BYU Football: Austin Bell Updates Injury Status Ahead of June Enrollment

On the same day that BYU football offered Austin Bell a PWO spot, Bell committed to the Cougars. Bell is a running back out of Corner Canyon who described BYU as his "dream school." Bell verbally committed to BYU in November and he plans to enroll in June.

Bell held scholarships from Utah State, Northern Arizona, Navy, Army, Air Force, and Yale before suffering an ACL in jury as a senior. "I am currently 5+ months out of knee surgery and doing great," Bell said. "About 80% return to full function."

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Speed - 4.50 laser 40
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L Drill Power - 6.44
Vertical Power - 34.5
Clean Strength - 325 lb
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JUNIOR:

First Team All State RB
6A Region 4 RB MVP
1459 Yds
25 TDs
8.8 YPC
15.6 YPR
Bull yards 67.73%

SOPHMORE:

Starting APB/SS
Co-MVP 5A State Championship
1302 Yds 14 TDs 7.4 YPC 16.8 YPR
41 Tackles 7 PBUs 2 Int (1 pick 6) 2 TFL 1 Forced fumble

On his relationship with BYU running back's coach Harvey Unga, Bell said, "Coach Unga is a great guy and I love the way he coaches, I feel like it’s a perfect fit."

While Bell considers BYU his dream school, it wasn't always that way:

"Honestly growing up I cheered for Utah, but these past couple years, I’ve realized how good of a school BYU is. The Coaching staff is awesome and the way they use their running backs is a perfect fit for me, I’m all in."

Bell tells SI that he will enroll at BYU in June. BYU has found a lot of success with preferred walk-ons that eventually earn scholarships. The Cougars' leading rusher Tyler Allgeier arrived at BYU as a PWO. Bell hopes to be the next PWO to earn a scholarship.

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