Blake Bell

TE · SF/MIN/JAX/KC/DAL · 2015–2023

Born August 7, 1991 · College Oklahoma · Drafted 2015, round 4, pick 117 (SF) · 6-6, 252 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2020	DAL	11	1	2	2.00	+0.735	100.0	+0.7	+0.03
2021	KC	11	4	10	2.50	+0.821	100.0	+3.3	+0.11
Career	KC	71	5	12	2.40	+0.804	100.0	+4.0	+0.14

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	SF	9	25	15	186	0	60.0	−0.087	+0.064−0.113 to +0.242	7.7	7.4	−2.2	−0.08
2016	SF	8	9	4	85	0	44.4	+0.292	+0.137−0.049 to +0.323	3.5	12.0	+2.6	+0.01
2017	MIN	3	4	3	19	0	75.0	−0.537	+0.047−0.142 to +0.237	3.7	1.5	−2.1	−0.01
2018	JAX	7	11	8	67	0	72.7	+0.186	+0.145−0.040 to +0.331	5.3	5.3	+2.0	+0.05
2019	KC	13	15	8	67	0	53.3	−0.179	+0.110−0.073 to +0.293	3.4	6.6	−2.7	−0.11
2019 playoffs	KC	2	3	3	24	1	100.0	+0.778		4.1	4.0	+2.3	+0.03
2020	DAL	11	15	11	110	0	73.3	+0.101	+0.127−0.056 to +0.310	3.4	5.1	+1.5	−0.04
2021	KC	11	13	9	87	0	69.2	+0.094	+0.097−0.087 to +0.281	3.1	2.4	+1.2	+0.03
2021 playoffs	KC	1	1	1	3	0	100.0	−0.382		2.6	-1.0	−0.4	−0.00
2022	KC	2	2	2	20	1	100.0	+0.918	+0.103−0.088 to +0.294	3.1	6.0	+1.8	+0.05
2022 playoffs	KC	1	2	1	4	0	50.0	−0.434		5.7	6.5	−0.9	−0.01
2023	KC	7	9	5	26	1	55.6	−1.358	+0.018−0.168 to +0.204	3.6	3.3	−12.2	−0.21
Career	KC	71	103	65	667	2	63.1	−0.097		4.1	5.9	−10.0	−0.29

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2016	SF	8	6
2017	MIN	3	1
2018	JAX	7	1
2019	KC	13	2
2023	KC	7	1
Career	KC	71	11

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	SF	12	102	13.2	–	–
2017	MIN	13	134	15.0	–	–
2018	JAX	10	218	34.2	–	–
2019	KC	15	382	39.5	–	–
2019 playoffs	KC	3	79	40.1	2	1.4
2020	DAL	16	352	31.0	–	–
2021	KC	16	302	27.7	–	–
2021 playoffs	KC	3	58	27.6	–	–
2022	KC	3	28	16.7	–	–
2022 playoffs	KC	1	7	10.6	–	–
2023	KC	17	225	20.4	–	–
2023 playoffs	KC	4	54	19.2	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	2	100.0	0	0.0	0	–
2023	9	77.8	1	14.3	1	0.0

Game logs

2023 game log (7 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-07	vs DET	L 20–21	3	2	12	1	+1.1	0
7	2023-10-22	vs LAC	W 31–17	1	1	7	0	−4.5	0
8	2023-10-29	@ DEN	L 9–24	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
13	2023-12-03	@ GB	L 19–27	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2023-12-17	@ NE	W 27–17	1	0	0	0	−6.4	0
16	2023-12-25	vs LV	L 14–20	1	1	4	0	+0.1	0
18	2024-01-07	@ LAC	W 13–12	2	1	3	0	−2.0	0

2022 game log (3 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
17	2023-01-01	vs DEN	W 27–24	1	1	17	1	+2.1
18	2023-01-07	@ LV	W 31–13	1	1	3	0	−0.2
P20	2023-01-21	vs JAX	W 27–20	2	1	4	0	−0.9

2021 game log (12 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2021-09-12	vs CLE	W 33–29	1	2	+0.5	1	1	3	−0.3
2	2021-09-19	@ BAL	L 35–36	0	0	0.0	1	1	20	+1.4
3	2021-09-26	vs LAC	L 24–30	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	+0.7
5	2021-10-10	vs BUF	L 20–38	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	−0.3
8	2021-11-01	vs NYG	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	−1.2
9	2021-11-07	vs GB	W 13–7	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.8
10	2021-11-14	@ LV	W 41–14	1	3	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0
11	2021-11-21	vs DAL	W 19–9	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	−0.8
15	2021-12-16	@ LAC	W 34–28 OT	1	3	+0.3	1	0	0	−0.5
16	2021-12-26	vs PIT	W 36–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	+0.7
17	2022-01-02	@ CIN	L 31–34	1	2	+1.9	3	3	35	+2.4
P19	2022-01-16	vs PIT	W 42–21	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	−0.4

