Vonn Bell in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Cisthedudee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Safety, Ohio State, 2013–⁠15

Vonn Bell

Number
No. 11
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Rossville, GA
Born
Dec 12, 1994, in Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Vonn Bell played safety at Ohio State (2013–⁠15). The New Orleans Saints took Bell in round 2, No. 61 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 61
Round 2, 2016 NFL Draft (New Orleans Saints)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

All-America: AP first team 2015; Sporting News first team 2015; Athlon Sports 2015; Sports Illustrated 2015

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2013Ohio State1
2014Ohio State6
2015Ohio State2
Career9

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLInt
2013141631911

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Ohio State11S
2014Ohio State11S
2015Ohio State11S5′11″

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.

Game by game

2015 Ohio State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 12vs.Hawai’iW 38–⁠01
Nov 7vs.MinnesotaW 28–⁠141
2014 Ohio State 6 games with an interception on file, 6 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 6vs.Virginia TechL 21–⁠351
Oct 25atPenn StateW 31–⁠241
Nov 15atMinnesotaW 31–⁠241
Nov 29vs.MichiganW 42–⁠281
Dec 6vs.WisconsinW 59–⁠01
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaW 42–⁠351
2013 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Jan 3 ✦vs.ClemsonL 35–⁠401

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height5′10¾″
Weight199 lb
Arm length32⅜″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan76½″W
40-yard dash4.53 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump30½″
Bench press16 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 135 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016New Orleans Saints158110
2017New Orleans Saints15814.50
2018New Orleans Saints168310
2019New Orleans Saints13851.51
2020Cincinnati Bengals1611100
2021Cincinnati Bengals16950.51
2022Cincinnati Bengals166814
2023Carolina Panthers136301
2024Cincinnati Bengals155001
NFL career1357179.58

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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