In the five years that Kyle Shanahan has been the head coach of the 49ers, no player has been San Francisco’s rushing leader in consecutive seasons. Can Elijah Mitchell solidify his role as the 49ers’ lead back? FrontOffice33 | FTTB
in 2020, and finally Mitchell, a rookie, in 2021. The 2022 season presents the perfect opportunity for the 49ers to finally lock down the starting running back job with a second-year back that showed tons of potential in his rookie year.
Ending up in San Francisco, then, provided the perfect opportunity for Mitchell to excel. Shanahan has long been well-known for his offensive scheme that relies primarily on zone runs, so for the Louisiana project, it was a match made in heaven, and he thrived in the Bay Area. What’s perhaps the wildest part of such a successful season from Mitchell was the fact that it was so unexpected. He was on the fringe of making the roster in the first place as a sixth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and the second running back picked by the 49ers that year;was taken in the third round. In addition, he was behind the 49ers’ 2019 rushing leader, Mostert, and their 2020 rushing leader, Wilson, on the depth chart going into training camp.
One outstanding factor that could affect Mitchell’s role in the offense in 2022 is how the 49ers plan on using receiver. Around the time Mitchell missed time with a finger fracture as well as knee and concussion issues , San Francisco started to use Samuel in more rushing situations. In the first nine weeks of the season, the receiver had tallied just six rushing attempts for 22 yards. In the following seven weeks, he tacked on 38 more carries for 279 yards and six scores.
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