There is really only one thing a college football recruiter needs to know about Jalen Bell. The senior linebacker/safety at Osceola High had an impressive six interceptions this season and he’s ranked in the top 20 among the state leaders, according to MaxPreps.
Couple that with Bell’s size (6-foot-2, 190 pounds) and I would think any college recruiter would be scrambling to hit his computer to look for Bell’s Hudl film. Apparently, no one has. He has no Football Bowl Subdivision scholarship offers, and it leaves me and his coach equally baffled.
“We’ve been trying,” Osceola coach Eric Pinellas said. “We have no idea what the deal is.”
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There are no strikes against Bell. His has good grades with a 3.3 GPA and made the school honor roll. He seems to be a young man of good character, and he can darn sure play some football. He comes advertised as a linebacker, for the most part, but this dude can play almost anywhere on defense.
Pinellas has moved him around, from linebacker to safety to corner. Against Jones this season, Bell was playing linebacker and the Kowboys kept getting beat on the boundaries by the wide receivers. Pinellas switched Bell to cornerback and the result was two interceptions in that game against Vernell Brown III, one of the top receivers in Central Florida.
Bell has some lower-level options for college, but he’s much better than that. So far he has offers from Long Island, Duquesne, St. Thomas and Keiser.
“It’s a little frustrating,” Bell said. “When you put a lot of hard work in and you don’t get a lot of the attention that you feel like you deserve, that’s just life and you’re going to be overlooked sometimes.”
Bell, the No. 10 player in the Sentinel’s 2024 Central Florida Super60, is waiting out the…
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Publish date : 2023-12-06 04:36:00
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