Ben Bell is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Virginia Tech.
Bell disrupts the pocket from the interior. The six seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Skip Holtz, Jake Spavital, G.J. Kinne and Brent Pry. Named All-Sun Belt two seasons running, most recently in 2024. On tape: 9 tackles against Wake Forest, Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 40 | 12 | 5.5 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2024 | Texas State | 13 | 6 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2023 | Texas State | 57 | 32 | 16.0 | 10.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas State | 25 | 11 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 27 | 10 | 6.0 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 166 | 73 | 36.5 | 20.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-24vs No. 13 South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-44vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 26-45vs Old Dominion | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-6vs Wofford | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-21@ NC State | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-30vs Wake Forest | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 20-35@ No. 13 Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-34vs California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-28vs No. 16 Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-34@ Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-34vs No. 14 Miami | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-27@ No. 17 Virginia | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 12 | 5.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%6 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
15%6 hurries40 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Pry
Pass share
42.0%
319 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
63.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
40 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #165 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #28 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,747 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the ACC as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
5 coachesPlayed for 5 head coaches at 3 schools: Skip Holtz, Jake Spavital, G.J. Kinne, Brent Pry and Philip Montgomery.
