Bobby Mitchell
Robert Cornelius Mitchell
Born: June 6, 1935
Hot Springs, AR USA
Deceased: April 5, 2020
Position: FL-HB-WR
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 192
College: Illinois
High School: Langston (Hot Springs, AR)
Career: 1958-1968
Drafted: 1958 in Round 7, #84 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983
Bobby Mitchell played from 1958 to 1968 during his career with the Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins. Mitchell ran for 2,735 yards in his career on 513 attempts, scoring 18 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 521 passes for 7,954 yards and 65 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 158.3 |
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 118.8 |
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 80 | 500 | 6.2 | 63 | 1 |
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 131 | 743 | 5.7 | 90 | 5 |
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 111 | 506 | 4.6 | 60 | 5 |
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 101 | 548 | 5.4 | 56 | 5 |
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 48 | 1 |
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 61 | 189 | 3.1 | 16 | 1 |
| 1968 | NFL Washington Redskins | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 513 | 2735 | 5.3 | 90 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 131 | 8.2 | 25 | 3 |
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 35 | 351 | 10.0 | 76 | 4 |
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 45 | 612 | 13.6 | 69 | 6 |
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 32 | 368 | 11.5 | 52 | 3 |
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 72 | 1384 | 19.2 | 81 | 11 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 69 | 1436 | 20.8 | 99 | 7 |
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 60 | 904 | 15.1 | 60 | 10 |
| 1965 | NFL Washington Redskins | 60 | 867 | 14.4 | 80 | 6 |
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 58 | 905 | 15.6 | 70 | 9 |
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 60 | 866 | 14.4 | 65 | 6 |
| 1968 | NFL Washington Redskins | 14 | 130 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 521 | 7954 | 15.3 | 99 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 14 | 165 | 11.8 | 68 | 1 |
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 17 | 177 | 10.4 | 78 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 34 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 14 | 164 | 11.7 | 64 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 28 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 69 | 699 | 10.1 | 78 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 18 | 454 | 25.2 | 98 | 1 |
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 11 | 236 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 17 | 432 | 25.4 | 90 | 1 |
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 428 | 26.8 | 91 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 12 | 398 | 33.2 | 92 | 1 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 9 | 343 | 38.1 | 92 | 1 |
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 28 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 35 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 235 | 21.4 | 43 | 0 |
| Totals | 102 | 2690 | 26.4 | 98 | 5 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1965 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1966 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1967 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 65 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 546 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
Honors
1959 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1962 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1962 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1963 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1963 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1964 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1964 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
