WASHINGTON — Happy birthday to a Washington Football legend! Brian Mitchell turned 53 on Wednesday.
His birthday comes just 10 days after the enshrinement of the 2021 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. A Hall of Fame that B-Mitch is inexplicably not a part of.
His numbers speak for themselves: Second in career all-purpose yards behind the legendary Jerry Rice. He has more all-purpose yards than Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton.
He owns 20 NFL records, including most punt return yards, most kickoff return yards, and most all-purpose yards in a single decade.
Yet, he has never gotten serious consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And that's a shame.
Mitchell has been eligible for the Hall of Fame for nearly a dozen years. There is no doubt that he deserves serious consideration.