Syracuse Football: Transfer DL Cody Roscoe eligible to play this fall
By Neil Adler
Syracuse football will get to realize the talents of transfer Cody Roscoe in the 2020 campaign.
Cody Roscoe, a veteran defensive lineman who revealed his decision to transfer to Syracuse football this past Monday, will have the ability to officially suit up on the Hill come this fall.
Roscoe is transferring to the Orange from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., which announced last December that its football team would not be eligible for post-season competition in 2020 due to “its Academic Progress Rate not meeting the 930 threshold.”
As a result of McNeese State’s APR-based post-season ban, and Roscoe’s individual academic standing, the “NCAA approved Roscoe’s waiver for immediate eligibility,” reports Stephen Bailey of Syracuse.com.
This is the only logical decision for the NCAA to make, although you never know what will ultimately transpire with that often-criticized organization. A huge congrats to the 6-foot-1, 247-pound Roscoe.
Cody Roscoe, a seasoned defensive lineman who has transferred to Syracuse football, can compete right away.
For the ‘Cuse, Roscoe will bring depth, experience and a strong skill-set to the squad’s defensive line. As a junior at McNeese State, he tallied an impressive nine sacks, 42 total tackles, 21 solo tackles, 11 tackles for loss, eight quarterback hurries, and 10 pass break-ups.
Given that Syracuse’s starting defensive ends in the 2019 stanza, Kendall Coleman and Alton Robinson, both exhausted their eligibility and headed to the NFL, Roscoe should have a chance to contend for significant minutes, if not a starting job, under new defensive coordinator Tony White’s 3-3-5 system.
According to Bailey’s article, Roscoe plans to head to the Orange campus next week to commence voluntary work-outs, something that dozens of other ‘Cuse football players have already done.
A member of the 2017 recruiting cycle, Roscoe attended Heights High School in Houston and was a two-star prospect, per Rivals.com and the 247Sports Composite.
Sterlin Gilbert, Syracuse’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, served as McNeese State’s head coach in 2019 before joining the Orange.
“I just fell in love with Syracuse because there’s so much that they offer,” Roscoe told Bailey. “It was so much more than football: a great education, one of the best, if not the best in the nation. … It was an opportunity I felt like I couldn’t pass up. It was too perfect.”