

1958 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
1959 NFL 1 (2-- 85)
1961 NFL 1 (2-- 85)
Career 3 (32)

Long Punt Return

1958 NFL 68 (2)
1959 NFL 78 (3)
1960 NFL 34 (6)
1961 NFL 64 (8)

Yds/Punt Return

1958 NFL 11.8 (2)
1959 NFL 10.4 (4)
1961 NFL 11.7 (2)
Career 10.1 (70)

Kick & Punt Returns

1958 NFL 32 (8)
1961 NFL 30 (10)
Career 171 (156)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1958 NFL 619 (3)
1960 NFL 533 (5)
Career 3389 (116)

Fumbles

1963 NFL 7 (8)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1959 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1960 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1962 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1962 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1963 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1963 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1963 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL