Former running back at Louisiana. 2020: 878 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 16 catches.
5′11″ · 218 lb · Erath, LA
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2981 nationally · Signed with Louisiana
Statement game20 car · 191 yds · 3 TDat Texas State (FBS) · W 42-27
Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Louisiana. 2020: 878 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 16 catches.
Elijah Mitchell
Four seasons at Louisiana, two different head coaches: Mark Hudspeth and Billy Napier. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 164 rush yds, 4 rec yds against Georgia State — Week 3, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisiana, 3,259 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #194 overall by San Francisco.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Hudspeth → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rush yards (92nd percentile). Strength: rush tds (87th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 63.3 | 4.7 | 1.3 |
| Road6g | 93.5 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 83.0 | 6.8 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 83.7 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2020
W 31–14
at Iowa State
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 31-14@ Iowa State | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-31@ Georgia State | 16 | 164 | 10.3 | 2 | 59 | Season-high 164 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30vs Coastal Carolina | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 2 | 17 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-20@ UAB | 21 | 67 | 3.2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-34@ Texas State | 17 | 96 | 5.6 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-20vs Arkansas State | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 1 | 47 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs South Alabama | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 70-20@ UL Monroe | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 1 | 44 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-21@ App State | 12 | 95 | 7.9 | 0 | 46 | |
| Total | 122 | 751 | 6.5 | 7 | 59 |
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
33.7% of carries overall (139/412) → 21.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/76) — 93.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Final Heisman position · 2020
Elijah Mitchell finished 140th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.