Leroy Mitchell
Leroy Mitchell
Born: September 22, 1944
Wharton, TX USA
Position: DB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
College: Texas Southern
High School: Training (Wharton, TX)
Career: 1967-1974
Drafted: 1967 in Round 11, #283 overall by the Boston Patriots
Leroy Mitchell played from 1967 to 1974 during his career with the Boston Patriots, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers and Portland Storm. Mitchell intercepted 20 passes for 168 yards in his career.
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Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL Boston Patriots | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
1968 | AFL Boston Patriots | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 |
1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 35 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 40 | 1 |
1974 | WFL Portland Storm | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
AFL | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | |
NFL | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 40 | 1 | |
WFL | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
Totals | 20 | 168 | 8.4 | 40 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL Boston Patriots | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
AFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 14 |
1968 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 14 |
1970 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
1972 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
1973 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 12 | 12 |
1974 | WFL | Portland Storm |
Honors
1968 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1968 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)