Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Elijah Mitchell was born on May 2, 1998, in Erath, Louisiana. He is a running-back in the NFL.

He attended Erath High School. As a senior, he only played in eight games due to injury but still rushed for 1,903 yards and 28 touchdowns. In three seasons as Erath's starting running back, Mitchell rushed for 4,045 yards and 50 touchdowns on 457 carries.

Mitchell attended Louisiana-Lafayette for college and rushed for 257 yards and four touchdowns on 42 carries as a freshman before breaking a bone in his foot and missing the rest of the season. As a sophomore, he rushed for 977 yards and 13 touchdowns and caught 20 passes for 349 yards and three touchdowns, and was named Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference. Mitchell was again named second-team All-Sun Belt after rushing for 1,147 yards and 16 rushing touchdowns.

In the 2021 NFL Draft, he was drafted 194th by the San Francisco 49ers.

In the 2023 season, Mitchell appeared in 11 games and started one. He recorded 75 carries for 281 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, both coming in the last two weeks of the regular season.