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Name: Elijah Mitchell 
College: Louisiana     Number: 15
Height: 5-10   Weight: 201
Position: RB  Pos2: KR
Class/Draft Year: Sr/2021

40 Low: 4.30
   40 Time: 4.35
  40 High: 4.40

> Projected Round: 5-6  Stock:    

Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 5102
Weight: 201

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Dates: 03/29/21
Hand: 09 3/4  Arm: 31
Wingspan: 75 3/4

Height: 5102
Weight: 201
40 Yrd Dash: 4.35
20 Yrd Dash: 2.44
10 Yrd Dash: 1.51
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 17
Vertical Jump: 37 1/2
Broad Jump: 10'08"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.20
3-Cone Drill: 6.94

40 Time Range: 4.33-4.36/Projected 4.54/-14 LBs
 

 



 Data Scout Notes: 2020: 1stC...PDoak/P1stC...2019: 2ndC...PDoak/P2ndC...2nd team All-Sun Belt w/198-1147-5.8-16 rush, 10-70-7.0-1 rec in 14 gms in '19. Achilles injury in practice on Aug 10 '19. 2nd team All-Sun Belt w/146-985-6.7-13 rush, 20-349-17.5-3 rec in 14 gms in '1



 Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana, Player News

  01/12/21 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  Ragin' Cajuns running back Elijah Mitchell announced Sunday he will enter the 2021 NFL Draft. Mitchell, a fourth-year senior from Erath High, follows in the footsteps of the other half of UL's senior running back duo, Trey Ragas, who declared the same Thursday. A Senior Bowl invitee, Mitchell opted to turn pro rather than use the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA to all FBS players because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mitchell ran for a season-high 164 yards and two touchdowns including the game-winner in overtime during a victory in September at Georgia State, and had 127 yards and a TD on 19 carries en route to winning MVP honors in UL's Dec. 26 First Responder Bowl win over UTSA. - Daily Advertiser

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  12/31/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  2020 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana, RB,...Mitchell has been superb all season, rushing for 751 yards and seven touchdowns. His yardage total ranks 29th nationally and third in the league, while his seven scores ranks 47th nationally and fourth in the conference. Mitchell, who is fifth in career rushing scores (40) among active FBS running backs, ranks fifth in that category in program history while ranking sixth in school history in career rushing yards. - Louisiana Football

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  11/07/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  Elijah Mitchell's 2-yard touchdown run with 1:13 remaining gave Louisiana-Lafayette a 27-20 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday. Mitchell set up his winning TD on the previous play with a 21-yard run. The six-play, 61-yard drive took just over a minute and came after Arkansas State's Layne Hatcher found Brandon Bowling up the middle for a 47-yard score. A conversion pass tied the game with 2:24 on the clock. Trailing 6-0 at halftime, ULL's Levi Lewis avoided a rush and sprinted up the middle for a 33-yard score. The Ragin' Cajuns added another third-quarter touchdown when Lewis tossed the ball to Dontae Fleming who went around left end for a 52-yard TD. Early in the fourth quarter, Arkansas State's Jamal Jones ran for a short TD but a conversion pass failed and the Wolves trailed by two. Kenneth Almendares then extended ULL's lead with two field goals Lewis threw for 244 yards for ULL (6-1, 4-1 Sun Belt), which has won three in a row. Lincoln Pare had 121 yards rushing for Arkansas State (3-5, 1-4), which has lost three straight. - AP College Football

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  09/21/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  SEPT 21 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana,...Had a monster performance in No. 19 Louisiana's come-from-behind overtime victory over Georgia State, carrying the ball 16 times for 164 yards and two touchdowns. His performance was his 11th career game with over 100-yards and his ninth career game with two or more touchdowns. The 164 yards mark the second-highest rushing output of his career. The 164 yards is currently tied for the fourth-highest rushing output in the nation this year. His second touchdown was the game winner in overtime, a 12-yard rush. His first touchdown went for 59 yards, his longest rush since going for 65 yards against Arkansas State on Oct. 27, 2018. It was just the second touchdown of 50 or more yards in his career. With his effort, he now ranks eighth nationally in total rushing yards with 210. - Sun Belt Football

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  09/19/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  Elijah Mitchell rushed for 164 yards, including the winning touchdown in overtime, and No. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette beat Georgia State 34-31 on Saturday. The Ragin' Cajuns (2-0, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference) were ranked for the first time since 1943 following last week's 20-point win at Iowa State. Louisiana-Lafayette was a 17-point favorite, but trailed 14-7 at intermission and Levi Lewis then threw an interception on the opening drive of the second half. The Panthers (0-1, 0-1) answered by taking a 21-7 lead on Marcus Carroll's 2-yard run, but the lead didn't last long.

