Sports Illustrated’s Justin Melo<\/a> highlighted the ideal mid-round wide receiver for the Jets to target in the 2026 NFL Draft, and it’s UConn wideout Skyler Bell.<\/p>\n“Depth is lacking behind Garrett Wilson. UConn’s Skyler Bell would be a fun mid-round fit. Bell was a high-volume target for the Huskies, producing 101 receptions for 1,278 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2025. He ran a 4.40 at the NFL Combine, and posted a 41-inch vertical and 11-foot-1 broad jump, later running an elite three-cone (6.65) at Pro Day.”<\/p>\n
Justin Melo<\/p>\n
After starting his collegiate career at Wisoncon, Bell transferred to UConn ahead of the 2024 season and fully blossomed into the NFL prospect he is today.<\/p>\n
Melo made sure to note Bell’s impressive workout numbers, posting great times and measurements in the 40-yard dash and vertical jumps. His athleticism will surely help him in his transition to the NFL.<\/p>\n
However, his weakness lies in his strength. Despite standing at 6-foot, he weighs only 192 pounds, and has been known to get jammed at the line of scrimmage by more physical cornerbacks.<\/p>\n
That’s why Bell is more of a project rather than a Day 1 contributor, but if he can put some more meat on his bones, the UConn standout may have the stuff to develop into an NFL-caliber receiver.<\/p>\n
If the Jets are able to get one of those premier pass-catching prospects in the first round<\/a> of the NFL Draft, and trade for or sign a veteran, Bell could be the ideal player waiting in the wings to eventually take over as a key contributor within New York’s offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Jets have yet to make a move at wide receiver this offseason, and it’s quite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-865148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-jets","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkjets","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116394290817978019","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}