Le'Veon Bell
Bell with the Pittsburgh Steelers
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| No. 26 Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 18, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Reynoldsburg, Ohio | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Groveport (OH) Madison | ||||||||||||
| College: | Michigan State | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 4,045 |
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| Average: | 4.5 |
| Total touchdowns: | 31 |
| Receptions: | 227 |
| Receiving yards: | 2,005 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Le'Veon Andrew Bell (pronounced LAY-vee-on; born February 18, 1992) is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State, and was drafted by the Steelers in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Bell attended Groveport Madison High School in Groveport, Ohio, where he played football, basketball, and ran track. He played running back for the Groveport Cruisers football team. As a sophomore, Bell ran for 789 rushing yards and nine touchdowns. As a junior, Bell ran for 1,100 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns, and as a senior, Bell ran for 1,333 yards on 200 carries with 21 touchdowns. He was selected first-team All-Ohio Capital Conference Ohio Division as a senior. He ran as a junior, and added as a sophomore. In basketball, Bell earned second-team All-OCC Ohio Division honors as a junior. He also participated in track & field while at Groveport, where he ran the 100 and 200-meter dashes and was one of the state's top performers in the high jump (personal-best of 6'8" or 2.03 meters).
Considered a two-star recruit by ESPN.com, Bell was listed as the No. 211 running back in the nation in 2010. Although he was a 3-year starter in high school, Bell had limited scholarship offers from Bowling Green, Marshall, and Eastern Michigan but he hoped to attend Ohio State. Bell's high school principal, Donis Toler Jr., believed he was under-recruited and reached out to Michigan State's head coach Mark Dantonio. Although Dantonio had heard of Bell, they had never scouted him personally or had thought of offering him a scholarship. With football season over, Dantonio sent his running back's coach to scout Bell at his high school basketball game. After he finished his senior football season, he finally received a scholarship offer from Michigan State after a number of players had got into trouble and had open scholarships available with a need at running back. In 2010, he graduated from high school early and began attending Michigan State that spring semester.
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