Running back, Nevada, 2002–⁠05

B.J. Mitchell

Hometown
Loomis, CA

B.J. Mitchell played running back at Nevada (2002–⁠05).

At a glance

Best season
1,399
Rushing yards, 2005 (Nevada, 9–⁠3)
Best game
193 yards
At New Mexico State, week 11, 2005: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week

Career highs

193rushing yards, career highat New Mexico State, 20054rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Idaho, 2005

Honors

Team titles: WAC champions, 2005

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2004Nevada1004504.5726
2005Nevada2611,3995.41259
Career3611,8495.11959

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2005 Nevada 12 games, 1,399 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 9vs.Washington StateL 21–⁠551359121––
Sep 17vs.UNLVW 22–⁠141885016––
Sep 24atColorado StateL 21–⁠4217530918
Oct 1atSan José StateW 30–⁠2323114117––
Oct 8vs.IdahoW 62–⁠1415149456112
Oct 15vs.Louisiana TechW 37–⁠272814602413
Oct 29atBoise StateL 14–⁠49206208––
Nov 5vs.Hawai’iW 38–⁠282715023013
Nov 12atNew Mexico StateW 48–⁠2434193216––
Nov 19atUtah StateW 30–⁠2427133025––
Nov 26vs.Fresno StateW 38–⁠351677025––
Dec 24 ✦vs.UCFW 49–⁠4823178259––
2004 Nevada 10 games, 450 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 6atLouisiana TechL 21–⁠381137014––
Sep 11vs.Sacramento StateW 59–⁠71583114––
Sep 18vs.BuffaloW 38–⁠13114308––
Sep 25atSan Diego StateL 10–⁠273704––
Oct 2atUNLVL 13–⁠48734022––
Oct 9atHawai’iL 26–⁠481162018––
Oct 16vs.RiceW 35–⁠1011463913
Oct 23vs.TulsaW 54–⁠481150213––
Nov 6vs.San José StateW 42–⁠241273126––
Nov 13atSMUL 20–⁠3881505––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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