
Receiver, Purdue, 2019–21
David Bell
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Class (2021)
- Sophomore
- Hometown
- Indianapolis, IN
- Born
- Dec 14, 2000
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David Bell played receiver at Purdue (2019–21). He was a consensus All‑American in 2021. The Cleveland Browns took Bell in round 3, No. 99 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
14catches, career highat Northwestern, 2019240receiving yards, career highat Iowa, 20213receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at UConn, 2021Honors
- 2019Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- 2019Second-team All-Big Ten
- 2020, 2021First-team All-Big Ten
- 2021Consensus All‑American
- 2021Big Ten Receiver of the Year
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Purdue | 128 | 0.48 | 40th (n=499) | 0.54 | 61.7 | 15% |
| 2020 | Purdue | 77 | 0.57 | 53rd (n=346) | 0.55 | 43.6 | 19% |
| 2021 | Purdue | 121 | 0.87 | 76th (n=410) | 0.67 | 105.3 | 15% |
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
2021 Purdue 11 games, 93 catches, 1,286 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. | W 30–21 | 8 | 134 | 0 | 42 | – |
| Sep 11 | at | W 49–0 | 6 | 121 | 3 | 59 | 26 |
| Sep 18 | at | L 13–27 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 32 | – |
| Oct 2 | vs. | L 13–20 | 6 | 120 | 0 | 34 | – |
| Oct 16 | at | W 24–7 | 11 | 240 | 1 | 60 | – |
| Oct 23 | vs. | L 13–30 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Oct 30 | at | W 28–23 | 9 | 74 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| Nov 6 | vs. | W 40–29 | 11 | 217 | 1 | 53 | – |
| Nov 13 | at | L 31–59 | 11 | 103 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| Nov 20 | vs. | W 32–14 | 12 | 101 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Nov 27 | vs. | W 44–7 | 6 | 79 | 1 | 20 | – |
2020 Purdue 6 games, 53 catches, 625 yards, 8 TD
2019 Purdue 12 games, 86 catches, 1,035 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at | L 31–34 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 49 | – |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 42–24 | 4 | 82 | 0 | 30 | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | L 13–34 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. | L 31–38 | 8 | 114 | 0 | 37 | – |
| Oct 5 | at | L 7–35 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 43 | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 40–14 | 9 | 138 | 2 | 30 | – |
| Oct 19 | at | L 20–26 | 13 | 197 | 1 | 54 | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. | L 6–24 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 31–27 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| Nov 9 | at | W 24–22 | 14 | 115 | 1 | 18 | – |
| Nov 23 | at | L 24–45 | 12 | 108 | 1 | 29 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | L 41–44 | 9 | 136 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2022 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅞″ |
| Weight | 212 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| Wingspan | 76⅝″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.65 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 sW |
| Vertical jump | 33″ |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.14 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.57 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 25 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 24 | 214 | 0 |
| 2023 | Cleveland Browns | 9 | 14 | 167 | 3 |
| 2024 | Cleveland Browns | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0 |
| NFL career | 25 | 41 | 408 | 3 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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