James Robert Mitchell
Position: TE
Height: 6-1 Weight: 234 lbs.
Born: October 19, 1947 in Shelbyville, TN
Died: October 20, 2007 in Shelbyville, TN
College: Prairie View
Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 4th round (81st overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 53 (1358th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #1065. Jim McMahon… #1066. Gino Cappelletti… #1067. John Morrow… #1068. JIM R. MITCHELL… #1069. Jerry Gray… #1070. Eddie Kennison… #1071. Jess Richardson… |
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1969* | 22 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 22 | 339 | 15.4 | 4 | 42 | 1.6 | 24.2 | 5 | 77 | 0 | 40 | 15.4 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 416 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1970 | 23 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 650 | 14.8 | 6 | 51 | 3.1 | 46.4 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 673 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 1971 | 24 | ATL | TE | 86 | 13 | 0 | 33 | 593 | 18.0 | 5 | 43 | 2.5 | 45.6 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 618 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 1972* | 25 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 470 | 16.8 | 4 | 40 | 2.0 | 33.6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 489 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1973 | 26 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 32 | 420 | 13.1 | 0 | 50 | 2.3 | 30.0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 454 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1974 | 27 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 30 | 479 | 16.0 | 1 | 52 | 2.1 | 34.2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 500 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 28 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 536 | 15.8 | 4 | 32 | 2.4 | 38.3 | 536 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| 1976 | 29 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 209 | 12.3 | 0 | 39 | 1.2 | 14.9 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1977 | 30 | ATL | TE | 86 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 178 | 10.5 | 0 | 17 | 1.4 | 14.8 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.5 | 0.1 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1978 | 31 | ATL | TE | 86 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 366 | 11.4 | 2 | 24 | 2.0 | 22.9 | 366 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 1979 | 32 | ATL | TE | 86 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 118 | 7.4 | 2 | 14 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Career | 155 | 0 | 305 | 4358 | 14.3 | 28 | 52 | 2.0 | 28.1 | 26 | 187 | 1 | 40 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 4545 | 29 | 7 | 65 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1969* | 22 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1971 | 24 | ATL | TE | 86 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1972* | 25 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 26 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 27 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 28 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1978 | 31 | ATL | TE | 86 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 155 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 115 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969* | 22 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 1970 | 23 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1971 | 24 | ATL | TE | 86 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1972* | 25 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 27 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1975 | 28 | ATL | TE | 86 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1978 | 31 | ATL | TE | 86 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 32 | ATL | TE | 86 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career | 155 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 186 |
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Yds/Reception
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1972 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |