Running back, Penn State, 1969–71
Lydell Mitchell
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Lydell Mitchell played running back at Penn State (1969–71). He finished fifth in the 1971 Heisman vote. The Baltimore Colts took Mitchell in round 2, No. 48 overall in the 1972 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2004College Football Hall of Fame
- 1971National leader in points (174)
- 1971Fifth in the Heisman vote
All-America: AP first team 1971; NEA second team 1971; UPI second team 1971; Football News 1971
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 1969 | 10 | 113 | 616 | 5.5 | 6 | 13 | 206 | 15.8 | 0 |
| 1970 | 10 | 134 | 751 | 5.6 | 6 | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 1971 | 11 | 254 | 1,567 | 6.2 | 26 | 16 | 154 | 9.6 | 3 |
| Career | 31 | 501 | 2,934 | 38 | 38 | 470 | 3 | ||
From the college statistics table in Mitchell’s Wikipedia article (Lydell Mitchell, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 3 (1975–77) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1976–77)
All-Pro teams: AP second team 1976–77.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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