Keaton Mitchell set the NFL ablaze in 2023, when the then undrafted rookie running back ran through defenses nearly every time he touched the ball.
Now a year and a half removed from a major knee injury that cut his explosive debut short, Mitchell feels even faster.
Entering his third season but first full offseason, Mitchell was one of the standouts of the Ravens’ first week of organized team activities, showing improved burst and his trademark speed to turn the corner of a defense.
Will Mitchell get back to cooking defenses when he gets the chance?
“I feel like I’m back better than when I first got here,” he said. “It’s going to be a movie for sure.”
Mitchell said he has set personal records in all of his speed tracking analytics this offseason. That’s pretty impressive for a player that hit 20.99 mph during his rookie season on a 40-yard touchdown run. It was the fastest speed of any Ravens ball carrier that season.
Mitchell averaged 8.4 yards per carry on 47 runs in his rookie year – the most in the NFL among all ball carriers with at least a dozen attempts. He looked like he was going to be a difference-maker in Baltimore’s playoff push.