University of Connecticut Athletics
Skyler Bell Earns Invite to Panini Senior Bowl
12/2/2025 12:00:00 PM | Football
STORRS, CT – UConn wide receiver Skyler Bell (Bronx, NY) has received an invitation to participate in this year's Panini Senior Bowl on January 31, 2026 in Mobile, Alabama.
The Panini Senior Bowl is the premier college football all-star game and the official first step in the NFL Draft process. For more than 76 years, Mobile, Alabama has proudly hosted this historic event, making it the longest continually running all-star game in football.
In the 2025 NFL Draft, 106 total senior bowl players were selected, 55 more selections than any other all-star game. Fifty Senior Bowl players were selected in the first three rounds.
Bell was named to the 2026 Senior Bowl Top 300 list prior to the season. He earned the Panini Senior Bowl Stock Up Offensive Player of the Week award during the season after his eight catch, 149 yards and three touchdown performance in a win over UAB. Bell has also earned himself an invitation to this year's East-West Shrine Bowl.
The 2025 Biletnikoff Award finalist finished the season with 101 catches for 1,278 yards and 13 touchdowns, setting new school records for receptions and TDs. He averaged 12.7 yards per catch and 106.5 yards per game. He ranks second in the NCAA in receptions, yards and TDs and led the country with seven 100-yard games this season.
Bell is the 19th Husky in program history to earn an invite to the prestigious all-star game. He is the second offensive skill player in program history to earn an invitation and the first since 2005 when quarterback Dan Orlovsky was chosen.
This year's game will kick-off at 2:30 pm EST on NFL Network from the University of South Alabama's Hancock Whitney Stadium.
