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Keaton Mitchell

Running Back, Los Angeles Chargers · #34.

Player facts

Team: Los Angeles Chargers
Position: Running Back
Number: 34
Born: Jan 17, 2002 (age 24)
Birthplace: Mcdonough, GA, USA
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 191 lbs
College: East Carolina
Experience: 4 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM
Regular Season	33	135	4.1	0	20	12	52	4.3	1	15	0
Last 5 Games	33	135	3.9	0	20	12	52	6.0	1	15	0
Career	154	902	5.9	3	60	31	236	7.6	1	32	1

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Rushing	35 carries	-0.16	37%		fewer than 36 plays
Receiving	15 targets	+0.27	47%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs DEN	L 23-17	6	11	1.8	0	9	3	18	6.0	0	9	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ SEA	L 30-23	10	39	3.9	0	20	5	24	4.8	0	14	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ BUF	L 24-16	8	52	6.5	0	17	3	-5	-1.7	1	1	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs LV	L 26-14	5	24	4.8	0	11	1	15	15.0	0	15	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs ARI	L 26-14	4	9	2.3	0	8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Keaton Anthony Mitchell (born January 17, 2002) is an American professional football running back for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the East Carolina Pirates and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Ravens after the 2023 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Keaton Mitchell, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Mitchell was born on January 17, 2002, in McDonough, Georgia. He is the son of Anthony Mitchell, who played several years in the National Football League (NFL) and won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, and Kandice Mitchell, who played for the United States women's national American football team during the 2017 IFAF Women's World Championship. He attended Eagle's Landing Christian Academy and helped them reach four consecutive state championships, running for a total of 4,347 yards and 88 touchdowns just during his junior and senior years combined, as they won 54 of 56 games. He was a Class A Private Offensive Player of the Year and Class A Region 5 Player of the Year honoree, committing to play college football at East Carolina (ECU) after his graduation.

College career

As a true freshman at East Carolina in 2020, Mitchell appeared in nine games while starting two, and posted 88 rush attempts for 443 yards and two touchdowns, as well as 11 receptions for 75 yards and one touchdown. In 2021, he started all 12 games and recorded over 1,000 rushing yards, becoming the first to do so at ECU since Tay Cooper in 2013. He was a first-team all-conference choice and led the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in both total rushing yards (1,132) and all-purpose yards per game (115.83), while additionally placing high in the conference leaderboards in four other statistics. He posted a total of four 100-yard rushing games that season, including a 222-yard performance against Tulane which was the best all-time for an ECU freshman.

As a sophomore in 2022, Mitchell ran for 1,452 yards and scored 14 touchdowns, while being the national FBS leader in runs of more than 10 yards, with 54. He ran for over 100 yards in nine out of their 12 games, additionally tallying 27 catches for 252 yards and one score. He was named an honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Focus (PFF) and was first-team All-AAC for the second straight year. Mitchell declared for the NFL draft after the season, and finished his stint at East Carolina with 3,027 rushing yards and an average of 6.5 yards-per-carry.

From Wikipedia’s article on Keaton Mitchell, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