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Guilford College Quakers

2018 Football

5 De'Eric Bell

  • Height 5-7
  • Weight 190
  • Year Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Jackson, Ga.
  • High School Jackson
  • Position RB
  • Major Exercise & Sport Sciences

Biography

Career

  • ranked third in school history with 2,879 career rushing yards and a Guilford-best 32 rushing scores
  • holds school records for career kickoff return yards (1,838), career all-purpose yards (6,237), and all-purpose yards per game (183.44)
  • needs 25 points to break Guilford's career scoring standard
  • is five touchdowns shy of the Quakers' all-time mark

2017

  • appeared in all 10 games, with eight starts as a team captain
  • named First Team All-America all-purpose back by the American Football Coaches Association and D3football.com
  • D3football.com First Team All-South Region honoree at all-purpose back
  • earned First-Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) honors as the all-purpose back
  • set 12 school records
  • set league and school standards for all-purpose yardage in a game (424, vs. Methodist) and career (6,237), kick-return touchdowns in a season (3) and punt returns in a game (11, vs. Methodist)
  • led NCAA Division III in kick-return touchdowns (3), combined kick-return yardage (1,043), and all-purpose yards (221.10 yards per game)
  • set the school record with 424 all-purpose yards against Methodist University September 9, the most in Division III football in 2017
  • set the Division III mark with 11 punt returns against Methodist University
  • led the team in rushing for the third time in four years
  • stood second in Division III with a league-leading 30.8 yards per kick return, second-best in Quakers’ history
  • ranked fourth nationally with 831 total kick return yards, a school standard
  • stood third among the league’s rushing leaders (88.4 ypg.) and second in rushing touchdowns with a school-record 13
  • had three 100-yard rushing games, including a 227-yard, three-touchdown performance in Guilford’s win over Shenandoah University
  • matched the Guilford standard with four touchdowns (3 rushing, 1 return) in the Quakers’ season-ending, 21-point comeback win over ODAC-rival Emory & Henry College
  • earned ODAC’s Offensive Player of the Week Award twice
  • named to D3football.com's Team of the Week after the Methodist game

2016

  • made four starts for the Quakers before suffering a season-ending knee injury
  • led NCAA Division III in rushing yards three weeks into the season
  • ran for 579 yards on 73 carries, averaging 7.9 yards per tote
  • ranked third on the team with six touchdowns and was also a top kick returner
  • finished third among Guilford’s all-purpose yardage leaders (746) and averaged a team-high 186.5 all-purpose yards per game
  • ran for 295 yards and four touchdowns, both school records, in Guilford’s win over Methodist University
  • his 295 rushing yards stood fifth in ODAC history and were the fourth-highest single-game total in Division III during 2016
  • received ODAC Offensive Player of the Week honors and a spot on the D3football.com's Team of the Week
  • had 125 rushing yards and two scores on 13 carries the preceding week in a win over Greensboro College
  • compiled 146 rushing yards on 27 carries in a road victory over Averett University

2015

  • D3football.com Third Team All-America and Second Team All-South Region all-purpose back
  • First Team All-ODAC
  • received Guilford's Most Valuable Player Award
  • set school and ODAC records for single-season all-purpose yardage (2,235), which ranked second in Division III
  • led the Quakers and ranked third in the ODAC with 943 rushing yards, seventh-best in school history
  • set the Guilford standard with 736 kickoff return yards 
  • led the ODAC with a 30.7-yard kickoff return average, which ranked fourth nationally
  • returned a Division III-best four kicks for touchdowns (2 kickoffs, 2 punts) 
  • stood second in the country with 995 combined kick return yards 

2014

  • played in all 10 games for the Quakers, including three starts as a running back
  • Second-Team All-ODAC
  • stood second on the team with 473 rushing yards on 87 attempts and four touchdowns
  • ranked ninth in the league with 104.9 all-purpose yards per game.
  • one of his best performances came Oct. 4 against Washington and Lee University when he rushed for 149 yards on 24 attempts and two touchdowns
  • earned ODAC Offensive Player of the Week recognition for his play in the game

Personal

  • received Guilford's 2018 Best Male Athlete Award
  • named to Guilford's Fall 2015 Student-Athlete Honor Roll
  • lettered four years in football and baseball at Jackson High School
  • also lettered twice with the basketball team
  • active with Jackson's Student Government Association
  • an honor student at Jackson
  • son of Debra Cooper

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2014Freshman

    RB
    5'6" 185 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2015Sophomore

    RB
    5'6" 205 lbs
    25
  • 5

    2016Junior

    RB
    5'7" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2017Redshirt Junior

    RB
    5'7" 195 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Redshirt Senior

    RB
    5'7" 190 lbs
    5