Demetress Bell played for the Bills for three seasons and one season in Philadelphia.
16 Facts About Demetress Bell
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Demetress Bell is notable for making the NFL and playing for half a decade without ever having played a down of high school football, or having gone to college with the intention of playing football.
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Demetress Bell is the son of NBA Hall of Famer Karl Malone.
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Malone and Bell had previously spoken on only one occasion prior to repairing their relationship in 2014.
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Demetress Bell did not play organized football at all during that time.
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Demetress Bell was one of only four NCAA athletes to play both basketball and football in Division I in 2007.
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Demetress Bell was initially placed in the position of defensive end.
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Demetress Bell made a bigger name for himself in his senior season of 2007, having focused solely on football.
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Demetress Bell was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL draft.
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Consistent with their view of him as a work in progress, Demetress Bell was not activated for play in any of the Bills' regular season games in 2008.
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On July 21,2013, Demetress Bell was signed by the Dallas Cowboys.
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Demetress Bell was released by the Cowboys during the preseason on August 31,2013.
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In 2008, The Buffalo News published a story about Demetress Bell that included the claim that he did not know who his father was until after he graduated from high school.
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However, in a 1998 article in The Salt Lake Tribune, when Demetress Bell was 14 years old, his mother spoke of his shying away from anything to do with Malone because his feelings were hurt by Malone's refusal to acknowledge him.
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Demetress Bell reported that Malone told him that he would have to make his way on his own, as it was too late for the two men to have a father-son relationship.
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Demetress Bell has reported that he is very close to Daryl and Cheryl Ford, older twins of Malone that were the subjects of a paternity suit.