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When the Buffalo Bills take on the Detroit Lions Thursday night at Ford Field, there will be more eyes on unheralded rookie running back Joique Bell than on Buffalo's first-round pick at that position, C.J. Spiller. Being as this is the last preseason game for both teams, it also should be the last time Bell will be able to boast about that.
Spiller has been grabbing all the headlines since taking more of an active role in the running game after veterans Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch both went down with injuries in Buffalo's preseason opener. But Thursday night will be Bell's time to shine and he will have lots of fans cheering him on, as Chris Brown of BuffaloBills.com wrote Thursday.
Not only did Bell grow up in the neighboring town of Benton Harbor, Michigan, but the 5-foot-11, 220-pound power back played his college football at Division II Wayne State. The entire Warriors team along with other students from the school are expected to be in attendance waving the school's colors. Bell confirmed that the campus is only about two or three minutes away from the stadium by car.
"They're texting, Facebook, calling," Bell told Brown. "They're telling me that I'm making them proud back in Detroit, and that they're excited about the game. Just a lot of positive messages."
His familiarity with Ford Field should help Bell as he used to work stadium security during Lions games while he was attending Wayne State. He is currently locked in an intense battle with Chad Simpson for that fourth running spot on the roster behind Jackson, Lynch and Spiller. How he performs Thursday night will go a long way to helping Bills coach Chan Gailey make his decision, and it can also serve as a good audition for other teams should the decision not go Bell's way.
"It excites me. It'll give me more confidence than ever than anything to know I have supporters out there," said Bell, who won the Harlon Hill Trophy that goes to the Division II Player of the Year in 2009. "I know I won't let them down because I worked too hard to get here. ... The coaches are asking me what I'm going to do. They're expecting a lot from me. They told me as of now I'm going to be the returner on the opening kickoff."
Imagine how loud Ford Field will get should Bell take that opening kickoff all the way to the house for a touchdown.
Buffalo Bills Running Back to Draw Cheers in Detroit
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