He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft.
He is the son of Tony and Terry Bell, and has a younger brother, T.J., and an older sister, Latrice Coleman.
He was listed as a Top 100 Texas player by First Down Recruiting, PrepStar, the Dallas Morning News and David Garvin.
He followed the regular season with an impressive spring during which he showed the new OSU staff he had the ability to run the ball inside.
Showed most of the country what he was capable of with an incredible long-distance run against Oklahoma in a nationally televised season finale on Lewis Field.
Against Colorado, Texas Tech, Baylor and Oklahoma, Bell carried the ball a combined 80 times for 333 yards.
[3] The Broncos originally acquired the pick along with cornerback Champ Bailey in a trade that sent Clinton Portis to the Washington Redskins.
[4] On March 1, 2007, Bell was traded along with George Foster and a draft pick to the Detroit Lions for Dré Bly.
On October 12, 2007, it was revealed that Bell had asked the Lions to trade him earlier in the week, due to the re-emergence of Kevin Jones and his diminished role at tailback.
Bell has since told the media that he did not demand a trade, but that he simply was disappointed in his diminishing role on the team.