UConn Football QB Joe Fagnano, WR Skyler Bell to sit out 2025 Fenway Bowl
Two of UConn Football’s top players in quarterback Joe Fagnano and wide receiver Skyler Bell have played his last games in a Huskies uniform, per a report from John Pierson WTNH-TV Sports.
Fagnano transferred from Maine three seasons ago and earned the starting role prior to the start of the 2023 season, but would go down with an injury in game two versus Georgia State and would miss the remainder of the season. The following year he earned the starting nod again and would throw for 1,631 yards, 20 touchdowns and just four interceptions. A year later in 2025, Fagnano took another step up and finished the season with 3,448 yards, 28 touchdowns and just one interception, finishing with the second highest yards and touchdowns in program history for a single season.
As for Bell, he had a similar journey as he transferred in from Wisconsin ahead of the 2024 season and went on to lead the team in receiving in both 2024 and 2025. In 2024, Bell had 50 receptions for 860 yards and five touchdowns. This past offseason, Bell entered the Transfer Portal, but was convinced to return to Storrs for one last run and made the most of it, hauling in a program high 101 receptions for 1,276 yards (second most ever), and 13 touchdowns (program high) and was named a finalist for the Biletnikoff award.
Both players are now officially out of eligibility and will try their hand at the professional route this upcoming offseason. While Fagnano hasn’t been spotted in any mock drafts, Bell has been projected as high as a third round pick in the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft.
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