Solomon Bell

#26 · LB · Gr. · Eastern Michigan5′9″ · 200 lb · Southfield A&T

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Solomon Bell is a linebacker at Eastern Michigan who has played in 1 of Eastern Michigan's 9 games this season, most recently Sep 4.

Eastern Michigan is 4-5.

Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Eastern Michigan. A game that shows it: 1 tackle and 0.5 tackles for loss against San José State — Week 1, 2026.

1 tackle · 0 sacks

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Eastern Michigan	1	--	0.5	0.0	--
2025	Eastern Michigan	4	2	1.0	0.0	--
2024	Eastern Michigan	3	3	0.0	0.0	1
2023	Eastern Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		8	5	1.5	0.0	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-27vs San José State	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 1 tackle

Signature game

Week 1 · 2026

L 21-27

vs San José State

0.5 tackles for loss · 1 tackle

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 19-27 over that span.

2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2025Eastern Michigan4-8HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2026Eastern Michigan4-5HC: Chris Creighton · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 0. Show the ratings

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

0Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score production

Sacks#1116 / 2515 · 28th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#1779 / 2515 · 25th pct

0.5

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

55.8%

333 pass / 264 run

Plays / game

66.3

9 games

Team sack rate

4.2%

382 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

1 tackle in 1 game

Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Solomon Bell

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

1 tackle in 1 game

Four seasons at Eastern Michigan