\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer New Orleans Saints linebacker Keith Mitchell has passed away.The Saints signed Mitchell as an undrafted free agent in 1997 out of Texas A&M.He played for the Saints from 1997 through 2001 and earned Pro Bowl honors in 2000.Mitchell played in 79 games and started 61 games in a Black and Gold uniform.Mitchell had 381 total tackles, 18.5 sacks, 9 forced fumbles, 8 fumble recoveries and 4 interceptions in five seasons with the Saints.His best season came in 2000, when he racked up 94 tackles, a career-high 6.5 sacks, returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown and had four fumble recoveries, one returned 90 yards for a touchdown.After leaving the Saints, He played one season in Houston and Jacksonville.Mitchell was 51 and the cause of death is unknown.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Former New Orleans Saints linebacker Keith Mitchell has passed away.<\/p>\n
The Saints signed Mitchell as an undrafted free agent in 1997 out of Texas A&M.<\/p>\n
He played for the Saints from 1997 through 2001 and earned Pro Bowl honors in 2000.<\/p>\n
Mitchell played in 79 games and started 61 games in a Black and Gold uniform.<\/p>\n
Mitchell had 381 total tackles, 18.5 sacks, 9 forced fumbles, 8 fumble recoveries and 4 interceptions in five seasons with the Saints.<\/p>\n
His best season came in 2000, when he racked up 94 tackles, a career-high 6.5 sacks, returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown and had four fumble recoveries, one returned 90 yards for a touchdown.<\/p>\n
After leaving the Saints, He played one season in Houston and Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
Mitchell was 51 and the cause of death is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former New Orleans Saints linebacker Keith Mitchell has passed away.The Saints signed Mitchell as an undrafted free agent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":935471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[2491,7,16604,853,46768,221,5820,212,124274,2021,896,55,2572,2571,6,674,18400,397,189,3479,1287,1285],"class_list":["post-935470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-orleans-saints","tag-black","tag-football","tag-fumble","tag-game","tag-gold-uniform","tag-houston","tag-interception","tag-jacksonville","tag-keith-mitchell","tag-mitchell","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-neworleans","tag-neworleanssaints","tag-nfl","tag-sack","tag-saint","tag-saints","tag-season","tag-total-tackle","tag-touchdown","tag-yard"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116855632229682374","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}