Defensive tackle, Arizona, 2006–09
Earl Mitchell
Lettered 2006–08 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 49
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 295 lb
- Hometown
- Houston, TX
- Born
- Sep 25, 1987, in Houston, Texas
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Earl Mitchell played defensive tackle at Arizona (2006–09). The Houston Texans took Mitchell in round 3, No. 81 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2007 Arizona 5 games, 5 catches, 38 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at BYU | L 7–20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | – |
| Sep 22 | at California | L 27–45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Oct 6 | at Oregon State | L 16–31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Oct 13 | at USC | L 13–20 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 27 | at Washington | W 48–41 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | – |
2006 Arizona 7 games, 9 catches, 136 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at LSU | L 3–45 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. Stephen F. Austin | W 28–10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 30 | vs.Washington | L 10–21 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Oct 21 | vs.Oregon State | L 10–17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 4 | at Washington State | W 27–17 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Nov 11 | vs.California | W 24–20 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 18 | at Oregon | W 37–10 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2010 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 10–13).
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¾″ | |
| Weight | 296 lb | |
| Arm length | 33½″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.81 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 s | |
| Vertical jump | 28½″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′11″ | |
| Bench press | 25 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.68 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.55 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 117 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Houston Texans | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Houston Texans | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Houston Texans | 15 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Houston Texans | 16 | 44 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2014 | Miami Dolphins | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | Miami Dolphins | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 117 | 240 | 6.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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