Game Day notebook: Mitchell ready for workhorse duty

FARGO — The return of Myles Mitchell to the North Dakota State running back rotation couldn t have come at a better time last week. Starting running back DJ Scott left the UNLV game after eight carries and his status is uncertain this week. Mitchell, who missed one game with an ankle injury, is a certainty. He had 91 yards on 22 carries, the latter a season-high for an NDSU back. That didn t include a 12-yard touchdown run that was called back because of a penalty. I just stayed level-headed and calm, I was ready for the moment, he said. I put in the work, I ve trusted my coaches, I trusted the plan we had to execute and just went out there and played free. The 13-7 defeat at Allegiant Stadium was Mitchell s second visit to the home of the Los Angeles Raiders. He was at the 2024 Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. Mitchell and his mother got tickets through a family friend. It was amazing, Mitchell said. And it was an amazi