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Theo Bell

Theopolis Bell Jr.

Position: WR
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: December 21, 1953 in Bakersfield, CA
College: Arizona

Career AV: 21 (4192nd overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 4th round (120th overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1976 23 PIT RET 83 13 1 39 390 0 35 10.0 438 1
1978 25 PIT RET 83 16 0 21 152 0 18 7.2 205 1
1979 26 PIT RET 83 13 1 45 378 0 27 8.4 439 1
1980 27 PIT wr 83 14 9 34 339 0 27 10.0 3 50 0 21 16.7 1137 7
1981 28 TAM WR 83 16 9 27 132 0 13 4.9 457 3
1982 29 TAM 83 9 0 9 62 0 14 6.9 265 3
1983 30 TAM 83 16 4 10 48 0 11 4.8 458 3
1984 31 TAM 83 15 0 4 10 0 8 2.5 360 3
1985 32 TAM 83 15 0 189 2
Career 127 24 189 1511 0 35 8.0 3 50 0 21 16.7 3948 24
5 yrs TAM 71 13 50 252 0 14 5.0 1729 14
4 yrs PIT 56 11 139 1259 0 35 9.1 3 50 0 21 16.7 2219 10

Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1976 23 PIT RET 83 13 1 3 43 14.3 1 19 0.2 3.3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 48 1 5
1978 25 PIT RET 83 16 0 6 53 8.8 1 15 0.4 3.3 53 1 0
1979 26 PIT RET 83 13 1 3 61 20.3 0 31 0.2 4.7 61 0 1
1980 27 PIT wr 83 14 9 29 748 25.8 2 72 2.1 53.4 748 2 1
1981 28 TAM WR 83 16 9 21 318 15.1 2 58 1.3 19.9 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.4 0.1 325 2 1
1982 29 TAM 83 9 0 15 203 13.5 0 25 1.7 22.6 203 0 0
1983 30 TAM 83 16 4 25 410 16.4 2 52 1.6 25.6 410 2 0
1984 31 TAM 83 15 0 22 350 15.9 0 29 1.5 23.3 350 0 1
1985 32 TAM 83 15 0 12 189 15.8 0 24 0.8 12.6 189 0 0
Career 127 24 136 2375 17.5 8 72 1.1 18.7 2 12 0 7 6.0 0.1 0.0 2387 8 9
5 yrs TAM 71 13 95 1470 15.5 4 58 1.3 20.7 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.1 0.0 1477 4 2
4 yrs PIT 56 11 41 905 22.1 4 72 0.7 16.2 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.1 0.0 910 4 7

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1976 23 PIT RET 83 13 1 5 4 0 0
1978 25 PIT RET 83 16 0 0 1 0 0
1979 26 PIT RET 83 13 1 1 2 22 0
1980 27 PIT wr 83 14 9 1 0 0 0
1981 28 TAM WR 83 16 9 1 0 0 0
1983 30 TAM 83 16 4 0 1 0 0
1984 31 TAM 83 15 0 1 0 0 0
Career 127 24 9 8 22 0
5 yrs TAM 71 13 2 1 0 0
4 yrs PIT 56 11 7 7 22 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1976 23 PIT RET 83 13 1 1 1 6
1978 25 PIT RET 83 16 0 1 1 6
1980 27 PIT wr 83 14 9 2 2 12
1981 28 TAM WR 83 16 9 2 2 12
1983 30 TAM 83 16 4 2 2 12
Career 127 24 8 8 48
5 yrs TAM 71 13 4 4 24
4 yrs PIT 56 11 4 4 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Yds/Reception

Career 17.5 (55)

Punt Returns

1976 NFL 39 (6)
1979 NFL 45 (5/73)
Career 189 (39)

Punt Return Yds

1976 NFL 390 (8)
1979 NFL 378 (4)
1980 NFL 339 (8)
Career 1511 (61)

Yds/Punt Return

1980 NFL 10.0 (7)

Kick & Punt Returns

Career 192 (134)

Fumbles Recovered

1976 NFL 4 (9)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1976 23 13 WR 11 80
1978 25 16 WR 11 86
1979 26 13 WR 6 106
1980 27 14 WR 87 41
1981 28 16 WR 45 69
1982 29 9 WR 20 74
1983 30 16 WR 53 59
1984 31 15 WR 35 76
1985 32 15 WR 19 91
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