Lewis, who completed 21 of 37 passes for 279 yards, rolled left to complete a 4-yard pass for a touchdown that cut the lead to 21-14 midway through the third quarter, and then Mitchell got going. The senior running back burst free down the left side for two long gains; a 59-yard touchdown run that tied it at 21 late in the third, and a 53-yard run early in the fourth that set up Trey Ragas' 2-yard touchdown run. Georgia State tied it at 28-all on Coates' 4-yard run with 7:37 remaining. In overtime, Mitchell ran 12 yards around the right side and was untouched as he crossed the goal line for the final score. He finished with 16 carries. - AP College/Louisiana-Lafayette Football


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  09/13/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  Louisiana-Lafayette and Appalachian State were among 10 new teams ranked Sunday in first regular-season Associated Press college football poll, which was stripped of the teams not yet scheduled to play a fall season. There was no change at the very top: Preseason No. 1 Clemson received 60 of 61 first place-votes this week. After all Division I teams were eligible to be voted on for the preseason Top 25, the panel of 61 voters was permitted to consider only teams playing in the fall now that the season has started.

That meant preseason No. 2 Ohio State, No. 7 Penn State and No. 9 Oregon, along with six other Big Ten and Pac-12 teams, dropped out of the rankings. The Big Ten, Pac-12, Mid-American Conference and Mountain West have delayed their seasons, but the Big Ten is taking some steps toward a possible mid-October start. With those teams gone, Alabama moved up to No. 2. Oklahoma is No. 3, followed by No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 Florida. Defending champion LSU, with one first-place vote, is No. 6. Among the new teams in the rankings were Sun Belt powerhouses Louisiana-Lafayette at No. 19 and Appalachian State at No. 24. - AP College Football


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  09/04/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana,...Mitchell was a huge part in the group's success a year ago after he galloped for 1,147 yards and 16 touchdowns. His yardage total ranked fourth in the Sun Belt and made him just the sixth player in program history to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark, while his touchdown total ranked 11th nationally. On the year, he notched five, 100-yard games and four multi-touchdown games. - Louisiana Football

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  08/31/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  The proof is rooted is in the same backfield they've shared for a few seasons now. Ragin' Cajun running backs can get their shot at the NFL if they play things right, and Elijah Mitchell and Trey Ragas - slated to get going when UL opens its 2020 season Sept. 12 at No. 25 Iowa State - need look no further than the very room from which they work to be reminded of that. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected their teammate, running back Raymond Calais Jr., out of UL in the seventh round of this year's NFL Draft. And in 2017, after Mitchell had finished his 2016 senior season at Erath High and Ragas was coming off a season in which he redshirted as a freshman at UL, the Jets drafted Elijah McGuire, who played two seasons with New York and spent last year on the practice squad of the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs.

"Me and Eli, we talk about it all the time," Ragas, an Archbishop Shaw High product from New Orleans, said when asked about the inspiration he and Mitchell get from Calais. "That's somebody in our own room who got drafted. "Eli McGuire, he got drafted. It's showing us it's real - like we've got the power to reach the next level. And it's in our hands." In their heads, too. Because make no mistake: Ragas is not shy to admit that getting an NFL shot of their own is constantly on his and Mitchell's minds. "Just about every day we talk about it," he said. - Daily Advertiser


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  08/27/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  2020 PRESEASON ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): RB - Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana,...Mitchell became the sixth player in program history to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark with 1,147 yards and rushed for 16 touchdowns in 2019. His yardage total ranked fourth in the Sun Belt, while his touchdown total ranked 11th nationally. After wrapping up a successful junior season with First Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors, Mitchell enters 2020 with his name on the Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List and the Reese's Senior Bowl Top 250. - Louisiana Football

