Chris Bell

Former wide receiver at Louisville. 2025: 72 catches, 917 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Louisville · Sr.

6′2″ · 220 lb · Yazoo City, MS

CFB Index 81 · #29 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Miami — Rd 3, Pick 30, #94 overall

The numbers

917

receiving yards · 2025

72 catches · 6 TD · 12.7 per catch

Statement game12 rec · 170 yds · 2 TDvs Virginia (FBS) · L 27-30

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Louisville. 2025: 72 catches, 917 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisville in 2022.
Drafted round 3 by the Miami in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

TD rate: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisville, 2,166 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #94 overall by Miami.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 170 yds vs Virginia.Virginia · L 27-302025

20226 games

Signed with Louisville3-star out of Greenville Christian

202511 games

All-ACCfirst

2026

Drafted by Miamiround 3, pick 94

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1307 national

CFB

College

Louisville

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #94

Miami · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches

2022

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

2023–2025

Jeff Brohm

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Miami2026 NFL rookie season

#94Rd 3 · Pick 30

Miami2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning

2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

2025Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

81All-Conference level #29 of 485?

High confidenceSustained Ascent10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (85th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#115 / 798 · 85th pct

5.6%

EPA / target#241 / 798 · 70th pct

0.54

Yards / catch#278 / 798 · 65th pct

12.8

Explosive rate#434 / 798 · 46th pct

9.3%

Catch rate#425 / 798 · 45th pct

66.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#15 / 558 · 97th pct

Rec yards#38 / 558 · 93rd pct

917

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Long catch#124 / 558 · 77th pct

Yards / catch#291 / 558 · 47th pct

12.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

92nd → 70th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 46th percentile

Catch rate

67th → 45th percentile

TD rate

70th → 85th percentile

Yards / catch

92nd → 65th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

23%25 of his 108 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.7	77.7	13.8	0.4
Road4g	8.0	93.2	11.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	7.0	100	14.8	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	69.2	11.3	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

81 · #29 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #29 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Louisville	72	917	12.7	6	--
2024	Louisville	43	737	17.1	4	--
2023	Louisville	29	407	14.0	2	--
2022	Louisville	7	105	15.0	0	--
Career		151	2,166	14.3	12	--

Season	Team
2025	Louisville	--	--	12	--	--
2024	Louisville	2	43	48	--	--
2023	Louisville	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Louisville	--	--	18	--	--
Career		2	43	78	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–21

at Miami

9 rec · 136 yds · 2 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With M. Moss — 248 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.5 · -9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · D. Chapeau — 3 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · James Madison · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.15Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 64 yds for a TD (M. Moss Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 8 · Miami · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.78Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 36 yds for a TD (Cooper Ranvier KICK)
Week 8 · Miami · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 35 yds for a TD (Cooper Ranvier KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 13 yds for a TD (Cooper Ranvier KICK)
Week 5 · Pittsburgh · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 14 yds to the PITT 35 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 25 yds for a TD (Cooper Ranvier KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 15 yds for a TD (Cooper Ranvier KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.50Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 14 yds to the LOU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Clemson · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.42(02:38) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 M.Moss pass complete short left to #0 C.Bell caught at CLE42, for 15 yards to the CLE38 (#8 A.Terrell), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Virginia · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.35Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 14 yds to the UVA 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky	5	63	12.6	0	16
Wk 2	W 28-14vs James Madison	4	83	20.8	1	64
Wk 4	W 40-17vs Bowling Green	4	51	12.8	0	20
Wk 5	W 34-27@ Pittsburgh	10	135	13.5	1	25	135-yard receiving day
Wk 6	L 27-30vs Virginia	12	170	14.2	2	28	Season-high 170 yds
Wk 8	W 24-21@ Miami	9	136	15.1	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 38-24vs Boston College	4	49	12.3	0	17
Wk 10	W 28-16@ Virginia Tech	8	56	7.0	0	13
Wk 11	L 26-29vs California	6	49	8.2	0	13
Wk 12	L 19-20vs Clemson	5	79	15.8	0	37
Wk 13	L 6-38@ SMU	5	46	9.2	0	26
Total		72	917	12.9	6	64

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

Chris Bell

Fans warmer than rivals

20226 games

202511 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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