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UPSIDE: Buffalo Bills’ Skyler Bell Scouting Report—Can His Athleticism ELEVATE This Offense?

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Buffalo Bills fans are buzzing—could Skyler Bell be the next breakout wide receiver in Buffalo? The fourth-round pick from UConn brings blazing speed, big hands, and a knack for turning short catches into big gains. Joe Marino digs into Bell’s college tape, highlighting his sharp route running, creative role in the Huskies’ offense, and all-around versatility lining up inside, outside, and in motion. But it’s not all smooth sailing—can Bell fix his ball tracking and get off the line faster against NFL corners? The conversation breaks down his upside compared to guys like Khalil Shakir, where he still needs to grow, and how quickly he might make an impact catching passes from Josh Allen. Bills Mafia, get to know your newest weapon and what he might bring to Joe Brady’s evolving offense.

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fourth round pick wide receiver skyler bell is a selection that many are excited about what does

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his college film suggest about his potential for this buffalo bills offense we're going to

0:11.9

explore that right now you are locked on bills your your daily Buffalo Bills podcast.

0:24.2

Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.

0:30.1

What's up, Bill's Mafia?

0:32.1

It's Joe Marino on today's episode.

0:34.5

It's all about Buffalo Bills fourth round pick, wide receiver out of

0:39.3

Yukon, Skyler Bell. And we're going to break down his college film. We've been doing this for

0:45.4

all of the Bill's draft picks. We've got a few more still to do. We'll get to them all.

0:49.3

We've done this for several of the Bill's new veteran additions. But what I've had a fun time doing and

0:56.1

plan to continue doing is discussing these players as if I were delivering you a scouting

1:03.5

report. And whenever I assess college players, which I've been doing for years, I look at each player through the lens of 10 position-specific traits.

1:16.3

And for the wide receiver position, the 10 traits that I consider are route running,

1:23.1

release package, separation, hands, ball skills, run after catch, football IQ,

1:32.0

versatility, competitive toughness, and big playability. And so we are going to discuss

1:38.6

Skylar Bell through each of those 10 position-specific traits.

1:44.8

So let's do it and let's gain an understanding of what this player is

1:49.2

and how he can help this Buffalo Bill's offense.

1:53.5

So Skyler Bell, 6 foot, 192 pounds, 31 and an 8th inch arms, 10- inch hands. Those are big hands. His relative athleticism

2:05.9

score is an outstanding 9.83 out of 10. He ran a 4-40 in the 40-yard dash, a 4-4-flat, a 41-inch

2:16.3

vertical jump, and an 11-foot-1-inch broad jump.

2:21.0

That's 95th percentile among wide receivers on the jumps, 85th percentile for the 40-yard

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