Le'Veon Bell
.jpg) Bell with the Jets (2019) |
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| New York Jets - No. 26 | |
| Running back | |
| Date of birth: February 18, 1992 | |
| Place of birth: Reynoldsburg , Ohio | |
| Height: 1.85 m | Weight: 102 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2013 for the Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Career | |
| College : Michigan State | |
| NFL Draft : 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48 | |
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| Current status: active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Running game | 6,125 yards |
| average | 4.2 yards / run |
| Captured passports | 378 |
| Space gain | 3,121 yards |
| Touchdowns | 46 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Le'Veon Andrew Bell (born on 18th February 1992 in Reynoldsburg , Ohio is) a US American football poker players in the position of running backs . He played college football at Michigan State University . In the 2013 NFL Draft , he was selected in the second round by the Pittsburgh Steelers , for which he was active in the National Football League (NFL) until 2017 . He has been under contract with the New York Jets since 2019 .
Early years
He attended Groveport Madison High School , where he practiced football, basketball and athletics . For the Groveport Cruisers he was active as a running back and as a senior he ran 1,333 yards and 21 touchdowns in 200 attempts . Listed as a two-star talent by ESPN.com , he was ranked 211th on the nation's 2010 list of the best running backs. After high school, he received few scholarships and eventually chose Michigan State University .
For the Michigan State Spartans he ran as a rookie for a space gain of 605 yards and eight touchdowns. In 2011 he gained 948 yards of space and 13 touchdowns. In his junior season he gained the most space of all running backs in the Big Ten Conference and won the "Rushing Title" with an average of 139 yards per game. On January 3, 2013, Bell announced that he was giving up another possible year of college to attend the 2013 NFL Draft .
NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers picked Bell 48th in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Shortly after, he signed a four-year contract for 4.12 million dollars . Due to an injury, he came for the first time on the fourth game day against the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL used, where he ran 57 yards and two touchdowns.
His breakthrough came in the 2014 season , when he rose from rookie to all-pro . Only the running back of the Dallas Cowboys , DeMarco Murray , achieved more yards in the running game or gained space overall this season. However, Bell caught the most balls and the most yards per catch among running backs. He set a record for the Steelers by gaining more than 100 yards of space in seven games in a row at the start of the season. He also set Walter Payton's record for three games in a row, gaining more than 200 yards of space.
At the beginning of the 2015 season, he was caught with marijuana along with LeGarrette Blount and banned for the first four games. The penalty was later reduced to three and then two games. On matchday eight he suffered a knee injury against the Cincinnati Bengals and was out for the rest of the season.
In the 2016 season he was suspended for the first four games because of a missed drug test, and for the first three games of the season after a reduction in the sentence.
After the season, Bell and the Steelers could not agree on a new contract. The Steelers then occupied Bell in the following two seasons with the Exclusive Franchise Tag , which limited his negotiating options to the Steelers. In the 2017 season , he then sat out the entire off- and preseason. Still, he managed to run 1,291 yards, the third best value of the season. In the 2018 season , he did not sign the franchise day contract before the trade deadline and was therefore not used in the 2018 season.
New York Jets
After the Steelers let his contract expire, Bell signed a four-year deal for $ 52.5 million with the New York Jets on March 13, 2019 . With the Jets, Bell fell well short of expectations in the first season, he ran 789 yards with only 3.2 yards of space gain per run.
Rushing statistics
| year | team | Att | Yards | Avg | Lng | TD | Fmb | Fmb lst |
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| 2013 | PIT | 244 | 860 | 3.5 | 43 | 8th | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | PIT | 290 | 1,361 | 4.7 | 81 | 8th | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | PIT | 113 | 556 | 4.9 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | PIT | 261 | 1,268 | 4.9 | 44 | 7th | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | PIT | 321 | 1,291 | 4.0 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NYJ | 245 | 789 | 3.2 | 19th | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| total | 1,474 | 6.125 | 4.2 | 81 | 38 | 7th | 4th | |
Source: nfl.com
Receiving statistics
| year | team | Rec | Yards | Avg | Lng | TD | Fmb | Fmb lst |
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| 2013 | PIT | 45 | 399 | 8.9 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | PIT | 83 | 854 | 10.3 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | PIT | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 20th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | PIT | 75 | 616 | 8.2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | PIT | 85 | 655 | 7.7 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NYJ | 66 | 461 | 7.0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| total | 378 | 3.121 | 8.3 | 48 | 8th | 2 | 0 | |
Source: nfl.com
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leveon Bell Recruiting profile (English) espn.com, accessed on October 17, 2015
- ↑ a style all his own (English) msuspartans.com, accessed on October 17, 2015
- ↑ MSUS bell to enter nfl draft (English) espn.com, accessed on October 17, 2015
- ↑ Steelers select Bell in second round ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English) steelers.com, accessed on March 9, 2019
- ↑ 2014 NFL receiving (English) pro-football-reference.com, accessed on October 17, 2015
- ↑ suspension cut two games (English) espn.com, accessed on October 17, 2015
- ↑ le'veon bell expected to miss season with torn mcl (English) nfl.com, accessed on November 2, 2015
- ↑ NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers: Le'Veon Bell's suspension shortened . In: www.ran.de . August 19, 2016 ( ran.de [accessed February 4, 2017]).
- ↑ Steelers use exclusive franchise tag on Le'Veon Bell. Accessed October 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Steelers still hopeful of trading Le'Veon Bell before deadline, contrary to reports. Accessed October 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Chris Wesseling: Le'Veon Bell expected to sign with New York Jets on nfl.com. March 13, 2019, accessed March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Le'Veon Bell signs $ 52.5m deal with New York Jets after sitting out 2018 season. theguardian.com, March 13, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Rich Cimini: Jets' Le'Veon Bell expects to have career year following 'complacent' season on espn.com. August 12, 2020, accessed on August 24, 2020.
- ↑ a b career statistics on nfl.com . Retrieved January 28, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bell, Le'Veon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bell, Le'Veon Andrew (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reynoldsburg , Ohio , United States |