Name: Xavier Bell
Position: Safety
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190 pounds
Hometown (high school): Santa Ana, California (Mater Dei)
Rating: Three stars, No. 92 safety, No. 16 in the West, No. 9 in California
Other offers: Nevada, Fresno State, Howard
2016 stats: 40 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass deflection
Who he is: An athletic, hard-hitting safety. Bell missed most of his junior season due to injury and wasn’t 100 percent during his senior season, but Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson calls Bell a “raw talent” with a lot of potential.
How he fits: Bell is one of four safeties in Arizona’s 2017 class and will likely have to compete with all three of them — along with a handful of young returners — for immediate playing time. Even if he doesn’t play right away, Bell is expected to eventually make an impact.
He said it: “He’s one of those physically imposing (players with a) great sculpted body and he can flat out run. He’s got speed and gears like we’ve never seen in a while around here. And he’s a violent kid, in the sense of controlled violence, but when he brings that, which he likes to do, he can turn it up a notch.” — Rollinson
