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Willie Mitchell

William Anderson Mitchell

Position: DB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: August 28, 1940 in San Antonio, TX
College: Tennessee State

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
1964 24 KAN RET 9 0 18 160 0 36 8.9 160
1965 25 KAN RCB 14 0 19 242 1 71 12.7 242
1966 26 KAN RCB 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
1967 27 KAN RCB 9 0 0
1968 28 KAN RCB 13 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
1969 29 KAN RET 14 0 13 101 0 35 7.8 7 178 0 36 25.4 279
1970 30 KAN 14 0 4 33 0 17 8.3 33
Career 87 0 56 564 1 71 10.1 7 178 0 36 25.4 742

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
1964 24 KAN RET 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1965 25 KAN RCB 14 0 2 44 1 37 3 0 0 0
1966 26 KAN RCB 14 0 3 97 1 60
1967 27 KAN RCB 9 0 4 88 1 55
1968 28 KAN RCB 13 0 5 46 0 46 0 1 0 0
1969 29 KAN RET 14 0 1 27 0 27 4 3 1 0
1970 30 KAN 14 0 1 1 0 0
Career 87 0 16 302 3 60 9 5 1 0

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
1965 25 KAN RCB 14 0 1 1 12
1966 26 KAN RCB 14 0 1 6
1967 27 KAN RCB 9 0 1 6
Career 87 0 1 3 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Non-Offensive TDs

1965 AFL 2 (2)
1966 AFL 1 (4)
1967 AFL 1 (8)
Career 4 (175)

Punt Returns

1964 AFL 18 (4)
1965 AFL 19 (5)
1969 AFL 13 (9)

Punt Return Yds

1964 AFL 160 (7)
1965 AFL 242 (3)
1969 AFL 101 (10)

Punt Return TD

1965 AFL 1 (2-- 85)
Career 1 (137)

Long Punt Return

1964 AFL 36 (9)
1965 AFL 71 (1)
1969 AFL 35 (10)

Yds/Punt Return

1964 AFL 8.9 (6)
1965 AFL 12.7 (2)

Fumbles Recovered

1969 AFL 3 (4)

Interceptions

1968 AFL 5 (7)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1965 AFL 1 (3)
1966 AFL 1 (2)
1967 AFL 1 (6)
Career 3 (103)

Long Intercep. Return

1966 AFL 60 (5)

   

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
1965 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL