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Grantis Bell Wide Receiver/Defensive Back
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Height: 5-8
Weight: 155
Date of Birth: 8/11/66
College: West Virginia
Year-by-Year:
1993: Made his debut with the Detroit Drive, catching 39 passes for 681 yards and eight touchdowns as the team's number three receiver...Also added his only career interception...Caught five passes for 77 yards and scored on a 34-yard touchdown catch in the Drive's ArenaBowl VII loss to the Storm (8/21).1994: Followed the Drive when they moved to Massachusetts to become the Marauders...Caught three passes for 27 yards before suffering a broken elbow in the Marauders' 51-50 loss to the Storm (7/23).
1995: Became a man without a team when the Marauders folded in the offseason...Acquired by the Storm off waivers on May 9, but due to job commitments, didn't make his first appearance until July 1 againt Memphis...Caught four passes for 56 yards and a touchdown in his Storm debut against the Pharaohs...Had his best game at Milwaukee (8/4), helping the Storm wrap up the No. 1 seed in the playoffs by catching four passes for 73 yards and a 41-yard touchdown...Caught two passes for 20 yards and a 10-yard touchdown in playoff win over Memphis (8/12)...Had three catches for 35 yards in semifinal triumph over Albany (8/18)...Caught two passes for 21 yards in ArenaBowl IX victory over Orlando (9/1).
1997: Took a year off before returning to the Storm...Made his debut against Orlando (6/27), catching three passes for 38 yards...One week later at Texas (7/5), caught two passes for 52 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown on the first play of the game...Was deactivated for games against Anaheim (7/12) and Iowa (7/19) before being placed on the suspended list on July 24.
Career Highlights: Played for the Orlando Thunder of the World League in their final season (1992)...In college, caught 46 passes for 819 yards and six touchdowns.
AFL Statistics
RECEIVING Year Team REC YDS AVG LG TD ---------------------------------------------- 1993 Detroit 39 681 17.5 -- 8 1994 Mass. 3 27 9.0 -- 1 1995 Tampa Bay 15 219 14.6 41 3 1997 Tampa Bay 5 90 18.0 45 1 ---------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 62 1017 16.4 45 13 RUSHING Year Team RUSH YDS AVG LG TD ---------------------------------------------- 1993 Detroit 0 0 0.0 0 0 1994 Mass. 0 0 0.0 0 0 1995 Tampa Bay 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 1997 Tampa Bay 0 0 0.0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 RETURNS Year Team KOR YDS MFG YDS TOT YDS AVG TD ------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 Detroit 2 31 1 10 3 41 13.7 0 1994 Mass. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1995 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1997 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 3 31 1 10 4 41 10.3 0 DEFENSE Year Team TKL AST SKS YDS FF-FR INT YDS TD ------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 Detroit 8 3 0 0 0-0 1 5 0 1994 Mass. 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1995 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1997 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- CAREER TOTALS 10 3 0 0 0-0 1 5 0