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  • RB
    Position
  • Fifth Year
    Class
  • Lancaster, Calif.
    Hometown
  • 5'10
    Height
  • 179
    Weight
  • Antelope Valley HS
    High School
  • Nevada
    Previous School
Jamaal Bell headshot for 2024
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Jamaal Bell
RB
Position
Fifth Year
Class
Lancaster, Calif.
Hometown

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Biography

CAREER HONORS
• 2024 Second-Team All-Big 12 (CFN) – KR 
 
2024 (Fifth-Year Senior): Honorable mention All-America kick returner who averaged 24 yards per kickoff return, including a 100-yard kickoff returned for a score at Colorado … Totaled 527 yards on 22 kickoff returns … Started the year playing slot receiver before shifting to running back midway through the year … Rushed five times for 27 yards and caught two balls for six yards … Opened his Baylor career with an eight-yard grab vs. Tarleton in the season lid-lifter … Had first kickoff return as a Bear go for 23 yards and had a one-yard rush at Utah … Lone return went for 100 yards to the house at Colorado … Had four returns for 94 yards, with a long of 29 vs. BYU … Had two returns at Iowa State for 20 yards … Had three rushes for 25 yards, including a 20-yard scamper, and an 18-yard return in a rout of Texas Tech in Lubbock … Had four returns for 74 yards vs. OSU … Had a 19-yard return in the win over TCU … had three returns for 81 yards, including a long of 41 at WVU … Returned a kickoff twice for 46 yards at Houston … Had a 16-yard return vs. Kansas … Had two returns for 37 yards in the Texas Bowl vs. LSU. 

Previous School: Spent the 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 seasons as a record-setting kick returner, and speedy receiver, at Nevada … Set Nevada program records for kick returns (80) and kick-return yards (1,712) … Was tabbed honorable mention All-Mountain West as a kick returner in 2021 … Finished his Nevada career with 45 games played, 76 catches for 689 yards and three TDs, also rushing 39 times for 112 yards and a score … Averaged 21.4 yards per kickoff return … 2023: Caught 32 balls for 262 yards and a TD, also rushing 32 times for 114 yards and a score … Averaged 18.2 yards per kick return, totaling 439 yards on 24 attempts … Opened the year with eight catches for 121 yards and a TD at USC … Had eight grabs for 67 yards vs. Idaho … Caught five balls vs. Kansas … Had three catches at Texas State and two grabs at Fresno State … 2022: Appeared in 11 games with eight starts as a junior … Totaled 28 catches for 279 yards and averaging 22.9 yards on 11 kickoff returns … Had five grabs vs. UIW and six catches for 60 yards vs. Texas State … Had three catches for 65 yards at Air Force and three grabs each vs. Colorado State and UNLV … 2021: As a sophomore, had 14 catches for 119 yards and a score … Was named honorable mention all-conference as a kick returner with 27 returns for 628 yards … Had seven catches for 75 yards in the Quick Lane Bowl vs. WMU, his first career start … 2020: Played in all nine games off the bench with three catches for 37 yards … First career catch came vs. Utah State, an 11-yard grab … Had a 21-yard catch vs. Tulane in the Potato Bowl. 

High School: Played final two years at Antelope Valley High School after two seasons at Paraclete High School … Had 70 catches for 1,272 yards and 11 TDs at Antelope Valley, adding 34 carries for 302 yards … As a sophomore at Paraclete, rushed for 1,404 yards and 14 TDs, while adding 811 receiving yards and nine TDs.