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David Bell

WR · Purdue · age 21.4 · 6'1" · 212 lb
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 6, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#97
Day 2
Bust probability
16%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#99
CLE
Consensus rank
#76
24 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.05
Athletic testing-0.03
High-school recruit grade+0.03
Age at draft+0.02
charting rb offense grade+0.02
charting: intermediate-route grade, career avg-0.02
charting: intermediate-route grade, final season-0.01
Pre-draft consensus-0.01

Pre-draft consensus (25 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#94
4 For 4 (Anthony Staggs)#102
Battle Red Blog (Matt Robinson)#103
Bleacher Report#92
Bleeding Green Nation (Ben Natan)#33
Blue Chip Scouting (Devin Jackson)#79
Blue Chip Scouting (Nick Price)#30
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#112
CBS (Josh Edwards)#91
Draftwire (Luke Easterling)#79
Fantasy Pros (Andrew Erickson)#75
Fox Sports (Rob Rang)#102
Nbc Sports (Thor Nystrom)#103
NFL Com (Daniel Jeremiah)#102
Ninety Nine Yards (Craig Strachan)#85
Pro Football Focus (Trevor Sikkema)#97

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
3
Avg snap share
22%
2nd-deal AAV
$1.3M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Isaiah Coulter2020 · #1710.1Bust
JuJu Smith-Schuster2017 · #6217.2Bust
Tee Higgins2020 · #3315.7Franchise
JJ Arcega-Whiteside2019 · #576.4Contributor
Gabe Davis2020 · #12815.4Franchise
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