Syracuse Football got a tease from Trishton Jackson and Abdul Adams

At the Syracuse Football Spring Preview, SU fans got a look at what’s to come in 2018. ITLH breaks down the tease to 2019 from the dome dudes.

While we learned a lot about the potential this Syracuse football team has in 2018 at the Spring Preview, we left wanting more.

That’s the case for a variety of reasons. There was no Eric Dungey because he’s recovering from offseason foot surgery. While Antwan Cordy was listed as a wide receiver, we really didn’t get to see what he could do. While worst of all, SU did get to see a couple of players who are game changing talents. The only problem is, they aren’t eligible to play in 2018 due to the transfer rules.

Of course I’m talking about four-star prospects Trishton Jackson (transfer from Michigan State) and Abdul Adams (transfer from Oklahoma). Now if you don’t recognize the names, don’t fret, because you can feel the power of these two prospects by looking at the Universities they transferred from.

These are some of the top teams of the college football world. Yet they both transferred for what is believed to be more playing time at a place like Syracuse. No problem, if any other big time players have that issue, Syracuse’s door is WIDE OPEN.

Wide open…

Both of these players are offensive juggernauts at wide receiver (Jackson) and running back (Adams). This is important to note on two fronts. First off SU can use all the help they can get on offense. Sure Dino Babers has been making things happen with relative unknowns, imagine what he can do with real talent?

I attended the Syracuse Football Spring Preview on Friday night and we got a sneak peek of what’s to come in 2019. Jackson showed off his amazing hands and silly potential. But more importantly we saw Abdul Adams.

Here’s a sad fun fact, SU hasn’t had a 1,000 yard rusher since 2012. That was Jerome Smith and I spoke to him recently and I’m hoping that record can be broken sooner rather than later. It’s straight up embarrassing this is a University that parades the great running backs of SU history in Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little, and Larry Csonka. Yet this team can’t even get over the bare minimum of the running back standard?

From what I saw from the running back group on Friday, it looks like the drought will continue another year. It’s too running back by committee to think that any individual will get the opportunity to do so, plus some serious responsibility has to fall on the offensive line which has been pretty leaky over the years.

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But overall seeing both of these talents on Friday light up the Carrier Dome was bittersweet. I love what I saw, but it’s that toy that you buy but can’t touch for an entire year! Sorry Orange fans, but these two players are going back in the pantry. The optimistic view of this situation is that this is a good thing, both of these players will be on campus learning the playbook and will still have two years of eligibility to make things happen at Syracuse.