Player Dossier

2020-2024

Baylor

Jamaal Bell

WR • 5'10" • 179 lbs • Lancaster, CA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Jamaal Bell reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

4

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Nevada • Baylor
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

Jamaal Bell built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Lancaster, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Baylor and Nevada. The clearest part of Jamaal Bell's career was his return-game...

Read the story
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8807

R Nelson Snider · Fort Wayne, IN

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Jamaal Bell, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada. Jamaal Bell reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
695
Receptions
78
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Jamaal Bell quick answers

Latest team and position
Baylor · WR
Career Receiving Yards
695
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 54 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Nevada
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
3-star · R Nelson Snider · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
R Nelson Snider · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2024 Receiving yards rank
6 receiving yards · WR 1,036th (top 97%) · Big 12 239th (top 95%) · National 1,980th (top 93%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 PostseasonNevada7121127.6
2020 Regular SeasonNevada7216027.6
2021 PostseasonNevada13775133.4
2021 Regular SeasonNevada13744033.4
2022 Regular SeasonNevada927271068.5
2023 Regular SeasonNevada1232262255.6
2024 PostseasonBaylor13-0012.5
2024 Regular SeasonBaylor1326212.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Nevada to BaylorG5/FCS to P479.1Dec 31, 2023

Jamaal Bell played WR for Nevada and Baylor. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jamaal Bell recorded 139 rushing yards, 695 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Nevada.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Nevada paired 271 primary output with 61.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nevada, Baylor.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tarleton State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · Baylor

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

0.5

Efficiency

26.7

Usage

5.6

Consistency

2.6

Best Game by takeover score

Tarleton State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0. Tarleton State: 8. Utah: 0. Air Force: -2. Colorado: 0. BYU: 0. Iowa State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. TCU: 0. West Virginia: 0. Houston: 0. Kansas: 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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Tarleton State

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs Tarleton State

Result
Tue 12/31@ LSUL 31-44
Sat 11/30vs KansasW 45-171
Sun 11/24@ HoustonW 20-10
Sat 11/16@ West VirginiaW 49-35
Sun 11/3vs TCUW 37-34
Sat 10/26vs Oklahoma StateW 38-28
Sat 10/19@ Texas TechW 59-358.3
Sat 10/5@ Iowa StateL 21-43
Sat 9/28vs BYUL 28-34
Sun 9/22@ ColoradoL 31-38
Sat 9/14vs Air ForceW 31-31-2-2-200
Sat 9/7@ UtahL 12-231
Sat 8/31vs Tarleton StateW 45-3188808

Player Story

Jamaal Bell story

Jamaal Bell built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Lancaster, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Baylor and Nevada. The clearest part of Jamaal Bell's career was his return-game role: 2,239 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 54 career games in the available record. His career also includes 139 rushing yards, 695 receiving yards, and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jamaal 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

    Nevada

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Baylor

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202020202120212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonNevada3768.94.1
2020 Regular SeasonNevada3768.94.10
2021 PostseasonNevada11938.613.182
2021 Regular SeasonNevada11938.613.10
2022 Regular SeasonNevada27161.419.9152
2023 Regular SeasonNevada26242.218.3-9
2024 PostseasonBaylor626.75.6-256
2024 Regular SeasonBaylor626.75.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ USC

Week 1 · L 14-66

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

121

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

121 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Air Force

Week 4 · L 20-48 · Conference game

65

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Western Michigan

Week 1 · L 24-52 · Postseason

75

Receiving Yards

90.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

75 receiving yards with a 71.4 efficiency score.

#4

vs Texas State

Week 1 · W 38-14

60

Receiving Yards

86.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

60 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Colorado State

Week 6 · L 14-17 · Conference game

53

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Nevada

271 primary output · 61.4 efficiency · 19.9 usage

68.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · Nevada

55.6

262 primary · 42.2 efficiency · 18.3 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Nevada

33.4

119 primary · 38.6 efficiency · 13.1 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games