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{{Short description|American football player and executive (1935–2020)}}

{{NFL player

{{Other people|Bobby Mitchell}}

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{{Use American English|date=April 2020}}

|DateOfBirth=[[June 6]], [[1935]]

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

|Birthplace=[[Hot Springs, Arkansas]]

{{Infobox NFL biography

|Position=[[wide receiver]], [[running back]]

| name = Bobby Mitchell

|College=[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]]

| image = Mitchell-Bob-1959.jpg

|DraftedYear=1958

| caption = Mitchell with the [[Cleveland Browns]] in 1959

|DraftedRound=7

| number = 49

|PFR=MitcBo00

| position = {{hlist|[[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]|[[wide receiver]]}}

|years=1958-1961<br>1962-1968

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|6|6}}

|teams=[[Cleveland Browns]]<br>[[Washington Redskins]]

| birth_place = [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]], U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|5|1935|6|6}}

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 192

| high_school = [[Langston High School (Arkansas)|Langston]] (Hot Springs)

| college = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] (1954–1957)

| draftyear = 1958

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 84

| pastteams =

* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|1958|1961}})

* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1962|1968}})

| pastexecutive =

* Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1969|1972}}) <br> Scout

* Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1973|1977}}) <br> Director of pro scouting

* Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1978|1980}}) <br> Executive assistant to the president

* Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1981|2002}}) <br> Assistant general manager

| highlights =

{{center|'''As a player:'''}}

* 3× first-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1962 All-Pro Team|1962]]–[[1964 All-Pro Team|1964]])

* 2× second-team All-Pro ([[1959 All-Pro Team|1959]], [[1960 All-Pro Team|1960]])

* 4× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1961 Pro Bowl|1960]], [[1963 Pro Bowl|1962]]–[[1965 Pro Bowl|1964]])

* [[NFL receptions leader]] (1962)

* 2× [[List of National Football League annual receiving yards leaders|NFL receiving yards leader]] (1962, 1963)

* [[List of National Football League annual receiving touchdowns leaders|NFL receiving touchdowns co-leader]] (1964)

* [[Washington Commanders#Retired numbers|Washington Commanders No. 49]] retired

* [[Washington Commanders 90 Greatest]]

* [[Washington Commanders Ring of Fame]]

* [[Cleveland Browns Ring of Honor]]

* First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1955 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1955]])

* Second-team All-Big Ten ([[1957 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1957]])

{{center|'''As an executive:'''}}

* 3× [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]], [[Super Bowl XXII|XXII]], [[Super Bowl XXVI|XXVI]])

{{center|'''NFL records:'''}}

* [[99-yard pass play|Longest receiving touchdown: 99 yards]] (tied)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 148

| statlabel2 = [[Starting lineup|Starts]]

| statvalue2 = 128

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 521

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 7,954

| statlabel5 = Rushing yards

| statvalue5 = 2,753

| statlabel6 = Rushing average

| statvalue6 = 5.3

| statlabel7 = Return yards

| statvalue7 = 3,380

| statlabel8 = Touchdowns

| statvalue8 = 91

| pfr = M/MitcBo00

| HOF = bobby-mitchell

}}

'''Robert Cornelius Mitchell''' (born [[June 6]], [[1935]], [[Hot– SpringsApril 5, Arkansas]]2020) iswas aan American formerprofessional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[runningHalfback back(American football)|halfback]]/ and [[wide receiver]] who played forin the [[WashingtonNational RedskinsFootball League]] and(NFL). He played [[Clevelandcollege Brownsfootball]]. for Mitchellthe is[[Illinois anFighting enshrinedIllini memberfootball|Illinois ofFighting Illini]] and professionally for the [[ProCleveland FootballBrowns]] Halland of[[Washington FameRedskins]].Mitchell In 1962 he was the first African American footballblack player to playsign awith gamethe forRedskins, who were the Redskinslast NFL team to [[racially integrate]].

After his playing career, Mitchell became an executive with Washington. He joined their [[Scout (sport)|scouting]] department in 1969 and was named assistant general manager in 1981, spending over 40 years with the team in total before retiring in 2002. He was inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1983 and had his jersey number [[Washington Commanders#Retired numbers|49 retired]] by the team following his death in 2020.

Mitchell played [[college football]] at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]].

