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Elijah Mitchell

RBPHI#38ACT

Elijah Mitchell

Top 45% all-time RBsSolid Contributor📉 Fades · -39% playoffs ⭐ Shooting Star · 2021

Height5'10"

Weight200 lb

BornMay 2, 1998

Age28

CollegeLouisiana-Lafayette See College Stats

ConferenceSun Belt

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 6, Pick 194 · SF

Archetype Intelligence

Solid ContributorExplore archetypes →

A running back with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 26 · #2825 · Role Player

Worth 26 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 62% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+13

Avg surplus

peak +25

2 seasons × ~13 surplus ≈ VORP 26

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2021	—	SF	11	—	207	963	5	4.7	2.4	47	22.7	0	20	19	137	1	95.0%	7.2	6.8	—	6	441	64.3%	—	0.0%	3	5.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-15.5	4.1	0	-12
2022	—	SF	5	—	45	279	2	6.2	4.4	15	33.3	0	4	3	7	0	75.0%	2.3	1.8	—	0	80	23.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.8	-2.0	0	-7
2023	—	SF	11	—	75	281	2	3.7	2.7	14	18.7	0	8	6	14	0	75.0%	2.3	1.8	—	2	161	22.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-11.3	-8.2	0	-22
2025	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	7	10.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	28	—	327	1,523	9	4.7	2.8	76	23.2	0	33	28	158	1	84.8%	5.6	4.8	—	8	689	30.0%	—	0.0%	3	5.0%	—	-17.0	-6.1	0	-41

Career EPA-23.1·-17 rushing · -6 receiving·-7.7/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2021	23	SF	11	7*	207	963	5	4.7	2.4	47	22.7	0	10
2022	24	SF	5	0*	45	279	2	6.2	4.4	15	33.3	0	3.4
2023	25	SF	11	0*	75	281	2	3.7	2.7	14	18.7	0	5.2
Career			27	7*	327	1,523	9	4.7	—	76	—	0	18.6

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2021	23	SF	11	7*	20	19	137	1	95.0%	7.2	6.8	—	6
2022	24	SF	5	0*	4	3	7	0	75.0%	2.3	1.8	—	0
2023	25	SF	11	0*	8	6	14	0	75.0%	2.3	1.8	—	2
2025	27	KC	1	—	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
Career			28	7*	33	28	158	1	84.8%	5.6	4.8	—	8

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2021	23	SF	11	7*	441	64.3%	—	0.0%	3	5.0%
2022	24	SF	5	0*	80	23.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	25	SF	11	0*	161	22.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	27	KC	1	—	7	10.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			28	7*	689	—	—	—	3	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2021	23	—	—	7*	—	-15.5	4.1	0	-12
2022	24	—	—	0*	—	9.8	-2.0	0	-7
2023	25	—	—	0*	—	-11.3	-8.2	0	-22
Career				7*	—	—	—	0	-41

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2021	23	SF	11	7*	448	2.2	515	2.5	16	12.9	47
2022	24	SF	5	0*	170	3.8	109	2.4	2	22.5	15
2023	25	SF	11	0*	138	1.8	143	1.9	6	12.5	14
Career			27	7*	756	—	767	—	24	—	76

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2021	23	SF	11	7*	-0.6	-0.7	7.9	1	1	0.1	6	111.9
2022	24	SF	5	0*	-1.8	-3.0	5.3	0	0	0.0	0	77.1
2023	25	SF	11	0*	-2.8	-2.0	4.3	0	1	0.1	2	37.5
2025	27	KC	1	—	16.0	—	—	0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Career			28	7*	—	—	—	1	2	—	8	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 48 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 48 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

58

Sustained

career value

×.6

54

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.4 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 48· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 46.7

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)

2021bestavg 54elite 702023

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

11

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader8

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-7.7 EPA/season over 3 seasons47

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

62

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.44 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.44Touch rate0.522EPA/snap-0.034Snap share30%Off snaps689Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2021

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2021 class

4.38s

40-Yard

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 95thClass Pos 98thClass All 93th

37.5"

Vertical

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 84thClass Pos 88thClass All 85th

128"

Broad Jump

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 93thClass Pos 95thClass All 89th

17 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 27thClass Pos 26thClass All 28th

6.94s

3-Cone

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 77thClass Pos 73thClass All 79th

4.19s

Shuttle

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 75thClass Pos 66thClass All 84th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.7 regular season → 2.8 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-39%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Rushing

Att84Yds237TD2Y/A2.8TD%2.41D121D%14.3

Receiving

Tgt12Rec9Yds82TD1Ctch%75.0%Y/R9.1Y/Tgt6.81D6

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-21.3Rec EPA4.3Rec AirYd3

College Stats

Louisiana-LafayetteImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2017	—	42	257	4	6.1	9.5	—	—	—
2018	—	146	985	13	6.7	8.9	—	—	—
2019	—	198	1,147	16	5.8	8.1	—	—	—
2020	—	141	878	8	6.2	5.7	—	—	—
Career		527	3,267	41	6.2	7.8	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2017	—	—	3	25	1	—	8.3	—	—	—
2018	—	—	20	349	3	—	17.4	—	—	—
2019	—	—	10	70	1	—	7.0	—	—	—
2020	—	—	16	153	0	—	9.6	—	—	—
Career		0	49	597	5	—	12.2	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2021 Draft Class· this player went #194

#186Hamsah NasirildeenLB #187Frank DarbyWR #188Joshuah BledsoeSAF #189Marlon TuipulotuDT #190Trey HillC #191Tarron JacksonDE #192Quinton BohannaDT #193Deonte BrownG #195Roy LopezDT #196Gary BrightwellRB #197Will ShermanOT #198Larry Rountree IIIRB #200Brandin EcholsCB #201Rodarius WilliamsCB #202Chris EvansRB #203Marquez StevensonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Elijah inherited the San Francisco 49ers RB room from Tevin Coleman (2019–2022), and handed it to Jordan Mason (2022–2024).

Earl Cooper 1980–1985Roger Craig 1983–1990Derrick Harmon 1984–1986Joe Cribbs 1986–1987Tom Rathman 1986–1993Keith Henderson

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined KC (from SF)
2025final season
Last recorded season with KC
2021draft
Drafted by SF — Round 6, Pick 194

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 200 lb

Frame

201 lb at 4.38s

Size-speed

37.5" vert / 128" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	SF	2	W4Questionable· KneeW5Out· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW14Doubtful· KneeW15Out· KneeW16Questionable· Knee
2022	SF	1	W13Out· KneeW21Questionable· Groin
2021	SF	3	W3Doubtful· ShoulderW4Questionable· ShoulderW9Questionable· RibW11Doubtful· Rib / FingerW12Questionable· Rib / FingerW14Out· Concussion / KneeW15Out· Concussion / KneeW16Out· KneeW17Questionable· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

48

peak 54

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2021

D2022

C+2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

41%

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2021	963	87.5	1,494+531	87.9
2022	279	55.8	970+691	57
2023	281	25.5	422+141	24.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

26 career value over replacement — #2825 all-time of 4,642. 8.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #194 (Rd 6) · SF · 2021 · +22.1 vs expected KV-H

48actual

25.9 expected · Δ+22.1

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