Cowboys’ DB Markquese Bell arrested on drug charges

This clearly is not a post that I want to make for our readers at six in the morning on a Monday, but it is clearly important news that maybe some did not see yet.

I did not even see it until late in the afternoon yesterday while I was watching the final round of the PGA Masters.

The news actually broke on Saturday, but I had a few things going on, and did not see it like I noted until late yesterday.

Current Cowboys defensive back Markquese Bell was arrested on drug possession charges in the Dallas area, according to online jail records posted Saturday.

Bell is facing counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana in Collin County, north of Dallas. Police in Prosper, where the arrest was made, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

A representative for the Cowboys said the club was aware of the arrest and declined to comment further. Deiric Jackson, Bell’s agent, said his client would let the legal process play out.

I live in Central Illinois, so I had to look this up for everyone including myself, but take a look below, and it will outline what a felony and a misdemeanor would be in the state of Texas where he was arrested.

Possession of a Controlled Substance: A felony charge, which under Texas state law typically applies to THC concentrates found in vape cartridges, categorized under Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Marijuana Possession: A Class B misdemeanor, involving less than two ounces of the substance, which constitutes a separate, lesser offense.

Well, What Now?

I made a post a couple of days ago about the Cowboys secondary and how it was deep, but not good enough, and guess what, now Bell might be off that list, and they will be a bit thinner because of this issue.

With how bad it was, Bell was probably going to get a few chances to play a bit more this season.

The 27-year-old Bell joined the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent out of Florida A&M in 2022 and has played 48 games with 11 starts over four seasons.

He had 94 tackles in 2023, when he played all 17 regular-season games and tied for the team lead in tackles with eight in a wild-card loss to Green Bay.

Cowboys’ Markquese Bell arrested; Dallas D depth takes a hit

Markquese Bell was arrested on felony and misdemeanor drug possession charges, putting his availability in doubt pending team/NFL discipline. If he’s out, Dallas loses a key box defender who played starter snaps 1/2

— Football Predicts: Tips & Picks (@foot_predict) April 11, 2026

Bell played all 17 games again last season and is going into the second year of a $9 million, three-year contract. Now that looks like a waste of money.

I just don’t understand how these guys think they are going to get away with this type of stuff. It happens all over the league. Guys simply do not think that they are ever going to ever get caught, and then it hits them in the face like a ton of bricks.

So now it is Jalen Thompson, Malik Hooker, P.J Locke and Alijah Clark as the other safeties that they have.

Bell was going to be the one that I actually thought would play a little bit in the slot, but after these charges, my guess is that Dallas will end up cutting him at some point even before the legal stuff plays out.

I would like to think now Dallas will still take the best available secondary player in the draft at pick no. 12 if they do not trade up, and if they don’t I would then trade out of the 20th overall pick and try and get two or three second or third round picks to go with the one third they have now from the OSA trade about a month ago.

Yet once again, this team just can’t stay out of its own way.