Kerwin Bell
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| Date of birth: | June 15, 1965 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Live Oak, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Mayo (FL) Lafayette County | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Florida | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1988 / Round: 7 / Pick: 180 | ||||||||||||||
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| Pass attempts: | 2,588 |
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| Completions: | 1,560 |
| Percent complete: | 61.0% |
| Passing yards: | 19,538 |
| Passing TDs: | 101 |
| Interceptions: | 80 |
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Kerwin Douglas Bell (born June 15, 1965) is an American college and professional football coach and former player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), World League of American Football (WLAF) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) for fourteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Bell played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for four NFL teams, one WLAF team and four CFL teams. He was the head coach of the Jacksonville Dolphins football team of Jacksonville University from 2007 to 2015. He was announced as the head coach of the Valdosta State Blazers football team of Valdosta State University on January 22, 2016.
Bell was born in Live Oak, Florida in 1965. He attended Lafayette County High School in Mayo, where he was the quarterback of his high school football team and earned the nickname of "the throwin' Mayoan."
After graduating from high school, Bell attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played quarterback for the Florida Gators football team under coach Galen Hall from 1983 to 1987. Bell did not initially receive an athletic scholarship, but was a walk-on player who was initially the eighth quarterback on the Gators' depth chart. He saw no playing time as a freshman in 1983, and was redshirted by the coaching staff.
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