← 1984 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R1 · #26 OVERALL · RB

Greg Bell

Drafted by BUF · GM Stew Barber · Notre Dame

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Greg Bell across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played80
Games started67
Weighted career AV38
Pro Bowls1
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons7

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1984 · Round 1 · #26

BUF draft credit

GM Stew Barber

Team games40
Team starts38
On-team AV21
On-team PB / AP11 / 0
Good+0.03 contribution8th of 38 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Good pick

Greg Bell was Stew Barber's 8th-best of 38 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +0.03. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Stew Barber's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
40
on drafting team · 80 full-career
Games started
38
on drafting team · 67 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
21
modeled; full weighted AV 38
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
1
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Stew Barber's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Stew Barber pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Greg Bell totals +0.03. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+614. Kelly#14 · Jim Kelly · aggregate +6.82Kelly +6.839. Talley#39 · Darryl Talley · aggregate +1.9129. Cribbs#29 · Joe Cribbs · aggregate +1.5767. Brammer#67 · Mark Brammer · aggregate +0.9693. Parker#93 · Ervin Parker · aggregate +0.7679. McNanie#79 · Sean McNanie · aggregate +0.2377. Bellinger#77 · Rodney Bellinger · aggregate +0.1826. Bell#26 · Greg Bell · aggregate +0.03Bell +0.0182. David#182 · Stan David · aggregate -0.1848. Kofler#48 · Matt Kofler · aggregate -0.26160. Chivers#160 · DeWayne Chivers · aggregate -0.32180. Brown#180 · Gurnest Brown · aggregate -0.3228. Moore#28 · Booker Moore · aggregate -0.34161. Holt#161 · Robert Holt · aggregate -0.3995. Brookins#95 · Mitchell Brookins · aggregate -0.39135. Clark#135 · Calvin Clark · aggregate -0.56126. Boom#126 · Matt Vanden Boom · aggregate -0.5676. Mosley#76 · Mike Mosley · aggregate -0.59188. Doolittle#188 · Steve Doolittle · aggregate -0.5982. Neal#82 · Speedy Neal · aggregate -0.60112. Payne#112 · Jimmy Payne · aggregate -0.6149. Williams#49 · Chris Williams · aggregate -0.69119. Pyburn#119 · Jeff Pyburn · aggregate -0.7193. Williams#93 · Van Williams · aggregate -0.7359. Marve#59 · Eugene Marve · aggregate -0.7550. Franklin#50 · Byron Franklin · aggregate -0.8141. Richardson#41 · Eric Richardson · aggregate -0.8583. Geathers#83 · Robert Geathers · aggregate -0.87129. Lee#129 · Keith Lee · aggregate -1.0137. Bradley#37 · Gene Bradley · aggregate -1.0812. Hunter#12 · Tony Hunter · aggregate -1.2471. Schmeding#71 · John Schmeding · aggregate -1.29155. Slaton#155 · Tony Slaton · aggregate -1.3819. Tuttle#19 · Perry Tuttle · aggregate -1.43128. Kidd#128 · John Kidd · aggregate -3.73Kidd -3.716. Ritcher#16 · Jim Ritcher · aggregate -4.93Ritcher -4.993. Junkin#93 · Trey Junkin · aggregate -10.01Junkin -10.0171. Anderson#171 · Gary Anderson · aggregate -10.82Anderson -10.8

