Bobby Mitchell
[edit] Biography
Bobby Mitchell (Robert Cornelius Mitchell) was born on June 6, 1935 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. After going to high school at Langston (Hot Springs, AR), Mitchell attended the University of Illinois. Mitchell made his professional debut in the NFL in 1958 with the Cleveland Browns. He played for the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that 1962 was Bobby Mitchell's best year, as he hauled in 72 receptions, had 1384 receiving yards, caught 11 TD passes and ran back a kickoff for a touchdown.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1958
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 16
| 131
| 8.2
| 3
| 25
|
| 1959
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 35
| 351
| 10
| 4
| 76t
|
| 1960
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 45
| 612
| 13.6
| 6
| 69t
|
| 1961
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 32
| 368
| 11.5
| 3
| 52t
|
| 1962
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 72
| 1384
| 19.2
| 11
| 81t
|
| 1963
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 69
| 1436
| 20.8
| 7
| 99t
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 60
| 904
| 15.1
| 10
| 60
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 60
| 867
| 14.5
| 6
| 80t
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 58
| 905
| 15.6
| 9
| 70t
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 60
| 866
| 14.4
| 6
| 65t
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 14
| 130
| 9.3
| 0
| 18
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 148
| 521
| 7954
| 15.3
| 65
| 0
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1958
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 80
| 500
| 6.3
| 1
| 63t
|
| 1959
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 131
| 743
| 5.7
| 5
| 90t
|
| 1960
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 111
| 506
| 4.6
| 5
| 50
|
| 1961
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 101
| 548
| 5.4
| 5
| 56t
|
| 1962
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 5
|
| 1963
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 24
| 8
| 0
| 21
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 33
| 16.5
| 0
| 19
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 13
| 141
| 10.8
| 1
| 48
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 61
| 189
| 3.1
| 1
| 16
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 10
| 46
| 4.6
| 0
| 13
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 148
| 513
| 2735
| 5.3
| 18
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1958
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 18
| 454
| 25.2
| 98t
| 1
|
| 1959
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 11
| 236
| 21.5
| 31
| 0
|
| 1960
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 17
| 432
| 25.4
| 90t
| 1
|
| 1961
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 16
| 428
| 26.8
| 91t
| 1
|
| 1962
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 12
| 398
| 33.2
| 92t
| 1
|
| 1963
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 9
| 343
| 38.1
| 92t
| 1
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 58
| 19.3
| 28
| 0
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 106
| 21.2
| 35
| 0
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 11
| 235
| 21.4
| 43
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 148
| 102
| 2690
| 26.4
| 0
| 5
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1958
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 14
| 165
| 11.8
| 0
| 68t
| 1
|
| 1959
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 17
| 177
| 10.4
| 0
| 78t
| 1
|
| 1960
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 9
| 101
| 11.2
| 0
| 34
| 0
|
| 1961
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 14
| 164
| 11.7
| 2
| 64t
| 1
|
| 1962
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 7
| 2.3
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1963
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 49
| 8.2
| 1
| 28
| 0
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 15
| 15
| 1
| 15
| 0
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 21
| 5.3
| 0
| 13
| 0
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 148
| 69
| 699
| 10.1
| 5
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1958
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 148
| 32
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1958
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 23
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 158.3
|
| 1961
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 21
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 118.8
|
| 1967
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 17
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 118.8
|
| 1968
| WAS
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 148
| 3
| 3
| 100
| 61
| 20.33
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 158.3
|
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