Brandon Bell (American football)

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Brandon Bell

Bell during the 2015 Blue and White game
Penn State Nittany Lions No. 11
Position Linebacker
Class Senior
Major Communications
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Hamilton Township (NJ) Oakcrest
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-09) January 9, 1995
Place of birth Mays Landing, New Jersey
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 227 lb (103 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week

Brandon JaMarr Bell (born January 9, 1995) is an American college football player for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team.[1]

Early years

Bell attended Oakcrest High School in New Jersey where he played running back and linebacker.

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Brandon Bell
LB		 Mays Landing NJ Oakcrest High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 4.53 Jun 13, 2012 
Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN grade: 77
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Freshman year

During his first year at Penn State he played in seven games with twenty-three total tackles, fourteen solo tackles. In his first game as a Nittany Lion he recorded two tackles one of them a solo tackle in a 45-7 win over Eastern Michigan. His best game statistically was vs Wisconsin on November 11 he recorded six tackles four of them solo in a win during the season finale.[2]

Sophomore year

During the 2014 season Bell began getting a substantial increase of playing time. He starting ten games for Penn State. Bell recorded his first college interception in a game against Rutgers and the next week vs UMass he had his first sack in an 48-7 win. Bell's best game of his career and the year was a thirteen tackle effort and also a sack in a 31-24 Double Over-Time loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes. Bell finished the year with a total of 43 tackles, two sacks and one interception in ten games.[2] [3]

Junior year

Bell set career highs with sacks and tacking during the 2015 campaign. Totaling 56 tackles and three and a half sacks Bell was on of Penn State's best defenders. In the first game of the year Bell had one sack and seven tacks vs the Temple Owls. His best game of the year was a nine tackle performance in the Big Ten opener vs Rutgers. In his last game during his junior year, in the Taxslayer Bowl against Georgia he had eleven tackles in a compact fallen short when Penn State lost 24-17 after scoring fourteen unanswered points to pull within a touchdown.[4]

Senior year

In Bells first appearance as a Senior was in the season opener vs Kent State he recorded a tackles and a interception in a 33-13 win. The next week nine tackles in a rivalry game vs Pitt in a 42-39 loss. During the final seconds of the game on a tackle on Pitts James Connor Bell suffered a knee injury sidelining him for the next three weeks. Bell's best performance was a 19 tackle, one sack game vs the Ohio State Buckeyes the Nittany Lions upset No. 2 Ohio State on a blocked FG attempt and ran it back 64 yards for the touchdown. The win put PSU in the AP Poll for the first time since 2011. There ranking in their Top 25 was No. 24.

On November 26 Bell recorded a tying-season high 18 tackles with 2 tackles for loss in a 45–12 Big Ten East clinching win over Michigan State. And one December 3, 2016 Big Ten Championship 13 tackles, one sack and a forced fumble.

Career statistics

NCAA career statistics
Penn State Nittany Lions
Season Tackles Interceptions
GP GS Tot Solo Asst Sck FF Int YDS Avg Lng TD PD
2013 7 0 24 14 10 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 10 10 43 21 22 2.0 0 1 2 2 2 0 3
2015 11 11 56 29 27 3.5 0 1 25 25 25 0 0
2016 9 9 90 42 48 4.0 4 1 0 0 0 0 3
Total 37 30 213 106 107 9.5 4 3 27 17 25 0 6

Reference[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Brandon Bell - 247Sports". 247Sports.com. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "PSU's Brandon Bell Freshman highlights". ESPN.com. November 29, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Brandon Bell PSU bio". GoPSUsports.com. December 29, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brandon Bell - Collegian - PSU". COLLEGIAN. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ "ESPN Brandon Bell Stats". Retrieved October 25, 2016.
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