==Early life==

Mitchell was born in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]], and attended Langston High School.<ref name=hofbiography>{{cite web | work=Pro Football Hall of Fame | url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/release.jsp?release_id=1382 | title=Bobby Mitchell, Class of 1983 | access-date=June 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130020135/http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/release.jsp?release_id=1382|archive-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref> There, he played [[high school football|football]], [[basketball]], and [[Track and field|track]], and was good enough at [[baseball]] to be offered a contract with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref name=hofbiography />

==College career==

Instead of playing [[Major League Baseball|professional baseball]], Mitchell chose to attend the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]], which he picked from a host of schools that offered him scholarships.<ref name=hofbiography /> He played [[college football]] for the [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois Fighting Illini]] and had a particularly good sophomore year. At the beginning of the [[1955 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1955 season]], he was behind junior Harry Jefferson on the [[depth chart]]. Seven games into the season, Jefferson went down with an injury, and Mitchell took over at one of the halfback spots.<ref name=illini>{{cite web | work=University of Illinois Athletics | url=http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051107aay.html | title=Catching Up With Bobby Mitchell | access-date=June 27, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231151640/http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051107aay.html | archive-date=December 31, 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The first time he handled the football, he ran 64 yards for a touchdown.<ref name=hofbiography /> Though he entered in the third quarter, Mitchell gained 173 yards in 10 carries, and the Illini upset third-ranked [[University of Michigan|Michigan]], 25–6.<ref name=illini /> He gained more than 100 yards in each of the final two games of the season, when he also played as a [[defensive back]].<ref name=illini /> That year, he averaged a record 8.6 yards per rush.<ref name=hofbiography />

As a junior in [[1956 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1956]], Mitchell did not see the field much due to a knee injury.<ref name=illini /> After [[1957 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|his senior season]], he was invited to play in the [[College All-Star Game]], where he got behind [[defensive back]], [[Jim David (American football)|James David]] on an 84-yard touchdown reception, and then scored again on an 18-yard pass from [[Jim Ninowski]].<ref name=hofbiography /> The All-Stars' upset the [[Detroit Lions]], 35–19, and Mitchell and Ninowski shared game [[Most Valuable Player|MVP]] honors.<ref name=hofbiography /> Mitchell was named first-team All-Big Ten football in 1955 and second-team status in 1957.<ref name=illini /> He was named to The Pigskin Club Honor Roll by [[The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=75th Annual Awards Dinner|publisher=The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C.|year=2013|page=17|url=http://pigskinclub.com/images/PigskinClub-75thAnniversary-Final-compressed.pdf|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>

Mitchell was even more successful in track. In February 1958, he set an indoor world record (one that lasted only six days) with a 7.7 mark in the 70-yard low hurdles.<ref name=hofbiography /><ref name=illini /> He was the runner-up in the [[long jump]] at the [[1958 NCAA Track and Field Championships]].<ref name="Long jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=23 |title=Long jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=[[USTFCCCA]] |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref> In the [[Big Ten]] championships, he scored 13 points and helped Illinois win the title.<ref name=hofbiography /> Mitchell was unsure whether he wanted to pursue a career in football or track. Even though the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] were still two years away, he had his sights set on competing on the American team.<ref name=hofbiography /> However, [[Cleveland Browns]] head coach [[Paul Brown]] offered to pay him $7,000 during his rookie season and was able to convince Mitchell to play football instead of participating in the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/1997/history/allart/fame83.htm |title=Fame Catches Up With Ex-Redskins Mitchell, Jurgensen |access-date=June 27, 2008 |date=July 23, 1998}}</ref>

==NFL playing career==

===Cleveland Browns (1958–1961)===

Mitchell was [[NFL draft|drafted]] in the seventh round of the [[1958 NFL draft]] by the [[Cleveland Browns]], where he played as a [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]].<ref name=hofprofile>{{cite web | work=Pro Football Hall of Fame | url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PlayerId=152 | title=Bobby Mitchell's Pro Football HOF profile | access-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref> He was teamed with [[Jim Brown]] to give the Browns one of the most successful running back combinations from [[1958 Cleveland Browns season|1958]] through [[1961 Cleveland Browns season|1961]].<ref name=hofprofile />

