Darius Bell

Photo by: ZUMA Press

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-5
Weight:
300
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hamilton, Ontario
High School:
Clearwater Academy International
Prev School:
Maine
Major:
Kinesiology

Career Notes: Earned four varsity letters (2/East Carolina, 2/Maine) … Played in 40 career games (22/East Carolina, 18/Maine) … Started 35 career games on the offensive line (19/East Carolina, 16/Maine) … Logged 2,420 career offensive snaps … Member of back-to-back Go Bowling Military Bowl Championships (2024 and 2025).

2025 (East Carolina): Started all 13 games at center for the Pirates earning second varsity letter … Two-time game day captain (Campbell and Army) … Logged 968 snaps on the offensive line which was tied for a team-high with Kojo Poku … Helped provide running lanes for three 100-plus yard rushing efforts (London Montgomery 125/Tulsa, 103/Memphis; Marlon Gunn Jr. 130/Florida Atlantic) … Member of an offensive unit that averaged 449.0 yards of total offense per game (13th nationally) and 176.3 rushing yards per contest (45th nationally) … The Pirates offense also stood among the FBS leaders (Top 35) in 3rd down conversion percentage (16th/47.2), passing offense (19th/272.7 pg), first down offense (22nd/303), scoring offense (24th/32.7 pg), sacks allowed (25th/1.38 pg) and passing efficiency (35th/146.22) … Member of an offensive line unit that helped the Pirates register 500 or more total yards in a game four times (Campbell, Tulsa, Temple, Florida Atlantic) recording 614 at Temple … ECU rushed for 200 or more yards in a game on four occasions (Coastal Carolina, Tulsa, Temple and Florida Atlantic) with a season-high 358 at Temple … Four times the Pirates passed for 300-plus yards (NC State, Campbell, Tulsa and Memphis) with a season-high 383 at NC State in the season opener … Member of the Go Bowling Military Bowl Championship squad.

2024 (East Carolina): Earned varsity letter after starting six of nine games played … Logged 494 total snaps (473 offense, 21 special teams) … Started first six games of the season … Helped provide running lanes for all five of Rahjai Harris’ 100-yards games … Helped the Pirates average 436.4 yards of offense a contest, which ranked 24th in FBS … ECU’s offense averaged 32.0 points per game (34th nationally), while its offense averaged 253.3 passing yards per contest (24th nationally) and 172.4 rushing yards per contest (50th nationally) … Member of offensive line unit that helped the Pirates register 500 or more total yards in a game five times (Norfolk State, Temple, Florida Atlantic, Tulsa, North Texas) … Member of the Go Bowling Military Bowl Championship squad … Officially enrolled at ECU in January of 2024.

2023 (Maine): Started all nine games for the Black Bears during sophomore campaign … Member of an offensive unit that averaged 359.8 yards per game which included 280.1 passing yards per contest ranking 10th in the FCS.

2022 (Maine): Appeared in nine games with seven starts as a redshirt freshman … Played left tackle where he logged 565 of 566 snaps … Allowed just 14 quarterback pressures over final eight games … Black Bears averaged 353.7 yards of offense per game.

2021 (Maine): Redshirted during initial year with the program.

High School: Competed at Clearwater Academy International high school in Clearwater, Florida ... Also spent time at St. Thomas More high school in Canada ... First Team All-Canadian honoree and a two-time First Team All-Conference selection ... Guided his previous teams to three district titles and was a two-time All-Province and two-time team MVP in track & field.

Personal: Graduated in summer of 2025 with an undergraduate degree in communication from East Carolina ... In 2025 was enrolled in MS program for kinesiology ... Named to American Conference All-Academic Team (2024) ... Named to ECU Director of Athletics Dean's List in spring 2025.