2026
2026 season · RB · #49 · 6th season
Elijah Mitchell
Age 28 · 5'10" · 221 lb · Louisiana-Lafayette · Pick 194 overall (2021). Listed RB3 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 39% across 2 games.
- How goodMitchell has -7.8 EPA on 24 touches; percentiles arrive once he reaches 30 touches.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+4.3).
- Fantasy3.6 standard points a game.5.3 half-PPR points a game.7.1 PPR points a game.
- How he's usedElijah gets a fingerprint once he reaches 30 touches; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
- LatelyToo few games for a trend yet: 2 played.
- This weekA middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Giants rank 21st vs the run, allowing -0.07 EPA per designed carry.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards per carry | 3.2 | |||
| Rush EPA per carry | -0.23 | |||
| EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets | -0.46 | |||
| Broken tacklesper touch | 0% | |||
| Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch | 0% |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touches per game | 12.0 | |||
| Receiving sharetargets per touch | 42% | |||
| Yards per touch | 3.0 | |||
| Success rate | 29% | |||
| Total EPA | -7.8 |
Graded once he reaches 30 touches. 70 backs qualify so far.
Mitchell scores 3.6 standard points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (12+) and 2 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Giants allow the 15th-fewest standard points to RBs, 16.8 a game.
Mitchell scores 5.3 half-PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (16+) and 2 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Giants allow the 14th-fewest half-PPR points to RBs, 18.4 a game.
Mitchell scores 7.1 PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (20+) and 2 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Giants allow the 10th-fewest PPR points to RBs, 19.9 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the RB24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
Elijah gets a fingerprint once he reaches 30 touches; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying backs; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Mitchell has -7.8 EPA on 24 touches; percentiles arrive once he reaches 30 touches. The biggest share comes after the catch (+4.3).
career -0.06 over 2021–2023 · the lowest of his 4 seasons
How this is measured
Every carry and target this season, split by what happened. Catches divide at the catch: the yards in the air and what came after. Runs are per carry, the receiving parts per target. The percentile is him among the qualifying backs, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 30 touches.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
vs GiantsLincoln Financial Field
NYG −3.5 · O/U 40.5
The defense vs the run
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Giants rank 21st vs the run, allowing -0.07 EPA per designed carry. He has averaged 37 yards a game against middle defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Car | Yds | TD | Tgt | Rec | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs WAS W 24-22Did not play | ||||||||
| 2 | at TEN W 24-20Did not play | ||||||||
| 3 | at CHI L 7-27Did not play | ||||||||
| 4 | vs LA L 20-24Did not play | ||||||||
| 5 | at JAX L 17-19Did not play | ||||||||
| 6 | vs CAR L 14-25Did not play | ||||||||
| 7 | vs DAL L 21-3829th D | 29th vs the run | 21% | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | -0.6 | |
| 8 | at WAS L 10-2716th D | 16th vs the run | 57% | 11 | 34 | 6 | 4 | -7.2 | |
| 9 | vs NYGSun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||||
| 10 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 11 | vs PITSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | at DALThu Nov 26 | ||||||||
| 13 | at ARISun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | vs INDSun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | vs SEASat Dec 19 | ||||||||
| 16 | vs HOUThu Dec 24 | ||||||||
| 17 | at SFSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | at NYGSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 2 games | 39% | 14 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 7 | -7.8 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | YPC | EPA/car | EPA/tgt | 10+ | Brk tkl | Snap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs WAS W 24-22Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | at TEN W 24-20Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | at CHI L 7-27Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | vs LA L 20-24Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at JAX L 17-19Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | vs CAR L 14-25Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | vs DAL L 21-3829th D | 29th vs the run | 3.7 | -0.35 | +0.10 | 21% | ||
| 8 | at WAS L 10-2716th D | 16th vs the run | 3.1 | -0.20 | -0.83 | 57% | ||
| 9 | vs NYGSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||
| 11 | vs PITSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at DALThu Nov 26 | |||||||
| 13 | at ARISun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs INDSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs SEASat Dec 19 | |||||||
| 16 | vs HOUThu Dec 24 | |||||||
| 17 | at SFSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NYGSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 2 games | 3.2 | -0.23 | -0.46 | 0 | 39% |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs WAS W 24-22Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | at TEN W 24-20Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | at CHI L 7-27Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | vs LA L 20-24Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at JAX L 17-19Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | vs CAR L 14-25Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | vs DAL L 21-3829th D | 29th vs the run | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 3 | 23 | |
| 8 | at WAS L 10-2716th D | 16th vs the run | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 9 | vs NYGSun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||
| 11 | vs PITSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at DALThu Nov 26 | |||||||
| 13 | at ARISun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | vs INDSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs SEASat Dec 19 | |||||||
| 16 | vs HOUThu Dec 24 | |||||||
| 17 | at SFSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NYGSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 2 games | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 0 | 7 | 26 |
Too few games for a trend yet: 2 played.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 30th-toughest slate vs the run: his opponents rank 22.5 of 32 on average (league middle 16.6). Ahead: 4 of his next 9 are top-10 vs the run and 3 are bottom-10, starting with the Giants (21st) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Touches/g | Yds/g | EPA/touch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | – | – | – | – |
| 11 to 22Middle | 1 | 17.0 | 37 | -0.42 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 1 | 7.0 | 34 | -0.09 |
| All games | 2 | 12.0 | 36 | -0.33 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
Too few games to read a pattern yet.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2021, 1,100 scrimmage yards in 11 games with SF. This season's 35.5 a game puts him on pace for 604 over 17, short of it.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | EPA/touch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SF | 11 | 207 | 963 | 4.7 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 137 | -0.05 |
| 2022 | SF | 5 | 45 | 279 | 6.2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +0.16 |
| 2023 | SF | 11 | 75 | 281 | 3.7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -0.23 |
| 2025 | KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3.37 |
| 2026 | PHI | 2 | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -0.33 |
| Career | 3 tm | 30 | 341 | 1,568 | 4.6 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 184 | -0.09 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- RB3 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 1 on 10 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Passer rating when targeted
- 88.5
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Saquon BarkleyRB | 66 | 315 · 2 TD | -0.1 |
 Dameon PierceRB | 48 | 110 · 2 TD | -13.5 |
 Makai LemonWR | 46 | 246 · 1 TD | +2.0 |
 DeVonta SmithWR | 41 | 310 · 2 TD | +0.8 |
 Dallas GoedertTE | 36 | 260 · 2 TD | +9.7 |
 Dontayvion WicksWR | 32 | 284 · 1 TD | +16.1 |
 Tank BigsbyRB | 32 | 101 · 1 TD | -10.4 |
 Will ShipleyRB | 28 | 88 · 1 TD | -8.9 |