Daniel Bell (Canadian football)
{{short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 2001)}}
{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography
| name = Daniel Bell
| number = 48
| team = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| image_upright = 1
| image = 2024, 48, Daniel Bell.jpg
| caption = Bell with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|5|17}}
| birth_place = Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| status = Active
| import = no
| position1 = Defensive back
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 218
| CIS = Mount Allison
| high_school =
| CFLDraftedYear = 2024
| CFLDraftedRound = 4
| CFLDraftedPick = 34
| CFLDraftedTeam = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2024}}–present
| playing_team1 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| career_footnotes =
| career_highlights =
| CFL = daniel-bell/168807/
}}
Daniel Bell (born May 17, 2001) is a Canadian professional football defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
University career
Bell played U Sports football for the Mount Allison Mounties from 2019 to 2023.{{cite web|url=https://mountiepride.ca/sports/fball/2022-23/bios/bell_daniel_c0sr |title=Daniel Bell |publisher=Mount Allison Mounties |access-date=January 5, 2025}} After sitting out in 2020 due to the cancelled 2020 U Sports football season, he played in 30 games with the team where he had 177 tackles, six interceptions, 19 tackles for loss, and seven sacks.{{cite web|url=https://mountiepride.ca/sports/fball/2023-24/releases/20240501by6eg0 |title=Football Mountie Dan Bell selected in CFL draft |publisher=Mount Allison Mounties |date=May 1, 2024}} He was the AUS most outstanding defensive player in 2021 and 2023, a First Team U Sports All-Canadian in 2021, a Second Team U Sports All-Canadian in 2023, and an AUS All-Star in each of his four seasons.
Professional career
Bell was selected by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the fourth round, 34th overall, of the 2024 CFL draft and signed with the team on May 9, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://3downnation.com/2024/05/09/hamilton-tiger-cats-sign-seven-including-first-round-draft-pick-nathaniel-dumoulin-duguay/ |title=Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign seven, including first-round draft pick Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay |publisher=3DownNation |date=May 9, 2024}} He made the team's active roster following training camp in 2024 and had his professional debut on June 8, 2024, against the Calgary Stampeders where he recorded one special teams tackle.{{cite web|url=https://www.ticats.ca/players/daniel-bell/168807/ |title=Daniel Bell |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |access-date=January 5, 2025}} He played in 17 regular season games where he had ten special teams tackles.
References
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External links
- [https://www.ticats.ca/players/daniel-bell/168807/ Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio]
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Category:Canadian football defensive backs
Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Category:Mount Allison Mounties football players
Category:Players of Canadian football from New Brunswick