Tag: Elijah Mitchell
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How Data Analytics Influenced the 49ers’ Decision to Draft Elijah Mitchell

The story of how an underrated RB out of University of Louisiana at Lafayette was discovered by a data analytics department in San Francisco. SANTA CLARA, CA — 37%. This is the percentage of players who are considered “useless” after being drafted by an NFL team. “Useless” means they either didn’t play much while on…

