2008 Football Roster
Roster
Aubrey Bell
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 216
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Prichard, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Blount HS
CAREER:
Has played in 30 games during his Mississippi State career, earning 11 starting calls at wide receiver ... Has caught 24 passes for 362 yards, a 15.1-yard per catch average, and one touchdown ... Also has had four special teams tackles ... Pressed into immediate service in the Bulldog wide receiver corps from the outset of his collegiate career and becoming a full-time starter by his junior season ... Came to State as a wide receiver candidate, moved to defensive back upon his arrival, but returned to wide receiver prior to his first collegiate game ... Was a two-way star in the Mobile, Ala., prep ranks.
2007:
Played in all 13 games during his junior campaign, earning eight starting calls in the wide receiver rotation ... Only missed starting the season’s first two games (vs. LSU and at Tulane), at South Carolina in Week 5, and at Kentucky in Week 9 ... Did not open the bowl game ... Finished fourth on the team with 14 catches for 186 yards, a 13.3-yard average, and one touchdown ... After failing to catch a pass in the opener, he made at least one catch in 10 of the last 11 games of the season (missing only against Alabama) ... Caught the first pass of his junior season in Mississippi State’s Week 2 win over Tulane, gaining 33 yards ... That reception came on a third-and-6 snap from the MSU 48 and prefaced Michael Henig’s 18-yard touchdown run that gave the Bulldogs’ a 14-7 lead at the time ... Made one catch for 16 yards in Mississippi State’s Week 3 victory at Auburn ... Caught two passes for 30 yards in the Bulldogs’ 31-15 win over Gardner-Webb one week later ... Also rushed once (1 yard) against the Runnin’ Bulldogs ... Caught a 28-yard touchdown pass in the Bulldogs’ Week 5 contest at South Carolina ... That scoring reception, the first of his career, came with 5:17 left in the first quarter and brought MSU back into a 7-7 tie with the Gamecocks at the time ... Had a 19-yard pass reception against UAB in Week 6 ... Made one catch (4 yards) and rushed once for an 11-yard gain against Tennessee one week later ... Added another catch (5 yards) in State’s Week 8 game at West Virginia ... Had two pass receptions for 25 yards one week later in the team’s win at Kentucky ... Returned to the stats column in Week 11 with a pair of receptions for 10 yards and added two more (16 yards) in the campaign-closing Battle For The Golden Egg vs. Ole Miss.
2006:
Did not dress during the first half of his sophomore season serving a suspension for the violation of athletic department rules ... Played in the final six games of his sophomore season, starting two times ... Made all eight of his catches for 151 yards, an 18.9-yard average, during his first four weeks back ... Returned to the game field with a bang in Week 7 against Jacksonville State ... Led the club in receiving with three catches for 62 yards, a 20.7-yard average, against the Gamecocks ... That total included a 36-yard completion ... Added two more receptions for 24 yards in the first start of his sophomore season during Week 8 at Georgia ... Had a season-long, 49-yard pass reception against Kentucky one week later ... Made two catches for 16 yards in his personal homecoming game at Alabama in Week 10 ... Added a pair of special teams tackles in the win over the Crimson Tide ... Was still trying to establish himself in the wide receiver rotation, he had an inconsistent spring practice period ... Made one catch for 11 yards in spring scrimmage situations ... Did contribute a blocked punt in those game-like sessions.
2005:
Played in all 11 games during his true freshman season and started one time (Alabama) ... Served on Bulldog special teams and as a reserve in the wide receiver corps ... Caught two passes for 25 yards on the season ... Made his only two collegiate catches during Week 9 action against home-state school Alabama ... Gained 25 yards on the two receptions.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Bama On Line ranked him the No. 13 prospect in the state of Alabama following his senior season ... Auburnsports.com ranked him No. 14 on the state’s list of the top players ... Rated No. 18 in the state by Superprep Magazine, the third-best wide receiver in its rankings ... Rivals.com recruiting web site ranked him as the No. 23 prospect in the state of Alabama following his senior season ... Credited with running a 4.52 in the 40-yard dash and with a 245-pound bench press max by Rivals ... That 40-yard dash time was the second-fastest among all wide receivers at the Baton Rouge (La.) NIKE Training Camp ... His 12 repetitions of 185 pounds on the bench press were the sixth-most among all wide outs ... Four-year starter for head coach Ben Harris at Class 5A Prichard (Ala.) Blount High School, just outside Mobile ... Had 52 catches for 996 yards and nine touchdowns during his senior season ... Also started at free safety for the Leopards ... Had 40 catches for 700 yards and four scores during his junior campaign, including a season-best 11 catches for 258 yards and a touchdown against Pensacola (Fla.) Tate ... Registered 12 TD receptions during his sophomore season ... Broke into the starting lineup in the ninth grade ... Also a standout basketball player at Blount, leading his prep team to the state regional finals in his junior season ... Solid, near-3.0 grade point average in the high school classroom ... Other top scholarship offers: Kentucky and Louisville.
PERSONAL:
Born Aubrey Jermaine Bell, 12-9-86, in Mobile, Ala.. ... Son of Ms. Minnie Welch ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
