Player Dossier

2020-2025

Virginia Tech

Ben Bell

DL • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Cedar Park, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ben Bell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

25

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Louisiana Tech • Texas State • Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Ben Bell built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cedar Park, TX wearing No. 33, spending time with Louisiana Tech, Texas State, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Ben Bell's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8333

Cedar Park · Cedar Park, TX

Committed To
Louisiana Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Ben Bell, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas State. Ben Bell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
166
TFL
36.5
Sacks
20.5
QB hurries
24
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Ben Bell quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · DL
Career Tackles
166
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 52 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Texas State
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · Cedar Park · Louisiana Tech
High school pipeline
Cedar Park · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 33 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
40 tackles · DL 54th (top 5%) · ACC 122nd (top 16%) · National 912th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech34-0--038.2
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech92763.52-045
2022 Regular SeasonTexas State1125324-035.4
2023 PostseasonTexas State13832--072.3
2023 Regular SeasonTexas State13491386-072.3
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State41362.562069.6
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech12405.52.56-045.3

Related Context

Ben Bell played DL for Louisiana Tech, Texas State, and Virginia Tech. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ben Bell recorded 166 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Texas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Texas State paired 32 primary output with 41.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Virginia Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston Christian

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Texas State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

17.7

Usage

5.3

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Houston Christian

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 0. Florida International: 1. Baylor: 1. Houston Christian: 4. James Madison: 1. App State: 0. Troy: 1. Southern Miss: 0. UL Monroe: 0. South Alabama: 1. Louisiana: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. Florida International: 1 by 14.2. Baylor: 3 by 22.5. Houston Christian: 3 by 52.5. James Madison: 3 by 22.5. App State: 4 by 16.7. Troy: 0 by 10. Southern Miss: 3 by 12.5. UL Monroe: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 1 by 14.2. Louisiana: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Houston Christian

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Houston Christian

Result
Sat 11/26vs LouisianaL 13-4131000
Sat 11/12@ South AlabamaL 21-3811000
Sat 11/5@ UL MonroeL 30-3110000
Sat 10/22vs Southern MissL 14-2032000
Sat 10/15@ TroyL 14-1700000
Sat 10/8vs App StateW 36-2440000
Sat 10/1@ James MadisonL 13-4032000
Sat 9/24vs Houston ChristianSplash gameW 34-0311.501.500
Sat 9/17@ BaylorL 7-4233100
Sat 9/10vs Florida InternationalW 41-12100.500.500
Sat 9/3@ NevadaL 14-3831000

Player Story

Ben Bell story

Ben Bell built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cedar Park, TX wearing No. 33, spending time with Louisiana Tech, Texas State, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Ben Bell's career was his defensive production: 166 tackles, 36.5 tackles for loss, 20.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 52 career games in the available record. That gives Ben Bell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Louisiana Tech

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2022-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Virginia Tech

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech05.61.1
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech11.525.38.411.5
2022 Regular SeasonTexas State917.75.3-2.5
2023 PostseasonTexas State3241.31223
2023 Regular SeasonTexas State3241.3120
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State16.551.112.7-15.5
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1425.68.9-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Southern Miss

Week 5 · W 50-36 · Conference game

Win with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona State

Week 3 · L 28-31

6

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 55 NC State

Week 5 · W 23-21 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Rice

Week 1 · W 45-21 · Postseason

5

Havoc Plays

86.7 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Troy

Week 9 · L 13-31 · Conference game

5.5

Havoc Plays

86.5 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Texas State

32 primary output · 41.3 efficiency · 12 usage

72.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Texas State

72.3

32 primary · 41.3 efficiency · 12 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Texas State

69.6

16.5 primary · 51.1 efficiency · 12.7 usage

Milestones

15

Impact games

17

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games