The Philadelphia Eagles Tuesday announced they have signed New Orleans Saints restricted free agent RB Mike Bell to a one-year offer sheet. The Saints have seven days to match the Eagles offer. If they choose not to match, the Eagles acquire Bell, but do not owe the Saints draft pick compensation. 
 
Bell will be available to the media at 10:30 am tomorrow at the NovaCare Complex.
 
In 2009, the 26-year-old Bell (6-0, 225) led the Super Bowl Champion Saints with 172 carries and contributed 654 yards and five touchdowns on the ground. Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by Denver in 2006, Bell rushed for 677 yards and eight touchdowns in 15 games in his inaugural campaign with the Broncos. That year, he became the fifth undrafted rookie to gain 500-plus rushing yards since the inception of the common NFL Draft (1967), and his eight touchdowns were the second-most among undrafted rookies during that span.
 
A veteran of four NFL seasons, Bell has compiled 1,376 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns in 37 career games with New Orleans and Denver. After spending his first two years with the Broncos, Bell was released by the team on 7/21/08. He made a brief stop in Houston during their 2008 training camp but was released prior to the start of the regular season. He has spent the last year and a half with the Saints after signing with the team in November of 2008.
 
Bell played collegiately at the University of Arizona, where he rushed for 3,163 yards and 17 touchdowns, while amassing 11 100-yard rushing games. He finished his career ranked fourth on the program’s all-time rushing list.
 
A native of Phoenix, AZ, Bell was named Arizona’s player of the year and earned consensus All-America honors as a senior at Tolleson Union High School in Tolleson, AZ.