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Jersey Number 84
Quayvon Skanes
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 183
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Phillips Academy
Graduate transfer who will make an immediate impact at receiver and in the return game … Played in 29 career games at the University of Connecticut … A native of Chicago’s South Side … Has good speed and has proven to be a very elusive runner in the passing game and on special teams ... Should step into an immediate role.
2020-2021 at UConn: Did not participate. 2019 at UConn: Used primarily on special teams as a return man … Completed a 15-yard touchdown pass at UMass … Had 107 punt return yards and averaged 11.9 yards per return … Missed minimum, but average per return led the American Athletic Conference … Posted a long return of 38 yards vs. East Carolina (11/23) … Had a 17-yard return vs. South Florida (10/5). 2018 at UConn: Saw action in four games. 2017 at UConn: Played in 12 games and made five starts as a freshman … Led team with 854 all-purpose yards … Made at least one catch in 11 games … Ranked second on the team with 35 catches for 335 yards and a touchdown … Caught six balls for 50 yards vs. Missouri (10/28) … Had three catches for 52 yards vs. Tulsa (10/21) … Ranked eight in the AAC with an average of 20.8 yards on kickoff returns … Had a long return of 42 yards on the season … Averaged 5.9 yards on seven punt returns, with a long of 18 yards. 2016 at UConn: Redshirted.
High School: Played at Wendell Phillips (lll.) Academy in Chicago under Coach Troy McAllister … A three-time All-City and three-time All-Area selection … Named All-State twice … Led team to the Illinois Class 4A State Championship and a 14-0 record, becoming the first Public League team from Chicago to win a state title in football … Named to the 2015 Chicago Tribune All-State team … Played quarterback as a senior … Ran for 141 yards and four touchdowns in the state championship game … Finished season with 504 yards through the air with 13 touchdowns … Also ran for 1,458 yards and 36 scores … Played receiver as a junior and finished with 41 catches for 981 yards and 12 scores … Earned second-team All-State honors … Led team to a 12-2 mark and state runner-up finish that season … 100m dash finalist in the Chicago Public School trials as a senior.
2020-2021 at UConn: Did not participate. 2019 at UConn: Used primarily on special teams as a return man … Completed a 15-yard touchdown pass at UMass … Had 107 punt return yards and averaged 11.9 yards per return … Missed minimum, but average per return led the American Athletic Conference … Posted a long return of 38 yards vs. East Carolina (11/23) … Had a 17-yard return vs. South Florida (10/5). 2018 at UConn: Saw action in four games. 2017 at UConn: Played in 12 games and made five starts as a freshman … Led team with 854 all-purpose yards … Made at least one catch in 11 games … Ranked second on the team with 35 catches for 335 yards and a touchdown … Caught six balls for 50 yards vs. Missouri (10/28) … Had three catches for 52 yards vs. Tulsa (10/21) … Ranked eight in the AAC with an average of 20.8 yards on kickoff returns … Had a long return of 42 yards on the season … Averaged 5.9 yards on seven punt returns, with a long of 18 yards. 2016 at UConn: Redshirted.
High School: Played at Wendell Phillips (lll.) Academy in Chicago under Coach Troy McAllister … A three-time All-City and three-time All-Area selection … Named All-State twice … Led team to the Illinois Class 4A State Championship and a 14-0 record, becoming the first Public League team from Chicago to win a state title in football … Named to the 2015 Chicago Tribune All-State team … Played quarterback as a senior … Ran for 141 yards and four touchdowns in the state championship game … Finished season with 504 yards through the air with 13 touchdowns … Also ran for 1,458 yards and 36 scores … Played receiver as a junior and finished with 41 catches for 981 yards and 12 scores … Earned second-team All-State honors … Led team to a 12-2 mark and state runner-up finish that season … 100m dash finalist in the Chicago Public School trials as a senior.
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