Junior defensive back on New Mexico State's 2021 roster.
6′3″ · 205 lb · Hendersonville, TN
The story
3 defensive back on New Mexico State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearChris Bell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The receipt: 6 tackles against South Carolina State — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at New Mexico State, 20 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 20 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 43–35
3 SOLO · 6 TOT
Edged out South Carolina State at home in a shootout.
With D. Maldonado — 321 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.6 · 22 rush yds (5 car) · J. Price — 62 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-30vs UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 25-34@ New Mexico | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 43-35vs South Carolina State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-55@ Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 34-48@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-59@ Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Ja'len Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Ja'len on
Differs from Ja'len on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jibreel Al-Amin's freshman season at Jacksonville State (2023).
Matches Jibreel on
Player DNA