Leonard Mitchell

**Leonard Mitchell**
Personal information
No. 74, 99
Offensive tackle/Defensive end
Date of birth: (1958-10-12) October 12, 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth: Houston, Texas

Career information
College: Houston
NFL Draft: 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27
Debuted in 1981 for the Philadelphia Eagles
Last played in 1987 for the Atlanta Falcons


Career history
Philadelphia Eagles ( 1981- 1986) Atlanta Falcons ( 1987)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first-team All-American (1980)
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com

Leonard Boyd Mitchell (born October 12, 1958) is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. He played college football for the University of Houston, and earned All-Americanhonors. Mitchell was selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons of the NFL.

Mitchell was born in Houston, Texas.

v · d · e1980 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Mark Herrmann RB George Rogers RB Herschel Walker RB Jarvis Redwine WR Ken Margerum TE Dave Young OL Mark May OL Keith Van Horne OL Nick Eyre OL Louis Oubre OL Randy Schleusener C John Scully

Defense	DL Hugh Green DL E. J. Junior DL Kenneth Sims DL Leonard Mitchell DL Ron Simmons LB Mike Singletary LB Lawrence Taylor LB David Little LB Bob Crable DB Kenny Easley DB Ronnie Lott DB John Simmons

v · d · e1981 NFL Draft First Round Selections

George Rogers · Lawrence Taylor · Freeman McNeil · Kenny Easley · E. J. Junior · Rich Campbell · Hugh Green · Ronnie Lott · Mel Owens · David Verser · Keith Van Horne · Randy McMillan · David Overstreet · Willie Scott · Dennis Smith · Mark Nichols · Keith Gary · Donnell Thompson · Brian Holloway · Mark May · Ted Watts · Hanford Dixon · Curt Marsh · James Brooks · Bobby Butler · Howard Richards · Leonard Mitchell · Booker Moore

Draft years 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

v · d · ePhiladelphia Eagles first-round draft picks

Berwanger S. Francis J. McDonald O'Brien McAfee Kmetovic Muha S. Van Buren Yonakor Riggs Armstrong Scott Bednarik Tripucka Grant E. Van Buren Worden Bielski Pellegrini Peaks Kowalczyk B. Brown Beisler H. Jones Rossovich Keyes Zabel R. Harris Reaves Sisemore Young J. Robinson R. Young L. Mitchell Quick Haddix Kenny Jackson K. Allen Byars Brown Keith Jackson B. Smith Davis Holmes L. Renfro B. Williams Mamula Mayberry J. Harris W. Thomas McNabb Simon F. Mitchell Sheppard McDougle Andrews Patterson Bunkley Maclin Graham Watkins Cox

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAC TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

v · d · ePhiladelphia Eagles 1981 NFL Draft selections

Leonard Mitchell Dean Miraldi Greg LaFleur Calvin Murray Alan Duncan Doak Field Chuck Commiskey Hubie Oliver Gail Davis Ray Ellis

Draft years: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 (AAFC) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Persondata
Name	Mitchell, Leonard
Alternative names	Mitchell, Leonard Boyd; Mitchell, Leonard B.
Short description	All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman, defensive end
Date of birth	October 12, 1958
Place of birth	Houston, Texas, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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