LITTLE ROCK, AR- For the second season in a row, Millsaps defensive end Zach Bell has been named a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award, given annually to the nation's top small college defensive player. 

The Cliff Harris Award is named for the Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowler Cliff Harris who attended then NAIA Ouachita Baptist and later played in five Super Bowls and earned six Pro Bowl nods while with the Cowboys. The winner will receive the $3,000 Cliff Harris Award trophy presented by Cliff Harris along with featured speaker NFL Hall of Fame member and former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin. The winner will be announced  December 24 and honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club's annual awards banquet in February 2015.

Bell is coming off another fine season where he earned First-Team All-SAA honors.  The senior defensive end had 17 tackles for loss in nine game, second in the SAA. Bell was also second in the SAA with 9.5 sacks in nine games He broke up six passes and blocked two kicks on the year and was fourth on the Majors with 57 total tackles.