Receiver, South Dakota, 2021–⁠24

Carter Bell

Number
No. 14
Height
5′10″
Weight
175 lb
Class (2024)
Sophomore
Hometown
Bettendorf, IA

Carter Bell played receiver at South Dakota (2021–⁠24).

Career highs

7catches, career hightwice; last at Western Illinois, 2023142receiving yards, career highat Western Illinois, 20232receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Youngstown State, 2023

Team titles: Missouri Valley Football champions, 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021South Dakota2168.0012
2022South Dakota2324510.7323
2023South Dakota5189617.6564
2024South Dakota5378714.8345
Career1291,94415.11164

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022South Dakota114081150
2023South Dakota–––7570
2024South Dakota–––131240
Career1140282960

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021South Dakota14WRYr 1
2022South Dakota14WRYr 2
2023South Dakota14WRYr 3
2024South Dakota14WRSo. (Yr 4)5′10″175

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021South Dakota (FCS)30.35––1.0–
2022South Dakota (FCS)450.206th (n=683)0.719.17%
2023South Dakota (FCS)551.2392nd (n=681)0.8067.810%
2024South Dakota (FCS)731.0364th (n=581)0.9274.99%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 South Dakota 14 games, 53 catches, 787 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29vs.Northern StateW 45–⁠33320––2
Sep 7atWisconsinL 13–⁠272250––1
Sep 21vs.DrakeW 42–⁠34560––3
Sep 28vs.Southern IllinoisW 42–⁠132410–––
Oct 5atMurray StateW 59–⁠03500––1
Oct 12vs.Northern IowaW 42–⁠174540––1
Oct 19atYoungstown StateW 27–⁠174570––1
Oct 26atSouth Dakota StateL 17–⁠205530–––
Nov 9vs.Indiana StateW 49–⁠061151––2
Nov 16atNorth DakotaW 42–⁠364441–––
Nov 23vs.North Dakota StateW 29–⁠284600–––
Dec 7vs.Tarleton StateW 42–⁠315790–––
Dec 14vs.UC DavisW 35–⁠214681–––
Dec 21 ✦atMontana StateL 17–⁠313530––2

No box score in the source for Sep 14 at Portland State, so that game is not listed.

2023 South Dakota 13 games, 51 catches, 896 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31atMissouriL 10–⁠354390–––
Sep 9vs.St. Thomas (MN)W 24–⁠06870––2
Sep 16vs.LamarW 35–⁠62240–––
Sep 30atNorth Dakota StateW 24–⁠1951242–––
Oct 7vs.Murray StateW 38–⁠7–––––1
Oct 14vs.Youngstown StateW 34–⁠3151312–––
Oct 21atIndiana StateW 17–⁠34730––1
Oct 28vs.South Dakota StateL 3–⁠371190––1
Nov 4atSouthern IllinoisW 14–⁠73230–––
Nov 11vs.North DakotaW 14–⁠1071260––1
Nov 18atWestern IllinoisW 48–⁠671421––1
Dec 2 ✦vs.Sacramento StateW 34–⁠242290–––
Dec 9 ✦vs.North Dakota StateL 17–⁠455790–––
2022 South Dakota 11 games, 23 catches, 245 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3atKansas StateL 0–⁠342180––1
Sep 10atMontanaL 7–⁠24–––1141
Sep 17vs.Cal PolyW 38–⁠21–––––1
Sep 24vs.North Dakota StateL 17–⁠342220–––
Oct 8atSouth Dakota StateL 3–⁠282130–––
Oct 15atIllinois StateL 10–⁠12160––1
Oct 22vs.Southern IllinoisW 27–⁠243370–––
Oct 29atYoungstown StateL 24–⁠453450––2
Nov 5vs.Missouri StateW 20–⁠133541––2
Nov 12atNorth DakotaL 19–⁠286502–––
Nov 19vs.Northern IowaL 14–⁠58100–––
2021 South Dakota 1 game, 2 catches, 16 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3atKansasL 14–⁠172160–––

No box score in the source for Oct 2 vs. Indiana State; Oct 23 vs. Illinois State, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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