2020 game log (11 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2020-09-20	vs ATL	W 40–39	0	0	0.0	3	2	34	+1.2
3	2020-09-27	@ SEA	L 31–38	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.7
4	2020-10-04	vs CLE	L 38–49	0	0	0.0	2	2	24	+1.5
5	2020-10-11	vs NYG	W 37–34	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	+0.8
6	2020-10-19	vs ARI	L 10–38	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.4
9	2020-11-08	vs PIT	L 19–24	0	0	0.0	2	1	-4	−2.2
11	2020-11-22	@ MIN	W 31–28	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	+1.0
13	2020-12-08	@ BAL	L 17–34	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	−0.3
14	2020-12-13	@ CIN	W 30–7	0	0	0.0	1	1	11	+0.9
15	2020-12-20	vs SF	W 41–33	1	2	+0.7	1	1	10	+0.5
16	2020-12-27	vs PHI	W 37–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	+0.3

2019 game log (15 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ JAX	W 40–26	1	1	7	0	+0.4	0
2	2019-09-15	@ LV	W 28–10	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
3	2019-09-22	vs BAL	W 33–28	1	1	1	0	−0.6	0
4	2019-09-29	@ DET	W 34–30	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2019-10-13	vs HOU	L 24–31	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
7	2019-10-17	@ DEN	W 30–6	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
8	2019-10-27	vs GB	L 24–31	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
9	2019-11-03	vs MIN	W 26–23	1	1	2	0	−0.5	0
13	2019-12-01	vs LV	W 40–9	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
14	2019-12-08	@ NE	W 23–16	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2019-12-15	vs DEN	W 23–3	2	2	41	0	+3.2	0
16	2019-12-22	@ CHI	W 26–3	3	2	15	0	−0.2	0
17	2019-12-29	vs LAC	W 31–21	2	1	1	0	−2.2	0
P19	2020-01-12	vs HOU	W 51–31	2	2	15	1	+1.9	0
P21	2020-02-02	vs SF	W 31–20	1	1	9	0	+0.5	0

2018 game log (7 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
8	2018-10-28	vs PHI	L 18–24	2	1	13	−0.9	0
10	2018-11-11	@ IND	L 26–29	3	2	27	+2.5	0
12	2018-11-25	@ BUF	L 21–24	1	1	5	−0.0	0
14	2018-12-06	@ TEN	L 9–30	2	2	16	+1.5	0
15	2018-12-16	vs WAS	L 13–16	1	1	6	+0.2	0
16	2018-12-23	@ MIA	W 17–7	1	0	0	−0.8	1
17	2018-12-30	@ HOU	L 3–20	1	1	0	−0.5	0

2017 game log (3 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2017-09-17	@ PIT	L 9–26	1	0	0	−2.7	0
4	2017-10-01	vs DET	L 7–14	1	1	12	+0.9	0
14	2017-12-10	@ CAR	L 24–31	2	2	7	−0.4	1

2016 game log (8 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2016-09-18	@ CAR	L 27–46	2	1	6	−0.8	0
3	2016-09-25	@ SEA	L 18–37	1	0	0	−0.5	1
5	2016-10-06	vs ARI	L 21–33	2	1	4	−1.6	0
7	2016-10-23	vs TB	L 17–34	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2016-11-20	vs NE	L 17–30	0	0	0	0.0	2
12	2016-11-27	@ MIA	L 24–31	1	0	0	−0.4	2
14	2016-12-11	vs NYJ	L 17–23 OT	2	1	30	+1.2	0
15	2016-12-18	@ ATL	L 13–41	1	1	45	+4.8	0

2015 game log (9 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
2	2015-09-20	@ PIT	L 18–43	3	1	11	−0.1
3	2015-09-27	@ ARI	L 7–47	1	1	0	−0.5
5	2015-10-11	@ NYG	L 27–30	1	1	6	−0.0
12	2015-11-29	vs ARI	L 13–19	3	3	67	+3.0
13	2015-12-06	@ CHI	W 26–20 OT	3	1	5	−1.9
14	2015-12-13	@ CLE	L 10–24	3	3	49	+3.2
15	2015-12-20	vs CIN	L 14–24	8	4	43	−4.0
16	2015-12-27	@ DET	L 17–32	1	0	0	−0.7
17	2016-01-03	vs LA	W 19–16 OT	2	1	5	−1.1