As a rookie, Mitchell had a 98-yard kickoff return. A year later against Washington, he rushed for 232 yards, including a 90-yard scoring scamper, a Browns record until it was broken by [[Nick Chubb]] in 2018. The same year, he returned a punt 78 yards against the [[New York Giants]].<ref name=hofbiography /> He earned his first [[Pro Bowl]] selection in [[1960 Cleveland Browns season|1960]].<ref name=washpost_obit>{{cite news|last1=Maske|first1=Mark|last2=Carpenter|first2=Les|title=Bobby Mitchell, Pro Football Hall of Famer and pioneering Redskins star, dies at 84|date=April 6, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/bobby-mitchell-pro-football-hall-of-famer-and-pioneering-redskins-star-dies-at-84/2020/04/05/edc2a40e-77a2-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>

As a Brown, Mitchell accumulated 2297 yards rushing, 1463 yards receiving, 607 yards on punt returns, 1550 yards on kickoff returns, and scored 38 touchdowns.<ref name=hofbiography /> He once held the Browns' career record for kickoff returns for touchdowns, and he also currently holds the team's best rookie rushing average (6.3 in 1958).<ref>{{cite web | work=Cleveland Browns | url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/honor/bobby_mitchell.php | title=Bobby Mitchell's Cleveland Browns profile | access-date=June 27, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080529192720/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/honor/bobby_mitchell.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = May 29, 2008}}</ref>

===Washington Redskins (1962–1968)===

Under pressure to [[racial integration|integrate]] the team by the [[U.S. federal government]], the [[Washington Redskins]] selected Heisman Trophy winner [[Ernie Davis]] with the first overall pick of the [[1962 NFL draft]].<ref name=goldstein_04052020/><ref name=integrate>{{cite web | work=ESPN | url=https://www.espn.com/page2/wash/s/2002/0305/1346021.html | title=Civil Rights on the Gridiron | access-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref> However, Redskins owner [[George Preston Marshall]], wary of Davis's potential salary demands, traded his rights to the [[Cleveland Browns]] for Mitchell and first-round draft pick [[Leroy Jackson]].<ref name=goldstein_04052020/><ref name=integrate /><ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,873711,00.html |title=August 1962 Scoreboard |access-date=June 27, 2008 |date=August 10, 1962 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219065054/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,873711,00.html |archive-date=February 19, 2011}}</ref> Unbeknownst to anyone at the time of the draft, Davis had [[leukemia]], and died without ever playing a down in professional football.<ref name=integrate />

Mitchell, along with [[John Nisby]], [[Leroy Jackson]], and [[Ron Hatcher]], was one of four black players on the [[1962 Washington Redskins season|1962 Redskins]], as the franchise became the last professional football team to integrate.<ref name=basen_10062012>{{cite news|last=Basen|first=Ryan|title=Fifty Years Ago, Last Outpost of Segregation in N.F.L. Fell|date=October 6, 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/sports/football/50-years-ago-redskins-were-last-nfl-team-to-integrate.html|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> [[Bill McPeak]], in his first year as head coach, immediately announced Mitchell would become a [[Wide receiver#Types|flanker]]. In his first game in Washington, Mitchell ran back a 92-yard kickoff return against the [[Dallas Cowboys]].<ref name=hofbiography /> The Redskins finished the season with a 5–7–2 record, their best record in five years.<ref name=basen_10062012/> Mitchell led the league with 72 catches and 1384 yards and ranked third with 11 touchdowns.<ref name=hofbiography/><ref name=basen_10062012/> He was selected to the first of three consecutive Pro Bowls.<ref name=washpost_obit/>

In [[1963 NFL season|1963]], Mitchell recorded 69 catches for 1436 yards and seven more touchdowns. During this season, he also became the second player in league and franchise history to record a [[99-yard pass play]]. The pass from [[George Izo]] was the first 99-yard pass in over 23 years, when the Redskins' [[Frank Filchock]] and [[Andy Farkas]] set the original record October 15, 1939.<ref name=hofbiography /> During the next four years, Mitchell's reception totals were 60, 60, 58 and 60.<ref name=hofbiography /> In [[1967 NFL season|1967]], new head coach [[Otto Graham]] chose to move Mitchell back to [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] because of Graham's decision a year earlier to move the team's best running back, [[Charley Taylor]], to wide receiver. Mitchell enjoyed only moderate success running the ball but he did catch 60 passes for 866 yards and six touchdowns.<ref name=hofbiography />

