Le'Veon Bell
Running Back
#26
Experience: 7 years
Height: 6-1
Age: 28
Weight: 225 lbs
College: Michigan State
Biography
- Seventh-year running back enters his first season with the Chiefs in 2020.
- On his first carry as a Jet, a five-yard run vs. BUF (9/8/19), became the quickest in pro football history to 8,000 scrimmage yards, accomplishing the feat in his 63rd regular-season game, beating out Hall of Fame running backs Eric Dickerson (64 games), Edgerrin James and LaDainian Tomlinson (65) and Marcus Allen (68).
- Originally entered the NFL as a second-round pick (48th overall) by the Steelers in the 2013 NFL Draft.
- Owns 6,199 career rushing yards, ranking as the fifth-most among all active running backs in the NFL.
- Has produced 118.5 yards from scrimmage per game in his NFL career, the fifth-best average among all players in league history with at least 50 games played.
- Has finished in the top five in rushing three times, the only running back in the league to do so between 2014-17.
- In four career postseason games, all with the Steelers, produced 424 yards and three touchdowns on 81 carries and 88 yards and a touchdown on nine receptions tallying over 150 yards from scrimmage in three of his four contests, scoring multiple touchdowns in two of four games. Among active running backs with at least 75 postseason attempts, his 5.2 yards per carry average ranks fifth in NFL history.
- In 2019, his 66 receptions marked the third-consecutive season he produced 50+ catches as he finished with the seventh-most receptions by a running back and finished fifth in Jets history for receptions by a back in a season.
- In 2017, Finished second in the league with 1,946 scrimmage yards after totaling 1,291 yards
rushing (third best in the league) on 321 carries and 665 yards receiving on a running back-leading 85 receptions. - Became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 5,000 rushing yards and 2,500 receiving yards in his career (59 games).
- Became the first player in NFL history with at least 4,000 rushing and 2,000 receiving yards in his first 50 games.
- Named to the Pro Bowl following the 2014, 2016 and 2017 seasons.
- Was named First-Team All Pro by AP, the PFWA and SN following the 2014 season.
- Was named First-Team All Pro by the PFWA and SN and Second-Team All Pro by AP following the 2017 season.
- Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week three times during his career during the 2014 (Week 14), 2016 (Week 14) and 2017 (Week 6) seasons.
- Named AFC Offensive Player of the Month twice during his career, both for the month of December in the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
- Signed by Kansas City (10/17/20) ... Released by the New York Jets (10/14/20) ... Signed by the New York Jets (3/13/19) ... Originally entered the NFL as a second-round pick (48th overall) by the Steelers in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | @Broncos | W 43 - 16 | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
| 6 | @Bills | W 26 - 17 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | @Bills | L 17 - 27 | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 5 | @Jets | W 30 - 10 | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Career Stats
RB FB Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 13 | 244 | 860 | 3.5 | 8 | 45 | 399 | 8.9 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 | 290 | 1361 | 4.7 | 8 | 83 | 854 | 10.3 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 6 | 113 | 556 | 4.9 | 3 | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 12 | 261 | 1268 | 4.9 | 7 | 75 | 616 | 8.2 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 15 | 321 | 1291 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 655 | 7.7 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | New York Jets | 15 | 15 | 245 | 789 | 3.2 | 3 | 66 | 461 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | New York Jets | 2 | 2 | 19 | 74 | 3.9 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 0 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 80 | 79 | 1499 | 6238 | 4.45 | 38 | 381 | 3160 | 7.6 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 5 |