Elijah Mitchell

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-2
Weight:
230
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
High School:
Desert Oasis

At Princeton — 2013: had one of the biggest plays of Princeton's Ivy League championship season, returning an interception 59 yards for a touchdown … ranked sixth in the Ivy League with 5.5 sacks … recorded at least one sack in each of the last four games … recorded 13 tackles, including 10 solo stops … helped Princeton rank in the national Top 15 in sacks (third), turnover margin (fourth), first down defense (fourth) and third down conversion percentage (13th) … had two quarterback hurries in win over Columbia. 2012: played in the linebacker rotation and recorded eight tackles, including three for losses … had two sacks in the fourth quarter of a victory at Columbia … added a tackle for loss against Penn … had five games with at least one tackle. 2011: made nine tackles, including five solo stops … had season-high four tackles at Brown as a replacement for injured linebacker Andrew Starks … made two tackles, including one for a loss, at Hampton … recovered a fumble against Yale.

At Desert Oasis — earned second-team all-state honors as a free safety … earned first-team all-region and first-team all-conference honors … second-team all-region offensive selection … played multiple positions, including quarterback, running back, linebacker, tight end and defensive lineman … helped team to postseason … served as captain for football, basketball and track & field teams.

Personal — both April 15, 1993 … son of Ron and Towanda Mitchell … father is self-emplyed; mother is a homemaker … has an older sister Brittany and two younger brothers, Jamil and Emmanual … enjoys music and video games … interested in engineering.

Year	Tackles (s/a)	TFL	Sks	FF/FR	INT	BrUp
2011	9 (5/4)	.5-2	0	0/1	0	0
2012	8 (4/4)	3-19	2-17	0/0	0	0
2013	13 (10/3)	5.5-34	5.5-34	2/0	1-59	0
Totals	30 (19/11)	9/55	7.5/51	2/1	1-59	0