Biography
2023: Started five games and played in seven on the season … Threw for 594 yards and two touchdowns … Added four rushing touchdowns … Rushed for a 65-yard touchdown in win at Cornell … Went 2-for-3 for 48 yards and a touchdown against Brown … Threw for season-high 189 yards with a touchdown and two more on the ground in win over Georgetown.
2022: Saw action in nine games and started final five … Compiled 1,198 passing yards with 10 touchdowns and posted a 60 percent completion percentage … Completed 11-of-17 passes for career-high 231 yards with a touchdown against Cornell … Threw for three touchdowns, including the game-winner in overtime at Brown … Tossed first two career touchdown passes at Penn … Made first collegiate start against Dartmouth on Homecoming.
2021: Played in one game as a junior quarterback … Listed on the depth chart as a backup quarterback and backup holder on special teams … On year, rushed two times for -7 yards with a long of five yards … Saw first career game action vs. Harvard (Nov. 6).
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019: Did not see any action as a first-year quarterback … Contributed primarily on the scout team.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of Junipero Serra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., where he played his senior year for Head Coach Pat Harlow … Played three years of varsity football … Earned First Team All-Trinity League honors as a senior … Set single season records for touchdown passes and game records for most touchdown passes in a game and most passing yards in a game … Named team captain as a senior … Threw for 2,100 yards, 27 touchdown passes while completing 124 of 212 passes (58 percent) and rushed for 300 yards and four touchdowns in 12 games as a senior … Also averaged 167.7 yards passing per game and 16.2 yards per completion and rushed for 201 yards on 27 carries and four touchdowns … Accumulated 2,213 total yards of offense on the year (184.4 yards per game) … Led JSerra to a 9-3 overall record, advanced to the CIF Division 1 Quarterfinals, finished in third place finish in the Trinity League with a 3-2 record and garnered a No. 17 national ranking, No. 7 team ranking in California and No. 2 Orange County ranking … Concluded career by throwing for 124 yards while completing 77.8 percent (7-9 passes) and two touchdowns and ran for another score in 35-34 playoff loss to Oaks Christian … Threw for two touchdowns and 168 yards, completed 12 of 20 passes in playoff win over Long Beach Poly … Threw career-long 85-yard touchdown pass in win over Santa Margarita … Threw for 256 yards and three touchdowns, completed 13-22 passes vs. Orange Lutheran … Threw a career-best six touchdown passes, completed 15 of 16 passes (94 percent) for a career-high 296 yards in win over his previous school Servite … Threw three touchdowns, completed 12 of 21 passes for 150 yards vs. St. John Bosco … Threw four touchdown passes, completed 11 of 15 passes for 204 yards vs. Faith Lutheran … Completed 14 of 24 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown vs. Pinnacle … Transferred to JSerra from Servite prior to his junior year … Backed up TJ McMahon, who plays at Mississippi State … Threw for 328 yards and two touchdowns, completed 20 of 38 passes and rushed for 81 yards and three touchdowns as a junior at Servite … Led the Friars to a 6-5 record … Rated as a three-star recruit by 247sports and two-star by Rivals.com … Also competed in track and field … Ran the 100-meter dash and the 4x100-meter relay … Involved in community service activities and accumulated over 100 hours of community service through high school.
PERSONAL: Born Caden Joseph Bell on November 20, 2000 in Anaheim, Calif. … Son of Gary and Jodie Bell … Has an older brother Cody … Hobbies and interests include hanging out with friends, spending time with family, fishing, camping, working out, running and going to the beach … Favorite food is sushi … Person in history he would most like to meet: Walter Payton … Loves football because it there is no other sport in the world that teaches teamwork, leadership, accountability and brotherhood/togetherness … Role model is Tom Brady because he is a great quarterback and has stayed dedicated to his craft his whole life … Visited Columbia during junior day and knew it was exactly where he wanted to go … Selected Columbia because of the excellent mixture of sports and academics and because it gives him the best opportunity to play football at a high level while receiving one of the best educations in the world … Also selected Columbia because of its great academics, NCAA Division I football program, his great coaches and the beautiful campus … Chose Columbia over offers from Brown, Yale, Holy Cross and San Jose State along with interest from Penn, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Army, UAB, Cornell, UC-Davis, Cal-Poly, Harvard, UNLV, Nevada and Arizona State … Enrolled at Columbia College.
