Khalif Mitchell
| No. -- Free Agent | |
Khalif Mitchell at the 49ers Family Day 2009
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| Date of birth | April 7, 1985 |
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| Place of birth | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Career information | |
| Status | Active |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
| Weight | 316 lb (143 kg) |
| College | East Carolina |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 2009–2010 | San Francisco 49ers* |
| 2010–2012 | BC Lions |
| 2013 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 2014 | BC Lions |
| 2015 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 2016 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 2017 | Sioux Falls Storm |
| *Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 2011, 2013 |
| CFL East All-Star | 2013 |
| CFL West All-Star | 2011 |
| Awards | Honorable Mention, All-Conference USA |
Khalif Quadree Mitchell (born April 7, 1985) is a professional Canadian football and American Football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He has played for the B.C. Lions, Toronto Argonauts in the CFL and San Francisco 49ers in the NFL. In 2011, he won a Grey Cup with the BC Lions. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2009 and released in 2010.
After going undrafted in the 2009 NFL Draft, Mitchell was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2009. He was waived on September 5, and subsequently signed to the practice squad on September 6. He was released from the practice squad on September 8 and later re-signed to the practice squad on October 13. He was released in early September 2010.
Mitchell was signed by the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on September 21, 2010. He was added to the team's 46-man playing roster as a nose tackle, and activated to the team's 42-man game day roster against the Calgary Stampeders for September 25. With limited playing time in the 2010 CFL season Mitchell only recorded 6 tackles. In Mitchell's second year in the league he earned 2011 CFL All-Star honors with 33 tackles and 6 sacks. In 2011, he won the 99th Grey Cup while playing for the Lions. He re-signed with the BC Lions on January 16, 2012.
Mitchell was suspended by the CFL on July 23, 2012, for two games without pay after he violently hyperextended the arm of Edmonton Eskimos offensive lineman Simeon Rottier. After another game, the league also fined him an unspecified amount for making a number of throat-slashing gestures.
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