University of Connecticut Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Skyler Bell
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Bronx, NY
- High School:
- The Taft School
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
Named to the 2025 Biletnikoff Award Watchlist
Named to the 2026 Senior Bowl Top 300 and the Shrine Bowl 1000
2024 (R-Junior Season): Saw action as WR in all 13 games ... Led team with 860 receiving yards ... Team-high five receiving touchdowns ... Season-long 70-yard reception against Buffalo (Sept. 28) ... Notched 50 receptions ... Recorded three touchdowns and 153 yards against Buffalo (Sept. 28) ... Made five catches for 141 yards against Maryland (Aug. 31) ... Notched 113 yards on a career-high 10 receptions in game at Syracuse (Nov. 23) ... Caught a touchdown with 77 yards on three receptions against North Carolina (Dec. 28) ... Registered 105 yards and one touchdown on two receptions versus Merrimack (Sept. 7) ... Made seven catches for 58 yards against Duke (Spet. 14) ... Scored a touchdown on a 60-yard reception versus Merrimack (Sept. 7) ... Had a 43-yard catch in win over Fla. Atlantic (Sept. 21).
PRIOR TO UCONN: Joins the Huskies from the University of Wisconsin…The r-junior wideout will have two seasons of eligibility remaining…After a redshirt season in 2021, played two years for the Badgers…In 2023 he appeared in 12 games and was second on the team with 38 receptions for 296 yards and one touchdown…He caught a season-best seven passes against Northwestern and had a five catch game, including a touchdown, at Washington State…After using his redshirt season in 2021, started 12 of 13 games as a freshman in 2022…Finished with 30 catches for 444 yards and five scores…Also carried the ball five times for 160 yards…He was one of three freshmen in the BIG TEN to record multiple receiving touchdowns during the season…Finished the year recording a reception in 12 of 13 games…Had his best game of the season against New Mexico State, hauling in four passes for 108 yards and two scores…Named to CFB News honorable mention freshman All-American team…Attended the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut prior to enrolling at Wisconsin.
