#22

Greg Bell

Senior running back for San Diego State. 2021: 1,100 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 4 catches.

RB · San Diego State · Sr. · #22

6′0″ · 200 lb · Chula Vista, CA

CFB Index 44 · #172 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSan Diego State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 running back for San Diego State. 2021: 1,100 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 4 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Bonita Vista in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 3036 nationally · Signed with Bonita Vista

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at San Diego State, 1,910 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Recruited2-star out of Bonita Vista

20184 games

Signed with Nebraska3-star out of Arizona Western College

20207 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

202113 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3036 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM

All-Mountain West 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Rocky Long

San Diego State

2020–2021

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #172 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (95th percentile). Strength: rush yards (89th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#198 / 409 · 52nd pct

4.6%

Success rate#290 / 409 · 29th pct

40.6%

EPA / carry#302 / 409 · 26th pct

0.08

Yards / carry#327 / 409 · 20th pct

4.4

Explosive rate#351 / 409 · 14th pct

3.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#17 / 343 · 95th pct

246

Rush yards#38 / 343 · 89th pct

1100

Rush TDs#52 / 343 · 83rd pct

Long run#128 / 343 · 62nd pct

Yards / carry#224 / 343 · 33rd pct

4.5

Receptions#262 / 331 · 18th pct

Rec yards#320 / 331 · 3rd pct

Fumbles lost#220 / 222 · 1st pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	81.8	4.6	0.8
Road5g	69.0	4.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	93.8	4.7	0.8
Weeks 8+7g	62.3	4.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #172 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #172 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	246	1,100	4.5	9	--
2020	San Diego State	112	637	5.7	6	--
2018	Nebraska	35	173	4.9	0	--
Career		393	1,910	4.9	15	--

Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	4	5	1.2	0	--
2020	San Diego State	11	114	10.4	1	--
2018	Nebraska	4	14	3.5	0	--
Career		19	133	7.0	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 33–31

vs Utah

119 rush yds (33 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.

With M. Araiza — 1 SOLO · 2 TOT · 51 LONG · J. Byrd — 1 rec · 4 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Arizona · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.65Greg Bell run for 55 yds for a TD, (Matt Araiza KICK)
Week 14 · Utah State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -3.97Greg Bell run for a loss of 1 yard to the UthSt 13
Week 11 · Nevada · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.30Greg Bell run for 50 yds to the Nevad 41 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Fresno State · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Greg Bell run for 22 yds to the FrsSt 25 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Utah · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Greg Bell 7 Yd Run (Matt Araiza Kick)
Week 13 · Boise State · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Greg Bell run for 2 yds for a TD (Matt Araiza KICK)
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Greg Bell run for 5 yds for a TD, (Matt Araiza KICK)
Week 6 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.39Greg Bell run for 40 yds to the NMex 23 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Utah · 1&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Greg Bell 7 Yd Run (Matt Araiza Kick)
Week 1 · UTSA · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.13Greg Bell run for 5 yds to the TexSA 31 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs New Mexico State	21	161	7.7	1	32	Season-high 161 yds
Wk 2	W 38-14@ Arizona	17	125	7.4	1	55
Wk 3	W 33-31vs Utah	33	119	3.6	2	17
Wk 4	W 48-21vs Towson	2	4	2.0	0	3
Wk 6	W 31-7vs New Mexico	21	111	5.3	1	40
Wk 7	W 19-13@ San José State	18	43	2.4	0	6
Wk 8	W 20-14@ Air Force	10	42	4.2	0	11
Wk 9	L 20-30vs Fresno State	15	63	4.2	1	22
Wk 10	W 17-10@ Hawai'i	24	77	3.2	1	11
Wk 11	W 23-21vs Nevada	16	104	6.5	0	50
Wk 12	W 28-20@ UNLV	17	58	3.4	0	10
Wk 13	W 27-16vs Boise State	15	42	2.8	1	12
Wk 14	L 13-46vs Utah State	11	50	4.5	0	16
Total		220	999	4.4	8	55