UConn 2025 Outbound Transfers (Dec. 9th > 28th 2024 & April 16th > 25th 2025 Cycle) *No Speculation*

[HCCForever]

If Making it to the NFL is his top concern, I think Skyler Bell leaving could be a huge mistake on his part. He is the #1 guy here, he knows he can produce in our system. If he builds on what he did last year he would definitely either get drafted or have a top tier undrafted free agent offer guarantee. If he switches to a P4 school, he could easily just fade into the background.

Hard to know what went into his decision.
1. NFL aspirations
2. NIL money
3. QB situation with Joe moving on.

Any idea what his statistics look like between Evers and Joe as QB?

 

[How Sway?!]

Me before reading storrs central:

Me after reading storrs central:

 

[Gburyhusky]

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[Purple Stein]

Bell is a gut punch. Hope he stays, or hope Mora can go find another...Skyler Bell.

 

[BigTenFan]

There should be a limit on how many schools a kid can play for. You have kids playing for 4 different schools in 4 years. If I were a coach....I wouldn't want a player who transferred that many times.....also- do the Universities who take these kids have any baseline academic standards?

 

[DoctorWho85]

Bell was actively recruiting players from Wiscy. Man that hurts.

 

[KryHavok]

This is the one that I was afraid of. I was hopeful that he was staying but not surprised he is in the portal.

It takes the shine away from the Fenway Bowl if he chooses not to play in it.

Yep, he was the one I was really worried about (kept checking this thread all Friday expecting the worse). We've lost two major weapons on offense. Losing Joly was bad, losing our leading WR and leading TD RB before a bowl is horribly bad.

Bell is a gut punch. Hope he stays, or hope Mora can go find another...Skyler Bell.

He's gone, ain't no hope in wishing he stays. He declared his intent cuz he wants out of UConn and into money, can't get any simpler than that.

 

[Tdaley]

Well this sucks. I loved watching Skyler come down with many 50/50 balls this year.

 

[huskymedic]

-> “The way this thing’s set up nowadays, if you’ve got a kid and he’s been really successful here, and a big-time program that can offer him a lot of money and maybe a different opportunity comes along, then they have to listen,” Mora said. “Everyone kind of gets in the portal for a different reason. Just because you get in the portal these days doesn’t mean you want to leave. It might be to test your market value, it might be to see what else is out there. And it might be to leave, it might be that you maybe feel like there’s a place that’s better for you.” <-

 

[UCFBfan]

Penn State's backup QB put himself in the portal before a playoff game. However disappointed you are in Skyler and others, keep it in perspective.

This is silly.....how can you compare a backup QB, who if IIRC only came in and ran the ball on designed plays, to our main receiving weapon. No offense to any other receivers/TE but no one came close to his ability level and production. This one hurts more than Robinson because we don't have anyone else at his level to just step in and replace.

 

[Brochacho]

“If I wanted to pay I would” if that’s your take don’t complain when we lose players to the portal. Grassroots NIL matters.

 

[History Geek]

I'm not paying to get info, I'm paying to support UConn Athletics. The info is secondary. If you want UConn to be successful in football, then supporting things like Storrs Central is necessary. If you don't wish to, then that's fine but then complaining about people that do and try to pass along info to calm nerves down is silly imo

Agreed. I subscribed last year but am on the BY much more. SC content is good (and the inside tidbits are recently have been great) but I signed up primarily to support NIL.

 

[DoctorWho85]

-> “The way this thing’s set up nowadays, if you’ve got a kid and he’s been really successful here, and a big-time program that can offer him a lot of money and maybe a different opportunity comes along, then they have to listen,” Mora said. “Everyone kind of gets in the portal for a different reason. Just because you get in the portal these days doesn’t mean you want to leave. It might be to test your market value, it might be to see what else is out there. And it might be to leave, it might be that you maybe feel like there’s a place that’s better for you.” <-

I honestly cannot like Mora than I already do. Consumate professional and loves the kids he coaches.

 

[UC70]

Why? Without it he never comes here.

Spot on comment. We never get him out of High School. It’s a bummer for sure, but we don’t win 8 games without him. The beauty of the Portal is we have an opportunity to find another Skyler Bell.

 

[ZooCougar]

Penn State's backup QB put himself in the portal before a playoff game. However disappointed you are in Skyler and others, keep it in perspective.

Not even remotely comparable.

 

[UCTitleTown]

So 25% of our current roster is portaling, guys that star not sit, future NFL players and we replace them with FCS or low FBS? I hate college football. College football has no strategy apparently besides killing 80% of the sport's teams. I'm sick over Robinson and Bell and guys wishing them success, please stop. Be a kind person in your heads, no need to blast it on social media. If we're happy seeing our talent use us to prove themselves and bail after no one else believed in them, we really should end football. We'll never build anything long term. It'll be a decent year, then two sucky years, a decent year..... Maybe the answer is we can't offer enough NIL to keep even a few star players. The top programs have money for 3rd stringers and we don't have enough for 5 or 6. Very sad day. I can see why coaches quit too. Imagine being a coach before a bowl game? Bell saved the best for last.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Spot on comment. We never get him out of High School. It’s a bummer for sure, but we don’t win 8 games without him. The beauty of the Portal is we have an opportunity to find another Skyler Bell.

