SAF · Dallas Cowboys · #14
Markquese Bell
SS2- College
- Florida A&M
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 217 lb
- Experience
- 5th season
Tackles
29▼ 11 vs '25
44th of 63 safeties
Passes defended
1▼ 2 vs '25
44th of 63 safeties
Passer rating allowed
157.9▲ 45.1 vs '25
62nd of 63 safeties
Missed tackle rate
0.0%▼ 6.3 vs '25
1st of 63 safeties
Coverage
5 targets
80.0 cmp% · 12.4 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 63 qualifying safeties on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ NYGL | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs WASW | 57 | 80.3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs BALL | 44 | 68.8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ HOUW | 10 | 17.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs TBL | 24 | 32.9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 6 @ GBL | 59 | 78.7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ PHIW | 24 | 35.8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 218 | 53.7 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 80.0 | 12.4 | 0 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2025 with Cowboys
$9Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $3M
- Guaranteed
- $6.2M 69%
- 2026 cap hit
- $2.8M 0.9% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2027
2025
2026 · now
2027
Year 2 of 3 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 218 | 53.7 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 157.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 356 | 38.4 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 112.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 34 | 6.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 649 | 60.7 | 84 | 46 | 3 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 100.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 22 | 8.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 50 | 1,279 | 40.4 | 160 | 60 | 4 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 112.5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 |