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  08/26/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  The Sun Belt Conference announced its 2020 Preseason All-Sun Belt Football teams and individual awards Tuesday, as voted by the 10 SBC head football coaches and selected media representatives. App State senior quarterback Zac Thomas was tabbed as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year while Troy's junior linebacker Carlton Martial was voted the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. - Sun Belt Football

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  08/04/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  After extensive discussions and careful deliberation among the Sun Belt Conference Presidents and Chancellors, Athletics Directors, SBC COVID-19 Advisory Panel, medical advisors, and other governance groups, the Sun Belt Conference announced today that its football season will begin over Labor Day weekend. Sun Belt member institutions have focused since June on a safe return to athletic activities. We believe this timetable will allow for the healthy integration of the entire campus community for each Sun Belt member.

The 2020 Sun Belt Conference football season will be comprised of an 8-conference game schedule with an option for each member to add as many as four non-conference opponents, beginning with Week Zero. The Sun Belt will host a football championship game on December 5 between the East Division and West Division champions. If necessary, the date of the championship game may be adjusted. - Sun Belt Football


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  07/23/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Elijah Mitchell (Sr.), Louisiana-Lafayette,...Mitchell was a huge part in the group's success a year ago after he galloped for 1,147 yards and 16 touchdowns. His yardage total ranked fourth in the Sun Belt and made him just the sixth player in program history to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark, while his touchdown total ranked 11th nationally. On the year, he notched five, 100-yard games and four multi-touchdown games. His best performance came at Ohio on Sept. 21, 2019, when he toted the ball 17 times for 143 yards and three touchdowns before earning Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week honors. He finished the year with Second Team All-Conference honors. - Louisiana Footbal

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  06/23/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  Louisiana-Monroe and Cal Poly remain on track to open the 2020 college football season at Malone Stadium despite the unknowns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. ULM athletic director Scott McDonald told the News-Star no scheduling changes are anticipated at this time. Kickoff between the Warhawks and the Mustangs is set for 7 p.m. Sept. 5. "I started visiting with (Cal Poly's) athletic director back in March when the storm clouds first appeared for all of us. We've been in contact throughout this whole period and they do plan to report to practice and play the game in September," McDonald said. "Obviously, things can change. If we've learned nothing over this time, it's that things change, but all you can do is keep those lines of communication open."

Speculation that the game would not be played began when the California State University System, which includes Cal Poly, announced its schools would continue administering online classes through the fall semester. Despite some reports to the contrary, the CSU system is not moving to a virtual-only format and will offer some in-person courses. Cal Poly began voluntary offseason in mid-June. - The News-Star


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  05/17/20 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  While some schools elsewhere in the country are cutting sports teams to address budget concerns, UL is not considering eliminating any of its intercollegiate programs, Ragin' Cajuns athletic director Bryan Maggard said. Akron of the MAC announced Thursday that is cutting its men's golf and cross country and women's tennis teams, and on Friday MAC-member Bowling Green announced it was eliminating its baseball program effective immediately "as part of a plan for a $2 million reduction to the operating budget of the intercollegiate athletics department." The MAC is one of the NCAA's Group of Five Conferences for football, as is the Sun Belt Conference, to which UL belongs. Asked by The Daily Advertiser on Friday if UL was planning anything similar, Maggard said, "No." That confirms what a UL spokesman told The Advertiser in late April. UL sponsors football, basketball, baseball, softball, women's volleyball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track-and-field and cross country, men's golf and women's soccer. - Daily Advertiser

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  12/16/19 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  2019 ALL-SUN BELT SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana (Jr., RB, Erath, La.),...Mitchell was Louisiana's most productive runner during the regular season, becoming the sixth Ragin' Cajun to rush for over 1,000 yards with 1,007 on the season and leading the team with 14 rushing touchdowns, ranking him second in the league and 15th in FBS. Mitchell's best game came on Oct. 17 at Arkansas State when he carried the ball 17 times for 143 yards and three scores, earning him Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week honors. - Louisiana Football

