Ronnie Bell

Former wide receiver at Michigan. 2022: 62 catches, 889 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Michigan · Sr. · #8

6′0″ · 190 lb · Kansas City, MO

CFB Index 74 · #56 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSan Francisco — drafted 2023, Rd 7, Pick 36, #253 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1473 nationally · Signed with Michigan

Statement game9 rec · 150 ydsvs Michigan State (FBS) · W 44-10

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Michigan. 2022: 62 catches, 889 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan in 2018.
Drafted round 7 by the San Francisco in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan, 2,258 receiving yards — drafted at #253 overall by San Francisco.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 149 yds at Indiana.Indiana · L 21-382020

20188 games

Signed with Michigan3-star out of Park Hill

202214 games

All-Big Tenthird

2023

Drafted by San Franciscoround 7, pick 253

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1473 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #253

San Francisco · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 4th NFL season

#253Rd 7 · Pick 36

San FranciscoEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 46-14 over that span.

2018Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #56 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (91st percentile). Strength: receptions (90th percentile). Concern: catch rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#176 / 636 · 72nd pct

14.1

Explosive rate#187 / 636 · 70th pct

17.2%

EPA / target#323 / 636 · 49th pct

0.67

TD rate#400 / 636 · 37th pct

4.6%

Catch rate#479 / 636 · 25th pct

70.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#52 / 550 · 91st pct

889

Receptions#53 / 550 · 90th pct

Rush TDs#14 / 275 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 84th pct

Rush yards#74 / 275 · 73rd pct

Rec TDs#155 / 550 · 66th pct

Yards / catch#194 / 550 · 64th pct

14.3

Long catch#271 / 550 · 50th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2022 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home10g	4.4	66.3	14.9	0.4
Road4g	4.5	56.5	13.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.1	70.5	13.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	54.2	16.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #56 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #56 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Michigan	62	889	14.3	4	--
2021	Michigan	1	76	76.0	1	--
2020	Michigan	26	401	15.4	1	--
2019	Michigan	47	747	15.9	1	--
2018	Michigan	8	145	18.1	2	--
Career		144	2,258	15.7	9	--

Season	Team
2022	Michigan	3	23	--	45	--
2021	Michigan	--	--	--	31	--
2020	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Michigan	1	9	--	67	--
2018	Michigan	5	-2	53	7	--
Career		9	30	53	150	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 45–23

at Ohio State

3 rec · 46 yds

Dominant 22-point win on the road against Ohio State.

With J. McCarthy — 263 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.6 · 27 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · D. Edwards — 216 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Maryland · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +4.20J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Ronnie Bell for 49 yds to the Mary 22 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ohio State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.62J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Ronnie Bell for 33 yds to the OhSt 24 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Purdue · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.38J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Ronnie Bell for 17 yds for a TD (J.J. McCarthy pass to Luke Schoonmaker for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 3 · UConn · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Cade McNamara pass complete to Ronnie Bell for 18 yds to the UConn 44 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Nebraska · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.96Ronnie Bell 29 Yd pass from J.J. McCarthy, fumbled, recovered by Andrel Anthony for a TD (Jake Moody Kick)
Week 1 · TCU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Ronnie Bell 34 Yd pass from J.J. McCarthy (Jake Moody Kick)
Week 10 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.89J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Ronnie Bell for 35 yds to the Rutgr 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Penn State · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +2.79J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Ronnie Bell for 14 yds to the Mich 45 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Penn State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.59J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Ronnie Bell for 15 yds to the PnSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Ronnie Bell run for 16 yds for a TD, (Jake Moody KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-7vs Colorado State	1	9	9.0	0	9	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 2	W 56-10vs Hawai'i	6	76	12.7	1	31
Wk 3	W 59-0vs UConn	7	96	13.7	0	28
Wk 4	W 34-27vs Maryland	3	72	24.0	0	49
Wk 5	W 27-14@ Iowa	2	16	8.0	0	9
Wk 6	W 31-10@ Indiana	11	121	11.0	0	26
Wk 7	W 41-17vs Penn State	5	39	7.8	0	15
Wk 9	W 29-7vs Michigan State	4	53	13.3	0	29
Wk 10	W 52-17@ Rutgers	2	43	21.5	0	35
Wk 11	W 34-3vs Nebraska	4	72	18.0	1	29
Wk 12	W 19-17vs Illinois	3	44	14.7	0	22
Wk 13	W 45-23@ Ohio State	3	46	15.3	0	33
Wk 14	W 43-22vs Purdue	5	67	13.4	1	20
Bowl	L 45-51vs TCU	6	135	22.5	1	44
Total		62	889	14.6	4	49