Jaheim Bell

Former tight end at Florida State. 2023: 39 catches, 503 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Florida State · Jr. · #6

6′3″ · 239 lb · Lake City, FL

CFB Index 68 · #19 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceNew England — drafted 2024, Rd 7, Pick 11, #231 overall

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 384 nationally · Signed with Valdosta

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Florida State. 2023: 39 catches, 503 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Valdosta in 2020.
Transferred from South Carolina to Florida State in 2023.
Drafted round 7 by the New England in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida State, 1,260 receiving yards — drafted at #231 overall by New England.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2020

Recruited4-star out of Valdosta

202211 games

The role got bigger.

All-SEC

202310 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

2024

Drafted by New Englandround 7, pick 231

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#384 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #231

New England · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Mike Norvell

Florida State

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 3rd NFL season

#231Rd 7 · Pick 11

New EnglandEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2023Florida State13-1HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

68Quality starter #19 of 137?

Medium-low confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (90th percentile). Strength: receptions (89th percentile). Concern: epa / target (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#268 / 639 · 58th pct

12.9

Explosive rate#319 / 639 · 50th pct

13.7%

TD rate#424 / 639 · 34th pct

3.9%

Catch rate#440 / 639 · 31st pct

76.5%

EPA / target#462 / 639 · 28th pct

0.54

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#16 / 160 · 90th pct

503

Receptions#18 / 160 · 89th pct

Long catch#34 / 160 · 78th pct

Rush TDs#4 / 32 · 77th pct

Yards / catch#47 / 160 · 71st pct

12.9

Rec TDs#75 / 160 · 43rd pct

Rush yards#20 / 32 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

43rd → 28th percentile

Explosive rate

17th → 50th percentile

Catch rate

83rd → 31st percentile

TD rate

57th → 34th percentile

Yards / catch

16th → 58th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.8	57.8	19.2	0.2
Road5g	4.0	42.8	10.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.5	59.5	17.6	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	44.2	13.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #19 of 137 TEs

Former four-star. Now #19 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Florida State	39	503	12.9	2	--
2022	South Carolina	25	231	9.2	2	--
2021	South Carolina	30	497	16.6	5	--
2020	South Carolina	1	29	29.0	0	--
Career		95	1,260	13.3	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 45–24

vs LSU

4 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against LSU.

With J. Travis — 342 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 93.8 · 38 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · A. Mastromanno — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · LSU · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.38Jordan Travis pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 44 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 7 · Syracuse · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Jordan Travis pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 27 yds to the SYR 43 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Syracuse · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.28Jaheim Bell run for no gain to the SYR 26
Week 13 · Florida · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Tate Rodemaker pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 29 yds to the FLA 32 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Jordan Travis pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 39 yds to the SYR 31 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Jordan Travis pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 13 yds to the FSU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · North Alabama · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Tate Rodemaker pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 49 yds to the UNA 17 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.25Jordan Travis pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 39 yds to the BC 1 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Syracuse · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.13Jordan Travis pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 12 yds to the SYR 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Wake Forest · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Jordan Travis pass complete to Jaheim Bell for 13 yds to the FSU 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-24vs LSU	2	49	24.5	1	44
Wk 3	W 31-29@ Boston College	5	76	15.2	1	39
Wk 4	W 31-24@ Clemson	3	26	8.7	0	11
Wk 7	W 41-3vs Syracuse	4	87	21.8	0	39	Season-high 87 yds
Wk 8	W 38-20vs Duke	8	53	6.6	0	15
Wk 9	W 41-16@ Wake Forest	4	51	12.8	0	38
Wk 10	W 24-7@ Pittsburgh	5	23	4.6	0	13
Wk 11	W 27-20vs Miami	3	41	13.7	0	16
Wk 12	W 58-13vs North Alabama	2	59	29.5	0	49
Wk 13	W 24-15@ Florida	3	38	12.7	0	29
Total		39	503	15.0	2	49

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jaheim Bell

2020

202211 games

202310 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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