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  11/16/19 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  Elijah Mitchell rushed 17 times for 117 yards and a touchdown and caught two passes for 20 yards to help Louisiana-Lafayette beat South Alabama 37-27 on Saturday night. The Ragin' Cajuns (8-2, 5-1 Sun Belt Conference) maintained their one-game lead over Arkansas State in the West Division. Louisiana-Lafayette scored 20 straight points to lead 37-21 on Trey Ragas' 23-yard touchdown run with 4:12 left in the game. Tra Minter scored on an 11-yard run for the Jaguars (1-9, 0-6) with 2:48 left in the game. The two-point conversion failed, and South Alabama was driving near midfield on its next possession when time ran out. Minter finished with 137 yards rushing and Carlos Davis added 122 yards on the ground, each running for a touchdown for the Jaguars. South Alabama finished with 352 yards rushing and four TD runs. - Louisiana-Lafayette/AP College Football

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  11/02/19 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  Elijah Mitchell ran 13 times for 126 yards and a touchdown and Louisiana-Lafayette beat Texas State 31-3 on Saturday. Raymond Calais added 21 carries for 83 yards for the Ragin' Cajuns (6-2, 3-1 Sun Belt Conference). Mitchell opened the scoring with a 39-yard carry with 6:28 left in the second quarter. The Bobcats (2-6, 1-3) scored their only points on Joshua Rowland's 33-yard field goal with 1:44 left in the half to cut the deficit to 7-3. Stevie Artigue answered with a 46-yarder for Louisiana-Lafayette as time expired in the first half. Chris Smith scored on a 24-yard run in between the two touchdown passes Levi Lewis threw to Nick Ralston and Calais in the third quarter. Lewis finished 13 of 21 for 183 yards and ran seven times for 40 yards. Tyler Vitt was 24 of 34 for 206 yards and two interceptions for Texas State. - Louisiana-Lafayette/AP College Football

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  09/29/19 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  Elijah Mitchell and Trey Ragas each ran for two touchdowns and Louisiana-Lafayette beat Georgia Southern, 37-24, in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both schools Saturday night. The Ragin' Cajuns now have won back-to-back road games and their first win in a conference opener since the 2016 season. With Louisiana-Lafayette (4-1, 1-0) leading 17-13 in the third quarter and facing fourth down at the Georgia Southern 1, Levi Lewis rolled left after a play fake, deked a linebacker with a run fake himself, then stepped back and found Ja'Marcus Bradley in the back of the end zone to make it 24-13. The Eagles cut their deficit to three on a 1-yard run by J.D. King with 15 seconds left in the third quarter. Mitchell scored from 19 yards out early in the fourth quarter and Ragas put the game out of reach with his second touchdown of the game with 2:34 left. Tyler Bass kicked field goals from 28-, 44- and 31-yards out for the Eagles (1-3, 0-1). - Louisiana-Lafayette/AP College Football

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  09/23/19 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  SEPT 23/WEEK 4 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana (Jr., RB, Erath, La.),...Louisiana junior running back Elijah Mitchell was dominant in Louisiana's big road win at Ohio, carrying the ball 17 times for 143 yards and three touchdowns. The 143 yards were a season best and his performance on Saturday marked the fourth time in his career where he had three touchdowns in a game. He eclipsed the 100-yard mark for the sixth time in his career. Mitchell has now had at least two scores in back-to-back games. - Sun Belt Football

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  07/19/19 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  2019 PRESEASON SUN BELT SECOND TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): RB - Elijah Mitchell (Louisiana, Junior),...Mitchell, rushed for 985 yards and scored 16 touchdowns in 2018, 13 of which came on the ground, en route to garnering Second Team All-Sun Belt recognition. The rising junior tallied four, 100-yard performances a season ago and averaged 6.74 yards per carry, good for 14th in the FBS. - Louisiana Football

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  07/17/19 - RB Elijah MitchellSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

  2019 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Elijah Mitchell (Jr.), Louisiana,...Making up two parts of the Ragin' Cajuns' three-headed rushing machine, Mitchell and Trey Ragas combined for 2,166 rushing yards during the 2018 campaign and racked up 21 touchdowns in the process. Mitchell, who made 13 appearances in 2018, rushed for 985 yards and scored 16 touchdowns, 13 of which came on the ground, en route to garnering Second Team All-Sun Belt recognition. The rising junior tallied four, 100-yard performances a season ago and averaged 6.74 yards per carry, good for 14th in the FBS. - Louisiana Football

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