Player file
Chris Bell
WR Wide Receiver · official depth WR1 · Louisville · #18 · PRO
6' 2" · 220 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 22 · born 2004-06-07 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
MIA · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2026–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#72 rec yds · 1 g2026where he ranks at Receiving yards among 151 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
1 rec · 2 tgt · 25 rec yds · 0 rec TD2026 WR
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z2029Signed through
APY $1,692,774 · cap hit $1,231,108
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · MIA · WR · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 rec · 2 tgt · 25 rec yds · 0 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$1,692,774Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$1,231,108Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2030 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · MIA · WR · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 rec · 2 tgt · 25 rec yds · 0 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · MIA at WASDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · NYG at MIADid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · ATL at MIAStarted. · 2/5, 22 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · MIA at LV1/2, 25 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2025 · Louisville · receiving72 rec · 917 yds · 6 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2024 · Louisville · receiving43 rec · 737 yds · 4 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2023 · Louisville · receiving29 rec · 407 yds · 2 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2022 · Louisville · receiving7 rec · 105 yds · 0 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2026 Combine · WR · Louisville · 6-2 · 222 lb
Searched — none · in the combine table for this session with no drill value — did not participate or not recorded; the table does not say which
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
- 2026-07-21 → 2026-08-17 · MIA · Reserve/NFI · ended: activatedPlaced wide receiver Chris Bell on the active/non-football injury list.MIA transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
derived from filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
- 2026-08-17 · MIAActivated wide receiver Chris Bell off the non-football injury list.
- 2026-07-21 · MIAPlaced wide receiver Chris Bell on the active/non-football injury list.
- 2026-06-02 · MIASigned 10 draft picks: wide receiver Chris Bell, guard DJ Campbell, wide receiver Kevin Coleman Jr., wide receiver Caleb Douglas, tight end Will Kacmarek, edge Max Llewellyn, inside linebacker Kyle Louis, edge/inside lin
- 2026-04-24 · MIASelected wide receiver Chris Bell in the 2026 NFL Draft.
window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19
filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
- 2025 · 249 routesScreen 2% · Slant 29.7% · Curl 17.7% · Dig 6.8% · Post 8.8% · Nine 18.1% · Corner 2.8% · Out 6% · Comeback 1.2% · Flat 5.2% · Other 1.6%man 69.6% · zone 77.1% · press 68.8% · double 46.2%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01