Arguably our biggest preseason star since Dan O going into the 04 season. Need to put him on bill boards on 84 hope he gets a huge ovation at tomorrow's basketball game ( if he’s there ) as the team should be honored.
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WR Skyler Bell returning for 2025
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Thank you Lord! Bell is one our leaders at WR. Why not finish what he started here instead of jumping around year to year? He's our leader at WR (yeah, changed my mind), simply put. Hopefully the coaches convinced him of that. Part of playing this game as a teammate that can help LEAD in the locker room as well as on the field. He clearly has that opportunity here after this past season. He's better than any WR we've ever had at this level (FBS). And yes, he makes mistakes (yipsies on easy carltches at times), but great ball skills on big play pass catches. He makes plays for us at WR... so naysayers, continue to do you. This is fantastic news for our WR room. Fantastic.
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I am happy that he is returning. He needs to reduce his drops but I am confident that Bell and the coaching staff improve that aspect of his game. He has 8 months to work on it. Just need Evers or Cole or someone to deliver him the ball.
I'm super pumped for next season.
I'm super pumped for next season.
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You act like we have a recent history of WRs who can actually get open and catch most of passes thrown their way.
Exactly. If they can get another good WR that has potential and some big game experience, cool, but that isn't the first priority. They need to replace the 2 very good tackles they will lose as well replenish the DLine and LBs. Replacing those positions need to be the first and second priority.
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He is a true #1. If Fagnano played the whole year he probably gets 10+ TDs. He was good for a drop or two a game but I'm sure he'll be working on it. This is the biggest "recruiting" coup we've had in years.
He must think there's gonna be someone to throw him the ball besides Evers so either this bodes well for Welliver or we're working on getting a new QB
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I just can't see him coming back if Evers is QB1. He was visibly frustrated with him multiple times and I figured besides money that was the biggest reason he wanted to transfer
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There are about 10 WRs in college football year in and year out that don't have much more than a couple major flaws in their games. The dropping is an issue but if you want a guy that drops fewer passes, you'll be losing something like the YAC and separation ability Skyler has, because if they had both they'd be a top 5 or 10 portal WR. Would look into our recent signee, Reymello Murphy. Pretty good at ODU before getting buried in the depth chart on a team that featured Tetairoa McMillan.
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Gaithings, I think, has that kind of potential...I'd be happy to see us scoop up one more portal WR that has actually shown production at his previous school(s) too. And, finally let the younger pups get out there so we can see what they can (or can't) do
You are one of the silliest posters ever. You exhibit little knowledge and clearly have a man crush for JF. But just a reminder ……
"Nick's my guy," Bell added with a smile. "I probably didn't get as many reps with him. But Nick is like a brother to me and we're really close. I recruited him hard to try and get him to come here so I'm glad he's here. We're making a lot of plays together."
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Man crush on JF? No, I just have eyes. Bell was visibly frustrated when Evers routinely missed him on wide open passes. It wasn't a one time thing. It was happening all the time. Just watch the games.
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Skyler knows that he can play on Sundays by being The Man here, and Mora is gonna help him get there. Gotta love that National Flag Blue! LET'S F GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Well, he did start wearing gloves, so there is hope.
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Remember what happened to Ben Mason at Michigan. He was a dominant player on both sides of the ball at Newtown H.S. went to Michigan and they made him a blocking fullback. Imagine the career he could've had at UConn?
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That was for half of ONE GAME where he was gloveless and it was because it was raining.
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Hence mu dilemma. Sometimes "very good" is better than "best". He is the best WR UConn has had in several years. But I don't think he is great or unreplaceable. He's good, but has room to get better.