In [[1969 NFL season|1969]], [[Vince Lombardi]] became head coach and promised Mitchell that he would return him to flanker.<ref name=hofbiography /> But as [[National Football League Training Camp|training camp]] progressed, Mitchell realized that he was not in the same shape he once was and chose to retire.<ref name=hofbiography />

During his first six seasons with the Redskins, Mitchell never caught fewer than 58 passes.<ref name=hofprofile /> When he retired, his 14,078 combined net yards was the second-highest total in NFL history.<ref name=hofprofile /> He had also scored 91 touchdowns (18 by rushing, 65 on receptions, 3 on punt returns, and 5 on kickoff returns). He amassed 7,954 yards on receptions and 2,735 yards on rushes.<ref name=hofprofile /> He was elected to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1983.<ref name=hofbiography/>

Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post wrote an appreciation of Mitchell after his death: "As a four-way threat — running the ball from the backfield, catching passes as a wide receiver and returning kickoffs and punts — Mitchell is unique. No player has been among the very best in all four areas. Mitchell is a group photo of one ... Who is the only NFL player with more than 500 career rushes and 500 receptions to average more than five yards per carry (5.3) and more than 15 yards per catch (15.3)? Bobby Mitchell."

On June 20, 2020, the Washington Redskins announced that they would retire his number, #49. He was just the second member of the team to have his number retired, alongside [[Sammy Baugh]]'s #33.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29339167/washington-redskins-retire-no-49-bobby-mitchell-hofer-team-first-black-player |title=Washington Redskins to retire No. 49 of Bobby Mitchell, HOFer and team's first black player |last=Keim |first=John |date=June 20, 2020 |website=[[ESPN]] |access-date=June 20, 2020}}</ref>

==Front-office career (1969–2003)==

After retiring from football in 1968, Mitchell remained with the Redskins, at the request of then [[head coach]] [[Vince Lombardi]], as a pro [[Scout (sport)|scout]].<ref name=frontoffice>{{cite news |date=February 1, 2011|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/01/Sports/Mitchell_leaves_Redsk.shtml |title=Mitchell leaves Redskins |access-date=June 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523102629/http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/01/Sports/Mitchell_leaves_Redsk.shtml|archive-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref> He gradually moved up in the ranks to assistant [[general manager]] in the organization,<ref name=integrate/> and he aspired to become the NFL's first black GM.<ref name=frontoffice /> In 1978, Washington owner [[Edward Bennett Williams]] passed over Mitchell for the GM position in favor of [[Bobby Beathard]].<ref name=washpost_obit/><ref name=frontoffice /> Mitchell retired in 2003, stating that he was "deeply hurt" by how owner [[Jack Kent Cooke]] passed him over as the team's general manager in favor of [[Charley Casserly]] in 1989 and by coach [[Steve Spurrier]]'s decision to issue his No. 49 uniform number, which had not been issued for years though never [[retired number|retired]], to [[Leonard Stephens]] that season.<ref name=washpost_obit/><ref name=frontoffice />

As a player and a front office executive, Mitchell spent 41 years with the Redskins.<ref name=frontoffice />

==Personal life==

[[File:Bobby Mitchell 2010.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|Mitchell in 2010]]

Mitchell lived in [[Washington, D.C.]], with his wife, Gwen, an attorney. They had two children, Robert Jr. and Terri.<ref name=illini />

Beginning in 1980, Mitchell hosted the Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Classic, an annual golf fundraiser that benefits the [[Leukemia & Lymphoma Society]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/12/AR2005071201798_pf.html |title='Happy Because He Has Hope' |access-date=June 27, 2008 |first=Walter |last=Gabriel}}</ref>

Mitchell also worked in many efforts and organizations, including the [[United Negro College Fund]], the [[Howard University]] Cancer Research Advisory Committee, the [[American Lung Association]] of D.C., the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day|Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission]], the [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys Club of Washington]], the [[National Urban League]], the [[NAACP]], the [[Junior Chamber of Commerce]], the University of Illinois Presidents Council and the University of Illinois Foundation.<ref name=illini />