Incremental contribution by season

-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+21980 · Ervin Parker · incremental +0.141980 · Mark Brammer · incremental +0.251980 · Joe Cribbs · incremental +0.511980 · Jeff Pyburn · incremental -1.201980 · Keith Lee · incremental -1.671980 · Gene Bradley · incremental -1.671980 · John Schmeding · incremental -2.051980 · Jim Ritcher · incremental -12.941981 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.121981 · Ervin Parker · incremental +0.201981 · Mark Brammer · incremental +0.501981 · Joe Cribbs · incremental +0.931981 · Mike Mosley · incremental -0.071981 · Chris Williams · incremental -0.081981 · Booker Moore · incremental -0.171981 · Robert Holt · incremental -0.181981 · Byron Franklin · incremental -0.331981 · Calvin Clark · incremental -0.981981 · Steve Doolittle · incremental -0.991981 · Robert Geathers · incremental -1.431982 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.061982 · Joe Cribbs · incremental +0.111982 · Ervin Parker · incremental +0.331982 · Mark Brammer · incremental +0.341982 · Booker Moore · incremental -0.061982 · Van Williams · incremental -0.111982 · Chris Williams · incremental -0.141982 · Mike Mosley · incremental -0.291982 · Matt Kofler · incremental -0.371982 · Robert Holt · incremental -0.491982 · DeWayne Chivers · incremental -0.721982 · Perry Tuttle · incremental -0.951982 · Eugene Marve · incremental -1.341982 · Gary Anderson · incremental -16.751983 · Matt Kofler · incremental +0.071983 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.251983 · Mark Brammer · incremental +0.371983 · Ervin Parker · incremental +0.471983 · Joe Cribbs · incremental +0.901983 · Eugene Marve · incremental -0.011983 · Booker Moore · incremental -0.101983 · Byron Franklin · incremental -0.311983 · Van Williams · incremental -0.451983 · Mike Mosley · incremental -0.531983 · Gurnest Brown · incremental -0.581983 · Chris Williams · incremental -0.911983 · Tony Hunter · incremental -0.971983 · Matt Vanden Boom · incremental -0.971983 · Jimmy Payne · incremental -1.051983 · Perry Tuttle · incremental -1.241983 · Darryl Talley · incremental -1.611983 · Trey Junkin · incremental -15.631984 · Rodney Bellinger · incremental +0.021984 · Mark Brammer · incremental +0.141984 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.211984 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.411984 · Greg Bell · incremental +0.471984 · Matt Kofler · incremental -0.001984 · Booker Moore · incremental -0.001984 · Sean McNanie · incremental -0.011984 · Eugene Marve · incremental -0.011984 · Mike Mosley · incremental -0.051984 · Eric Richardson · incremental -0.081984 · Stan David · incremental -0.291984 · Mitchell Brookins · incremental -0.321984 · Trey Junkin · incremental -0.431984 · Van Williams · incremental -0.471984 · Byron Franklin · incremental -0.571984 · Speedy Neal · incremental -0.961984 · Tony Hunter · incremental -0.991984 · Tony Slaton · incremental -2.201984 · John Kidd · incremental -4.031985 · Joe Cribbs · incremental +0.011985 · Sean McNanie · incremental +0.101985 · Booker Moore · incremental +0.101985 · Rodney Bellinger · incremental +0.141985 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.241985 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.241985 · Van Williams · incremental -0.001985 · Eugene Marve · incremental -0.011985 · Greg Bell · incremental -0.191985 · Mitchell Brookins · incremental -0.281985 · John Kidd · incremental -0.401985 · Eric Richardson · incremental -0.811986 · Rodney Bellinger · incremental +0.121986 · Sean McNanie · incremental +0.181986 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.251986 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.431986 · Jim Kelly · incremental +0.581986 · Eugene Marve · incremental -0.011986 · Greg Bell · incremental -0.081986 · Eric Richardson · incremental -0.311986 · John Kidd · incremental -0.401987 · Sean McNanie · incremental +0.141987 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.181987 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.331987 · Jim Kelly · incremental +1.011987 · Eugene Marve · incremental -0.011987 · Greg Bell · incremental -0.021987 · John Kidd · incremental -0.371988 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.251988 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.411988 · Jim Kelly · incremental +1.181988 · John Kidd · incremental -0.401989 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.251989 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.441989 · Jim Kelly · incremental +0.521989 · John Kidd · incremental -0.251990 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.251990 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.341990 · Jim Kelly · incremental +1.161991 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.271991 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.351991 · Jim Kelly · incremental +2.891992 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.261992 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.441992 · Jim Kelly · incremental +1.201993 · Jim Ritcher · incremental +0.171993 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.451993 · Jim Kelly · incremental +0.581994 · Darryl Talley · incremental +0.431994 · Jim Kelly · incremental +0.541995 · Jim Kelly · incremental +0.521996 · Jim Kelly · incremental +0.41Lee -1.7Bradley -1.7Schmeding -2.0Ritcher -12.9Anderson -16.8Talley -1.6Junkin -15.6Bell +0.5Slaton -2.2Kidd -4.0Bell -0.2Bell -0.1Bell -0.0Kelly +2.919808 players198112 players198214 players198318 players198420 players198512 players19869 players19877 players19884 players19894 players19903 players19913 players19923 players19933 players19942 players19951 player19961 player
Above expectationBelow expectationGreg BellGM total -35.6Greg Bell by season +0.2

How much retained production did Greg Bell return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: RBs drafted within ±5 picks of Greg Bell since 2010 (9 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

0Model value above slot28. IngramMark Ingram · model value +0.424. JacobsJosh Jacobs · model value +0.425. EtienneTravis Etienne · model value +0.331. MichelSony Michel · model value +0.331. MartinDoug Martin · model value +0.224. HarrisNajee Harris · model value 030. BestJahvid Best · model value -0.127. PennyRashaad Penny · model value -0.126. BellGreg Bell · model value -0.1-0.122. HamptonOmarion Hampton · model value -0.4
Greg BellSlot-similar peers (9)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'84'86'88'9001734506701Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (7 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1984BUF16159
1985BUF16157
1986BUF664
1987BUF, LAR432
1988LAR161310
1989LAR16159
1990LV601

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