Player Dossier

2015-2018

Akron

Brian Bell

LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Valdosta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brian Bell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

94

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Akron

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Akron
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: App State

Player Story

Brian Bell built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Valdosta, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Brian Bell's career was his defensive production: 180...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8096

Northridge · Tuscaloosa, AL

Committed To
South Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Brian Bell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Akron. Brian Bell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
180
TFL
11
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Brian Bell quick answers

Latest team and position
Akron · LB
Career Tackles
180
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Akron
Top game
App State
Recruit profile
3-star · Northridge · South Alabama
High school pipeline
Northridge · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
63 tackles · LB 211th (top 18%) · Mid-American 39th (top 8%) · National 377th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonAkron00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonAkron1161301-030.9
2017 PostseasonAkron135-0--028.5
2017 Regular SeasonAkron13514.50--028.5
2018 Regular SeasonAkron9633.5116058.8

Related Context

Brian Bell played LB for Akron. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brian Bell recorded 180 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Akron.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Akron paired 11.5 primary output with 41 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 41 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Akron

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

41

Usage

7.3

Consistency

33.5

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Morgan State: 0. Northwestern: 5. Iowa State: 1. Miami (OH): 0. Northern Illinois: 3. Eastern Michigan: 1. Bowling Green: 0.5. Ohio: 1. South Carolina: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Morgan State: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 11 by 95.8. Iowa State: 10 by 51.7. Miami (OH): 6 by 25. Northern Illinois: 14 by 80. Eastern Michigan: 7 by 39.2. Bowling Green: 7 by 34.2. Ohio: 1 by 14.2. South Carolina: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.5 · Games = 2 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · -1.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

95.8 vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 12/1@ South CarolinaL 3-2842000
Fri 11/23@ OhioL 28-4911000
Sat 11/17vs Bowling GreenL 6-21730.5000
Sat 11/10@ Eastern MichiganL 7-2774001
Thu 11/1vs Northern Illinois10+ tackles · Splash gameL 26-36148210
Sat 10/6vs Miami (OH)L 17-4165000
Sat 9/22@ Iowa State10+ tacklesL 13-26106100
Sat 9/15@ Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash gameW 39-34118005
Sat 9/8vs Morgan StateW 41-731000

Player Story

Brian Bell story

Brian Bell built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Valdosta, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Brian Bell's career was his defensive production: 180 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Akron. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Brian Bell's production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron.

The arc is straightforward: Brian Bell moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Akron

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonAkron0
2016 Regular SeasonAkron426.764
2017 PostseasonAkron4.521.44.90.5
2017 Regular SeasonAkron4.521.44.90
2018 Regular SeasonAkron11.5417.37

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs App State

Week 4 · L 38-45

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 3 · W 39-34

5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Northern Illinois

Week 10 · L 26-36 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#4

vs Buffalo

Week 9 · W 21-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Bowling Green

Week 5 · W 34-23 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Akron

11.5 primary output · 41 efficiency · 7.3 usage

58.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · Akron

30.9

4 primary · 26.7 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Akron

28.5

4.5 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

3

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games