Mitchell died at age 84 on April 5, 2020.<ref name=goldstein_04052020>{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|title=Bobby Mitchell, Hall of Famer and the Redskins' First Black Star, Dies at 84|date=April 5, 2020|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/sports/football/bobby-mitchell-dead.html|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>

==NFL career statistics==

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"

! colspan="2"| Legend

|-

| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|

| Led the league

|-

| '''Bold'''

| Career high

|}

=== Regular season ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|-

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Team

! colspan="2"| Games

! colspan="5"| Receiving

! colspan="5"| Rushing

! colspan="5"| Returning

|-

! GP !! GS !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Ret !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD

|-

! [[1958 NFL season|1958]] !! [[1958 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]

| 12 || 7 || 16 || 131 || 8.2 || 25 || 3 || 80 || 500 || 6.3 || 63 || 1 || '''32''' || '''619''' || 19.3 || '''98''' || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''2'''

|-

! [[1959 NFL season|1959]] !! [[1959 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]

| 12 || 12 || 35 || 351 || 10.0 || 76 || 4 || '''131''' || '''743''' || 5.7 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''90''' || '''5''' || 28 || 413 || 14.8 || 78 || 1

|-

! [[1960 NFL season|1960]] !! [[1960 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]

| 12 || 11 || 45 || 612 || 13.6 || 69 || 6 || 111 || 506 || 4.6 || 50 || '''5''' || 26 || 533 || 20.5 || 90 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 1

|-

! [[1961 NFL season|1961]] !! [[1961 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]

| '''14''' || 13 || 32 || 368 || 11.5 || 52 || 3 || 101 || 548 || 5.4 || 56 || '''5''' || 30 || 592 || 19.7 || 91 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''2'''

|-

! [[1962 NFL season|1962]] !! [[1962 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]

| '''14''' || '''14''' || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''72''' || style="background:#cfecec;"|1,384 || 19.2 || 81 || '''11''' || 1 || 5 || 5.0 || 5 || 0 || 15 || 405 || '''27.0''' || 92 || style="background:#cfecec;"|1

|-

! [[1963 NFL season|1963]] !! [[1963 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]

| '''14''' || '''14''' || 69 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''1,436''' || '''20.8''' || style="background:#e0cef2;"|'''99''' || 7 || 3 || 24 || 8.0 || 21 || 0 || 15 || 392 || 26.1 || 92 || 1

|-

! [[1964 NFL season|1964]]!! [[1964 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]

| '''14''' || '''14''' || 60 || 904 || 15.1 || 60 || style="background:#cfecec;"|10 || 2 || 33 || '''16.5''' || 19 || 0 || 3 || 58 || 19.3 || 28 || 0

|-

! [[1965 NFL season|1965]]!! [[1965 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]

| '''14''' || 12 || 60 || 867 || 14.5 || 80 || 6 || – || – || – || – || – || 6 || 131 || 21.8 || 35 || 0

|-

! [[1966 NFL season|1966]]!! [[1966 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]

| '''14''' || 13 || 58 || 905 || 15.6 || 70 || 9 || 13 || 141 || 10.8 || 48 || 1 || 4 || 21 || 5.3 || 13 || 0

|-

! [[1967 NFL season|1967]]!! [[1967 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]

| '''14''' || '''14''' || 60 || 866 || 14.4 || 65 || 6 || 61 || 189 || 3.1 || 16 || 1 || – || – || – || – || –

|-

! [[1968 NFL season|1968]]!! [[1968 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]

| '''14''' || 4 || 14 || 130 || 9.3 || 18 || 0 || 10 || 46 || 4.6 || 13 || 0 || 12 || 235 || 19.6 || 43 || 0

|-

! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MitcBo00.htm Career] || 148 || 128 || 521 || 7,954 || 15.3 || style="background:#e0cef2;"|'''99T''' || 65 || 513 || 2,735 || 5.3 || 90 || 18 || 171 || 3,389 || 19.8 || 98 || 8

|}

==References==

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==External links==

* {{Profootballhof|152|Bobby Mitchell}}

* [http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=152 Hall of Fame bio]

* {{Footballstats |nfl=MIT650992 |cfl= |afl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |fox= |si= |pfr=M/MitcBo00 |rotoworld=}}

* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/MitcBo00.htm Professional career statistics]

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