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2008 (Junior): Appeared in 12 games, making the start at Iowa (9/6)...recorded 12 tackles on the season and recovered a fumble...had one tackle in each game at Kansas (8/30), at Toledo (9/27), at North Texas (10/4), vs. Middle Tennessee (10/11) and vs. ULM (11/22)...made three stops vs. USF (9/20), including half a tackle for a two-yard loss...had a season-best four tackles at Louisiana...recovered a fumble at Toledo.

2005 (Freshman): Showed vast improvement as the season progressed...played in 11 games with four starts...finished with 19 tackles (11 solo), including a career-high six vs. Sun Belt Conference foe Louisiana-Lafayette (11/12)...recorded a pair of sacks, one each in wins against Florida Atlantic (11/26) and Middle Tennessee (12/3)...had four stops (one solo) against FAU with two tackles for losses of minus-four yards.

Marion County High School: Two-way player for head coach Jeff Robbins at Marion County...named his team's Most Valuable Defensive Lineman...made a name for himself after a strong 2004 summer camp performance at the University of Miami (Fla.) earned him the "Top Defensive Lineman Award"...played football, basketball and track & field...set a shot put record in high school.

Personal: Born May 13, 1989...son of Joseph Bell and SheliaMurrell...a Construction Management major.