Demetress Bell

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Demetress Bell is a former American football offensive tackle, who played for Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles

May 3, 1984

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: May 3, 1984
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Football Players, Sportspersons, Football Players, American Football Players
  • City/State: Louisiana
  • Siblings: Chastity Bell, Chauncey Bell, Cheryl Ford, Daryl Ford, Monisha Bell
  • Known as: Demetress Carte Bell
  • Universities:
    • Northwestern State University

Demetress Bell born at

Summerfield, Louisiana, United States

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Birth Place

The aspect of Demetress Bell’s paternity had been like an albatross around his neck right from the day he was born and this issue has also blighted his entire professional career. Karl Malone who is the purported father of Demetress as corroborated by his mother Gloria Bell has refrained from admitting the same publicly until now. Nevertheless, a paternity suit filed by Gloria’s family in 1996 which necessitated the assaying of Malone’s blood samples almost confirmed that either he or one of his brothers was the biological father of Demetress.

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Personal Life

Karl Malone turned a deaf ear to the paternity lawsuit and did not show up during the court hearings but later on settled the matter with the plaintiff out of court. Malone made an undisclosed single payment to the Bell family and did not provide any funds for continued child support. Gloria’s family desisted from incriminating Karl, though he was an adult when he impregnated her, as he was a neighbour and also that his incarceration would stifle any chances of his offering financial support to Demetress Bell.

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Personal Life

Bell came to know about his father’s identity only after passing out of high school. His mother has gone on record to mention that Bell did not wish to hear anything about Karl Malone. Bell’s refusal to acknowledge his father stemmed from the latter’s unwillingness to accept Bell as his son.

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Personal Life

Demetress Bell was born on 3rd May 1984 in Summerfield, Louisiana and spent his growing up years in the unincorporated community administered by the northeast Claiborne Parish.

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Childhood & Early Life

His mother, Gloria Bell Williams, was only 13, when she gave birth to Demetress. According to her, Karl Anthony Malone, the celebrated former American basketball player (now retired) is the biological father of Demetress Bell.

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Childhood & Early Life

He attended the Summerfield High School under the Claiborne Parish School Board and his natural affinity for sports spurred him to take up softball. Initially, he was more drawn towards softball as compared to basketball or American football.

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Childhood & Early Life

Slowly and gradually, he started playing more of basketball as he approached the end of his high school years. His skills and talent was noticed and he was selected for a basketball scholarship in Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

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Childhood & Early Life

He represented Northwestern State University in 88 college-level games matches and contests for three seasons: 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2006-2007.

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Childhood & Early Life

Demetress Bell, before he moved to Northwestern State University on a scholarship, never got the opportunity to play American football simply because his high school, Summerfield High School, did not have any football squad. It was only towards the latter half of 2005 when the sports coach of his university redshirted him that allowed him to forego the basketball term and make it to the academia’s football team. In the beginning, Demetress took the field playing in one of the two DE (defensive end) positions.

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College-Level Career

In 2006, he was entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the ‘left tackle’ position as most of the team members that made up the offensive line were confined to the benches because of injuries. He was awarded the All-Louisiana honors as a reserve team member in that season. In the subsequent season, he played a more active role in the offensive position that earned him entry in the All-Louisiana and All-Southland Conference first-teams.

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College-Level Career

After earning his graduate degree in ‘general studies’ from Northwestern State University in 2008, Demetress Bill was selected to represent Buffalo Bills during 2008 NFL Draft’s seventh round. Although he had played only three seasons of organized football, Buffalo Bills did not confine him to the practice squad but rather kept him in their active lineup, based on his innate skills. Bill did not play a single match in the entire 2007-08 Season as Buffalo Bill managers considered him more fit for future projects.

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Professional Career

The incumbent head coach of Buffalo Bills, Dick Jauron, picked up Demetress for the active team, assigning him the left tackle position for the 2008-09 Season, judging him by his performance in training camps’ fixtures.

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Professional Career

His performance on the field during the season’s first-half was pockmarked by the numerous penalties ascribed to him that merited him mixed reviews. While playing a match against Tennessee Titans, he suffered a serious knee-injury that made him unavailable for the remaining fixtures of the campaign and also eventually led to his opting out of Buffalo Bills.

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Professional Career

The Philadelphia Eagles contracted Demetress for a five-year term on April 4, 2012 for approximately US$34.5 million. Unfortunately, he was signed out of the team in less than a year—on 6 February 2013.

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Dallas Cowboys signed him on six months later but only as an offseason/practice squad player.

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