Chris Bell (WR, Miami Dolphins) — 2026 fantasy outlook, updated Sep 28, 2026.
Based on verified 2025 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring.
Bell caught 4 of 7 targets for 67 yards and three first downs, including a 44-yard catch from the Miami 12 that was the longest Dolphins play of the game. All three of his third-down targets were caught and two converted, and his targets were worth plus 3.5 expected points, the most on the Dolphins, in a 24–10 loss to the Chiefs.
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More episodes
- Week 2
Chris Bell — Week 2: One Target, in the Fourth Quarter
Bell was thrown to once, an incompletion short right on second and 14 with 7:43 left and Miami down 35–6, and his name is on no other play. Malik Willis threw 23 times; among wide receivers the targets went Malik Washington 5, Caleb Douglas 3, Bell 1 and Ryan Miller 1, in a 35–13 loss to the 49ers.
- Week 1
Chris Bell — Week 1: Two Targets, One Twenty-Five-Yarder
Bell, a third-round rookie coming off a torn ACL, was not on Miami's inactive list Sunday and caught one of two targets: twenty-five yards deep right on the first play after a Miami interception, the drive that produced the Dolphins' only touchdown. His two targets came out at plus one point five expected points, in a 27–13 loss to the Raiders.
- Camp · Aug 31, 2026
Chris Bell Camp Update — August 31: Two Catches in His NFL Debut
Chris Bell, back from the November knee tear at Louisville, made his NFL debut in Friday's preseason finale — two catches on five targets for twenty-two yards, including an eighteen-yarder — and made the initial fifty-three-man roster Miami announced Sunday. Less than two weeks ago he was in a red no-contact jersey.
- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Chris Bell Camp Update — August 23: Off the List, Onto the Field
Chris Bell came off the non-football injury list and took his first practice reps as a professional on Tuesday — limited, in a red no-contact jersey, three team-period routes. The milestone every downstream question was waiting on has arrived, and Friday's preseason finale is now an open door.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Chris Bell Camp Update — August 16: Running Full Speed, Not Yet Cutting
Chris Bell is still on the non-football injury list, running at full speed but not yet cutting, and his coordinator calls him a long way away. The June read said the knee sets the schedule, and the knee still does.
- 2026 Preview
Chris Bell 2026 Season Preview — what we know, and what nobody does
Show notes & transcript
Chris Bell was drafted on the tape and priced on the knee. Pick two 12 is the market's offer for a third-rounder whose last live football ended in a torn ACL — the caution is sound. So is the upside case. That's the episode.
The record: 90-fourth overall from Louisville, per the team's draft coverage, months after the November ACL that ended his best season — 72 catches at the time of the injury, per the school. Pre-injury evaluations tracked him rounds higher, per CBS Sports. The rehab file, dated: no timetable, per Jeff Hafley in late May via the Miami Herald — then ahead of schedule, running and jumping, a season-opening reserve stint still possible, per Athlon in June.
The situation: the room was stripped to the studs. Tyreek Hill released, Jaylen Waddle traded to Denver, per the offseason reporting — Waddle's 64 catches and 910 verified yards walked out with him. The top returning target, per NFL.com, is Malik Washington — verified at 46 catches. New everything else: Hafley coaching, Bobby Slowik coordinating since April, Malik Willis at quarterback, per the club and CBS. Opportunity is not his problem. Availability is.
The plainest stance in this batch: an ACL rehab runs on a schedule the building itself won't commit to — pricing that is guessing, and we don't guess. If the knee is ready, the depth chart is wide open. That's an if, not a projection.
Watch: the reserve-list decision when camp opens, and the date of his first full-contact practice — everything downstream keys off those two. If he's one of your guys, this show exists for your whole roster — every player, every week, all season.
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