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

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 95 (202nd overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1983

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All-Time Rank: #117. Richard Dent… #118. Raymond Berry… #119. Bart Starr… #120. BOBBY MITCHELL… #121. Emmitt Smith… #122. Dan Hampton… #123. Curtis Martin…

All-Time Rank: #117. Richard Dent… #118. Raymond Berry… #119. Bart Starr… #120. BOBBY MITCHELL… #121. Emmitt Smith… #122. Dan Hampton… #123. Curtis Martin…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	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	AV
1958	23	CLE	KR/LH	49	12		16	131	8.2	3	25	1.3	10.9	80	500	1	63	6.3	41.7	6.7	631	4	2	7
1959	24	CLE	KR/LH/PR	49	12		35	351	10.0	4	76	2.9	29.3	131	743	5	90	5.7	61.9	10.9	1094	9	2	7
1960*	25	CLE	HB/KR	49	12		45	612	13.6	6	69	3.8	51.0	111	506	5	60	4.6	42.2	9.3	1118	11	4	18
1961	26	CLE	HB/KR/PR	49	14		32	368	11.5	3	52	2.3	26.3	101	548	5	56	5.4	39.1	7.2	916	8	6	12
1962*+	27	WAS	RH	49	14		72	1384	19.2	11	81	5.1	98.9	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	1389	11	5	15
1963*	28	WAS	FL	49	14		69	1436	20.8	7	99	4.9	102.6	3	24	0	21	8.0	1.7	0.2	1460	7	7	14
1964*	29	WAS	FL	49	14		60	904	15.1	10	60	4.3	64.6	2	33	0	19	16.5	2.4	0.1	937	10	2	10
1965	30	WAS	FL	49	14		60	867	14.5	6	80	4.3	61.9								867	6	1	8
1966	31	WAS	FL	49	14		58	905	15.6	9	70	4.1	64.6	13	141	1	48	10.8	10.1	0.9	1046	10	0	12
1967	32	WAS	FL	49	14		60	866	14.4	6	65	4.3	61.9	61	189	1	16	3.1	13.5	4.4	1055	7	2	12
1968	33	WAS		49	14		14	130	9.3	0	18	1.0	9.3	10	46	0	13	4.6	3.3	0.7	176	0	1	2
Career					148		521	7954	15.3	65	99	3.5	53.7	513	2735	18	90	5.3	18.5	3.5	10689	83	32	117
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	73
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	44

Kick & Punt Returns

							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	KR/LH	49	12		14	165	1	68	11.8	18	454	1	98	25.2	1250
1959	24	CLE	KR/LH/PR	49	12		17	177	1	78	10.4	11	236	0	31	21.5	1507
1960*	25	CLE	HB/KR	49	12		9	101	0	34	11.2	17	432	1	90	25.4	1651
1961	26	CLE	HB/KR/PR	49	14		14	164	1	64	11.7	16	428	1	91	26.8	1508
1962*+	27	WAS	RH	49	14		3	7	0	4	2.3	12	398	1	92	33.2	1794
1963*	28	WAS	FL	49	14		6	49	0	28	8.2	9	343	1	92	38.1	1852
1964*	29	WAS	FL	49	14							3	58	0	28	19.3	995
1965	30	WAS	FL	49	14		1	15	0	15	15.0	5	106	0	35	21.2	988
1966	31	WAS	FL	49	14		4	21	0	13	5.3						1067
1968	33	WAS		49	14		1	0	0	0	0.0	11	235	0	43	21.4	411
Career					148		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

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1958	23	CLE	KR/LH	49	12								0	2	0	0	0
1959	24	CLE	KR/LH/PR	49	12								0	2	1	0	0
1960*	25	CLE	HB/KR	49	12								0	4	1	0	0
1961	26	CLE	HB/KR/PR	49	14								0	6	0	0	0
1962*+	27	WAS	RH	49	14								0	5	0	0	0
1963*	28	WAS	FL	49	14								0	7	2	0	0
1964*	29	WAS	FL	49	14								0	2	1	0	0
1965	30	WAS	FL	49	14								0	1	1	0	0
1966	31	WAS	FL	49	14								0	0	1	0	0
1967	32	WAS	FL	49	14								0	2	0	0	0
1968	33	WAS		49	14								0	1	0	0	0
Career					148								0	32	7	0	0
7 yrs		WAS			98	0							0	18	5	0	0
4 yrs		CLE			50	0							0	14	2	0	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1960*	25	CLE	HB/KR	49	12		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		1	1	100.0	21	0	0.0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	1.5	118.7
1967	32	WAS	FL	49	14		1	1	100.0	17	0	0.0	17	17.0	17.0	17.0	1.2	118.7
Career					148		3	3	100.0	61	1	33.3	23	20.3	27.0	20.3	0.4	158.3	0	0
7 yrs		WAS			98	0	2	2	100.0	38	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	23	23.0	43.0	23.0	0.5	158.3	0	0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1960 1962 1963 1964	First-Team All-Pro 1962	Approximate Value 1960 NFL 18 (2)	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 (1/21) 1960 NFL 60 (8) 1961 NFL 56 (8)	Yds/Rushing Att 1958 NFL 6.3 (2) 1959 NFL 5.7 (2/58) 1960 NFL 4.6 (8) 1961 NFL 5.4 (3/98) Career 5.3 (14)	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 (105)	Receiving Yds 1962 NFL 1384 (1/78) 1963 NFL 1436 (1/48) 1964 NFL 904 (6) 1965 NFL 867 (8) 1966 NFL 905 (7) 1967 NFL 866 (9) Career 7954 (88)	Receiving TD 1960 NFL 6 (8) 1962 NFL 11 (3) 1964 NFL 10 (1) 1966 NFL 9 (4) Career 65 (45)	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 (1/39) 1963 NFL 102.6 (1/22) 1964 NFL 64.6 (8) 1965 NFL 61.9 (8) 1966 NFL 64.6 (7) 1967 NFL 61.9 (9) Career 53.7 (111)	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 (26)	Points Scored 1960 NFL 72 (8) Career 546 (139)
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 (44)	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 (30)	Yds From Scrimmage 1959 NFL 1094 (5) 1960 NFL 1118 (6) 1962 NFL 1389 (4) 1963 NFL 1460 (2) Career 10689 (72)	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 (43)
Touches 1959 NFL 194 (7) 1960 NFL 182 (7) Career 1205 (197)	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 (170)	Kick Return Yds 1958 NFL 454 (4) 1960 NFL 432 (9) Career 2690 (143)
Kick Return TD 1958 NFL 1 (3/67) 1960 NFL 1 (1/67) 1961 NFL 1 (1/67) 1962 NFL 1 (1/67) 1963 NFL 1 (2/67) Career 5 (8)	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 (23)	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 (1/97) 1959 NFL 1 (2/97) 1961 NFL 1 (2/97) Career 3 (36)	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 (79)
Kick & Punt Returns 1958 NFL 32 (8) 1961 NFL 30 (10) Career 171 (172)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1958 NFL 619 (3) 1960 NFL 533 (5) Career 3389 (132)	Fumbles 1963 NFL 7 (8)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1959	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1960	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1960	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1962	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1962	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1962	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1962	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1963	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1963	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1963	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1963	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1964	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1964	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1964	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1964	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI

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