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Oklahoma football: ‘Belldozer’ has one of 33 Super Bowl rings won by Sooners

By Chip Rouse

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JANUARY 12: Blake Bell #81 of the Kansas City Chiefs scores a fourth quarter touchdown reception past Mike Adams #27 of the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 12, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JANUARY 12: Blake Bell #81 of the Kansas City Chiefs scores a fourth quarter touchdown reception past Mike Adams #27 of the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 12, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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At least one former Oklahoma football player has been a participant in 32 of the 54 Super Bowl games, OU players have made a total of 66 Super Bowl appearances, winning 33 Super Bowl rings.

Three former Sooners won Super Bowl rings this past season as members of the champion Kansas City Chiefs. One of those was a former college quarterback-turned-tight end known at Oklahoma as “The Belldozer.” We’re referring, of course, to Blake Bell.

Bell, along with former OU running back Damien Williams (at OU 2012-13), who scored what proved to be the winning touchdown for the Chiefs in their 31-16 Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers, and long snapper James Winchester (2010-11), all earned their first Super Bowl rings in helping deliver Kansas City’s first Super Bowl win since their last appearance 50 years ago, in 1970.

For Bell, winning the NFL championship against his former team was especially sweet. Bell played two seasons for San Francisco (2015-16), but was injured late in his second season and was waived at the beginning of the next season. In five NFL seasons, the former Sooner has played for four different teams (San Francisco, Minnesota, Jacksonville and Kansas City).

This week, Bell, a fourth-round NFL draft selection in 2015, signed with his fifth NFL team, agreeing to a one-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys.

This past season with Kansas City, Bell caught eight passes for 67 yards as a reserve tight end.

A four-star quarterback recruit out of Wichita, Kansas, Bell played quarterback for three seasons at Oklahoma, used primarily in short-yardage run situations his first two years because of his size and strength (6-foot, 6 inches, 250 pounds). He attempted only 20 passes his freshman and sophomore seasons, completing 10 for 115 yards. He gained 272 yards on the ground, including 25 touchdowns, those same two seasons.

He earned the starting job at quarterback his junior year, in 2013, and completed 60 percent of his passes for 1,618 yards, 12 TDs and five interceptions. Recognizing that his chances of playing in the NFL would not be as a quarterback, he agreed to convert to tight end his senior season at Oklahoma.

That decision proved to be fortuitous because it has led to an NFL career that will be six seasons this fall for the former Sooner quarterback..

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