Iowa has a brand new cornerback pledge within the 2025 class, as three-star prospect Charles “CJ” Bell introduced his dedication to the Hawkeyes.
Bell was in Iowa Metropolis this weekend for his official go to with the Hawkeyes. Following this weekend’s journey, he verbally locked in with head coach Kirk Ferentz, defensive coordinator/secondary coach Phil Parker and the remainder of the Iowa employees.
He’s initially from Mansfield, Massachusetts, however performs his prep ball at St. Thomas Extra College in Oakdale, Connecticut. He ranks because the No. 8 general recruit within the Structure State.
Whereas the 6-foot-2, 168-pound Bell might have so as to add some weight to his body earlier than taking part in on the school stage, he gives nice peak and size, to pair along with his sturdy athleticism and footwork.
He exhibits good ball abilities and makes loads of performs with interceptions and go deflections. Bell additionally has a listed 40-yard sprint pace of 4.5 seconds.
Ernest Anderson, head coach of St. Thomas Extra College, speaks very extremely of the gifted defensive again and believes Iowa is getting one of many prime gamers within the Mid-Atlantic.
“Finest cornerback within the Northeast,” Anderson mentioned about Bell. “He can do all of it — lengthy, twitchy and nice toes. He is an elite athlete.”
In Could, Bell launched a top-nine of Iowa, Rutgers, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Tennessee and Boston Faculty.
In complete, Bell had shut to twenty scholarship gives.
He took an official go to to see the Scarlet Knights through the weekend of Could 31 by way of June 2. His solely different official go to was to Iowa Metropolis to see the Hawkeyes this previous weekend.
The Hawkeyes are recognized for sturdy defenses beneath Ferentz and Parker. In 2023, Iowa’s defensive unit ranked fourth within the Huge Ten in complete yardage allowed (281.9 per recreation), third in passing yardage allowed (170.7 per recreation), fourth in dashing yardage allowed (111.2 per recreation) and fourth in scoring protection (14.8 factors per recreation).
Bell’s dedication offers Iowa 11 complete pledges in its 2025 class as of press time. He’s the second prospect projected to play defensive again for the Hawkeyes within the group, becoming a member of Drew MacPherson. Nevertheless, Bell is the primary cornerback commit, as MacPherson is prone to play security.
