David Bell
WR
#18
Experience: 3 years
Height: 6-1
Age: 23
Weight: 212 lbs
College: Purdue
2024 SEASON
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REC3
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YDS27
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AVG9
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TDS0
Receiving
| YEAR | TEAM | G | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 1st | 1st% | 20+ | 40+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cleveland Browns | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 14 | 167 | 11.9 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 64.3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 24 | 214 | 8.9 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 29.2 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 32 | 41 | 408 | 10 | 41 | 3 | 17 | 41.5 | 4 | 1 |
Kick Return
| YEAR | TEAM | G | RET | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FC | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cleveland Browns | 1 | |||||||||
| 2023 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | |||||||||
| 2022 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 32 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cleveland Browns | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
Career Transactions
Originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round (99th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft.
Key Notes
- Recorded 14 receptions for 167 yards and three touchdowns in 15 games (three starts) in 2023.
- Registered first career touchdown following a 41-yard fourth quarter score on a fourth-and-three vs. Jax (12/10).
- Set career-highs with 68 receiving yards and first career multiple touchdown game (2) at Cin. (1/7).
- Led the team with eight receptions during the Wild Card game at Houston (1/13), tied for the second most receptions by a Brown in a postseason game.
- Appeared in 16 games with three starts as a rookie in 2022, recording 24 receptions for 214 yards.
- Started 26 of 29 games over three seasons for the Boilermakers from 2019-21. Concluded collegiate career with 232 catches for 2,946 yards and 21 touchdowns. Led the Big Ten in receptions per game (8.5) and receiving yards per game (116.9) in 2021 en route to being named the Richter–Howard Receiver of the Year for the conference.
- Set a Purdue record with 17 career 100-yard receiving games, which included seven during his 2021 All-American season, where he posted the second-highest single season receiving yardage total in school history with 1,286.