University of Connecticut Athletics
Skyler Bell Named to 2025 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
8/6/2025 3:13:00 PM | Football
STORRS, CT – UConn wide receiver Skyler Bell (Bronx, NY) was named to the 2025 Biletnikoff Award watchlist announced by the award national selection committee on Wednesday. Bell is one of 47 players named to this year's list.
Bell came to UConn last fall, transferring in from Wisconsin after a pair of season. The r-senior wideout made an immediate impact for the Huskies, hauling in 50 passes for 860 yards and five touchdowns. He averaged 17.2 yards per catch on the season, ranking 37th among the nation's top-receivers. Bell opened his UConn career with five catches for 141 yards at Maryland and followed that up a two-catch, 105 yards and a touchdown against Merrimack. His best game of the season saw him pull down six passes for 153 yards and three touchdowns against Buffalo, tying the UConn school record for TD catches. At Syracuse, he had his fourth 100-yard receiving game the season while catching a career-high 10 passes.
In his two seasons at Wisconsin Bell had 68 catches for 740 yards and six scores for the Badgers.
The Biletnikoff Award recognizes the college football season's outstanding FBS receiver, regardless of position. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, split end, inside receiver, slot back or running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes the outstanding receiver, not merely the outstanding wide receiver. The award recipient is selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, and former receivers. Foundation trustees do not vote and have never voted. BiletnikoffAward.com/voters
Receivers are periodically added to the watch list as their season performances dictate. Actual, not potential, performance is the basis for inclusion on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List. The transparently detailed and explicit criteria for candidate eligibility, watch list inclusion, and voting appear at: BiletnikoffAward.com/criteria