Yeah, good luck with that. It must be fun being a headcoach and having to flip your team every season.

 

[UC70]

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You are absolutely right. I’ve said it several times and I’ll say it 1000 more times. We all are part of the solution by supporting UConn’s NIL collectives. Bleeding Blue for good has to levels of membership: $10/month for general content and $25/month for premium - called “Varsity”. I’m a Varsity subscriber. I encourage everyone to jump on board.

 

[CCSUblue]

So 25% of our current roster is portaling, guys that star not sit, future NFL players and we replace them with FCS or low FBS? I hate college football. College football has no strategy apparently besides killing 80% of the sport's teams. I'm sick over Robinson and Bell and guys wishing them success, please stop. Be a kind person in your heads, no need to blast it on social media. If we're happy seeing our talent use us to prove themselves and bail after no one else believed in them, we really should end football. We'll never build anything long term. It'll be a decent year, then two sucky years, a decent year..... Maybe the answer is we can't offer enough NIL to keep even a few star players. The top programs have money for 3rd stringers and we don't have enough for 5 or 6. Very sad day. I can see why coaches quit too. Imagine being a coach before a bowl game? Bell saved the best for last.

You're sick over them entering the postal? Give me a break. We get them in transfer. Do people not use their brains and think things through before they post?...does the situation suck? Yes. But give me a break. You've got an NFL talent evaluator building a team with the benefit of free agency in college.

 

[UC70]

Yeah, good luck with that. It must be fun being a headcoach and having to flip your team every season.

Welcome to the new era of college football. If you don’t like, you should follow FCS football because this is the way it is.

 

[UC70]

You're sick over them entering the postal? Give me a break. We get them in transfer. Do people not use their brains and think things through before they post?...does the situation suck? Yes. But give me a break. You've got an NFL talent evaluator building a team with the benefit of free agency in college.

I hate to say this, but I’m not many really understand NIL, the Collectives that support UConn, and what it all means.

 

[Huskygrad88]

You're sick over them entering the postal? Give me a break. We get them in transfer. Do people not use their brains and think things through before they post?...does the situation suck? Yes. But give me a break. You've got an NFL talent evaluator building a team with the benefit of free agency in college.

I do understand we get some in the portal, but comparing this to free agency as we know it in pro sports is overly simplistic. There are schools that have 10-20x advantage. Imagine if in baseball the pirates had an $80 million payroll and the Yankees had $1.5 billion. That’s the college portal to free agency equivalency

 

[businesslawyer]

I got banned for saying this during the season (not blaming the mods, just stating a fact), but if Bell is trying to prove he’s an NFL level talent, he wants the ball thrown, and throw to him, far more consistently than what happened this year. There were games when Evers played where he wasn’t even looked at more than 5 times a game. If you don’t run the ball you’re not going to attract and keep the best TBs, and if you don’t throw the ball you’re not going to attract and keep the best WRs.

But having said that, will the current system decrease the popularity of college football nationwide over the next two decades? Yes, of course it will.

 

[UConnJim]

So 25% of our current roster is portaling, guys that star not sit, future NFL players and we replace them with FCS or low FBS? I hate college football. College football has no strategy apparently besides killing 80% of the sport's teams. I'm sick over Robinson and Bell and guys wishing them success, please stop. Be a kind person in your heads, no need to blast it on social media. If we're happy seeing our talent use us to prove themselves and bail after no one else believed in them, we really should end football. We'll never build anything long term. It'll be a decent year, then two sucky years, a decent year..... Maybe the answer is we can't offer enough NIL to keep even a few star players. The top programs have money for 3rd stringers and we don't have enough for 5 or 6. Very sad day. I can see why coaches quit too. Imagine being a coach before a bowl game? Bell saved the best for last.

Right now, there are 7 scholarship players in the portal including one that was injured all year and one that was honored on senior day. That is about 8% of scholarship players which is manageable. This is impacting every school: Alabama, USC, Florida St. and Michigan each have 15+ players in the portal.

Last year for UConn inbound portal players >> outbound portal players so let's see how it plays out.

 

[Kembafan]

Hard to know what went into his decision.
1. NFL aspirations
2. NIL money
3. QB situation with Joe moving on.

Any idea what his statistics look like between Evers and Joe as QB?

Possibly all those but I’m sure NFL is the priority. We can promise he’ll be the #1 wr option but we can’t promise him a good qb throwing it to him (at this point) and we can’t promise the exposure he’ll get at a p4 program. Those things matter for his NFL prospects.

As far as NIL we can’t compete with most P4 schools.

It is what it is, and it sucks, but we have to find others, that’s all, and I know we will.