Chicago Phillips rising senior wide receiver Quayvon Skanes is headed to Connecticut to play his college ball. Skanes top three included the Huskies, Northwestern and Central Michigan -- and it was a decision that he had a tough time making, because he liked all three schools so much. "It was a tough decision. All three schools I really liked, so I had to find something that was different and would set one apart. To me it felt like Uconn was the best fit for me. All the way around, as far as school and football. It was the best fit for me," Skanes said. He added, "Those schools were in my top three because the coaching staffs. I talked to all of them a lot. They all showed me love, and stayed in touch with me."





Comfort was the word that Skanes kept coming back to, it was the school that made him feel most comfortable all the way around. "The players and the coaching staff just made me feel comfortable. I talked to the players there and they were great, and I talk to the coaching staff on a regular basis, more than most of the other coaches," Skanes said. Plus, Skanes liked the way that the Huskies plan to use him. "They are giving me the option to do what I do best, and that is slot receiver. Plus, they are probably going to have me on special teams and kick returns," Skanes said. "Plus, they said they will move me to the outside sometimes." And, he liked what he saw when he visited campus. "I visited Uconn, it was nice. I just liked it because the community and it was just a college campus. There wasn't really a city, the downtown is like 30-minutes away. I liked that. Committing was in the cards for Skanes this summer -- but he's relieved to have the recruiting process behind him a little earlier than he expected. "It relieves stress now that I am committed. I don't have to worry about having to decide. I was planning on deciding before the season, but I figured that it would just put stress on me and the coaches and this is a big stress reliever," Skanes said.