Keaton Mitchell

Sophomore running back for East Carolina. 2022: 1,452 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 27 catches.

RB · East Carolina · So. · #2

5′9″ · 184 lb · Mcdonough, GA

CFB Index 90 · #6 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamEast Carolina 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 1768 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

Statement game27 car · 222 yds · 3 TDat Temple (FBS) · W 49-46

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 running back for East Carolina. 2022: 1,452 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 27 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at East Carolina, 3,027 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20209 games

Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Eagle's Landing Christian Academy

202112 games

All-AACfirst

202212 games

All-AACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1768 national

CFB

College

East Carolina

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Mike Houston

East Carolina

Played his entire career under Mike Houston.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Houston — 18-16 over that span.

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

90All-America level #6 of 317?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (98th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#9 / 398 · 98th pct

16.4%

Yards / carry#20 / 398 · 95th pct

7.4

EPA / carry#85 / 398 · 79th pct

0.29

Success rate#110 / 398 · 72nd pct

50.3%

TD rate#118 / 398 · 70th pct

6.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#6 / 346 · 98th pct

7.2

Rush yards#12 / 346 · 97th pct

1452

Rush TDs#16 / 346 · 95th pct

Long run#19 / 346 · 95th pct

Rec yards#29 / 338 · 92nd pct

252

Carries#36 / 346 · 90th pct

201

Receptions#35 / 338 · 89th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

36th → 79th percentile

Success rate

12th → 72nd percentile

Explosive rate

70th → 98th percentile

Yards / carry

82nd → 95th percentile

TD rate

53rd → 70th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	112	6.8	1.1
Road4g	139	7.1	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	101	6.2	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	149	7.9	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #6 of 317 FBS backs by CFB Index Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #6 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #6 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	East Carolina	201	1,452	7.2	14	--
2021	East Carolina	174	1,132	6.5	9	--
2020	East Carolina	88	443	5.0	2	--
Career		463	3,027	6.5	25	--

Season	Team
2022	East Carolina	27	252	9.3	1	--
2021	East Carolina	22	253	11.5	1	--
2020	East Carolina	11	75	6.8	1	--
Career		60	580	9.7	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2022

W 34–13

vs UCF

105 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against UCF.

With H. Ahlers — 311 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · 6 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · C. Johnson — 11 rec · 140 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.44Keaton Mitchell 81 Yd Run (Owen Daffer Kick)
Week 13 · Temple · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.93Keaton Mitchell 73 Yd pass from Holton Ahlers (Andrew Conrad Kick)
Week 9 · BYU · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.06Keaton Mitchell run for no gain to the BYU 9
Week 13 · Temple · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.76Keaton Mitchell run for 49 yds for a TD, (Andrew Conrad KICK)
Week 12 · Houston · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Keaton Mitchell run for 37 yds to the Houst 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Keaton Mitchell run for 46 yds to the CCaro 31 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Campbell · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.28Keaton Mitchell run for 42 yds to the Camp 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · NC State · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.28Holton Ahlers pass complete to Keaton Mitchell for 37 yds to the NCSt 31 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Cincinnati · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Keaton Mitchell run for 28 yds to the Cincy 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Temple · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.10Keaton Mitchell run for 22 yds to the ECaro 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21vs NC State	10	36	3.6	0	28
Wk 2	W 39-21vs Old Dominion	18	160	8.9	2	81	160-yard day
Wk 3	W 49-10vs Campbell	13	185	14.2	1	42	185-yard day
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Navy	5	5	1.0	0	3
Wk 6	L 9-24@ Tulane	10	47	4.7	0	14
Wk 7	W 47-45vs Memphis	29	149	5.1	3	20	3 rushing TDs
Wk 8	W 34-13vs UCF	16	105	6.6	2	37
Wk 9	W 27-24@ BYU	21	176	8.4	1	35	176-yard day
Wk 11	L 25-27@ Cincinnati	16	112	7.0	1	28
Wk 12	L 3-42vs Houston	14	128	9.1	0	37
Wk 13	W 49-46@ Temple	27	222	8.2	3	49	Season-high 222 yds
Bowl	W 53-29vs Coastal Carolina	22	127	5.8	1	46
Total		201	1452	6.9	14	81