NFL Draft Profile: Ronnie Bell, Wide Receiver, Michigan Wolverines

NFL Draft profile scouting report for Michigan WR Ronnie Bell

Ronnie Bell
Michigan Wolverines

#8
Pos: WR
Ht: 5115
Wt: 191
Hand: 0948
Arm: 3100
Wing: 7500
40: 4.54
DOB: 1/28/2000
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
High School: Park Hill
Eligibility: 2023

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One-Liner:

A silky route runner that wins with suddenness and smooth separation skills.

Evaluation:

Fluid build and length. Numerous alignments, including both tight and out wide, as an X, F, and Z receiver. Good blocker that will help spring runs with perimeter stalk blocks. He can easily change pace in his route tempo. Sudden hips to sink in and out of breaks, making speed-outs or hinge concepts look easy. Shows the ability to separate vertically when placed in one-on-one situations to the boundary. He wins off the line of scrimmage and stacks corners while tracking the ball over his shoulder. He knows how to help the quarterback and ad-lib out of structure. Doesn’t provide much after the catch. Seems to have to wait on the ball a lot or bog down in the open field. He struggles to elevate and make high-point grabs. He has a pretty limited catch radius; HE needs the ball in the body on the break. You can tell Bell is still getting healthy after a knee injury that sidelined him for the 2021 season. While he’s flashed some of his explosiveness, Bell still doesn’t look 100 percent and has some receiving issues to work through. If he can check out medically while providing adequate testing numbers, it will go a long way in his draft stock.

Grade:

4th Round

Background:

Ronnie Bell is a versatile offensive talent for Michigan when he has played receiver and punt returner where he caught a seventy-six-yard touchdown pass last year. Even as a freshman back in 2018, he played in thirteen games and had two touchdowns in that season. Bell went to Park Hill High School and was a three-year varsity player while also being an excellent basketball player too. He was a three-star prospect during his time and the fifteenth-best player in Missouri. He was born on January 28, 2000, and is majoring in English at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.