Syracuse Football: With starters gone, Cody Roscoe brings DE experience
By Neil Adler
Seasoned defensive end Cody Roscoe, a transfer from McNeese State University, has officially joined Syracuse football.
Defensive end Cody Roscoe has reunited with a familiar face in officially becoming a member of Syracuse football.
Orange head coach Dino Babers announced in a statement that the ‘Cuse has added the 6-foot-1, 247-pound Roscoe to its roster. A transfer from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., Roscoe is a senior with one term of eligibility left who has enrolled in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, per the press release.
Sterlin Gilbert, the Orange’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, served as McNeese State’s head coach in 2019 before he joined the ‘Cuse.
Roscoe, a veteran presence on the defensive line, should compete for ample playing time. While Syracuse does have several other defensive ends on its depth chart, the Orange did lose starting defensive ends Kendall Coleman and Alton Robinson to the NFL after the 2019 stanza.
The statement from the ‘Cuse athletics department provides some interesting statistics on Roscoe that should excite Syracuse fans. From 2017 to 2019 at McNeese State, he suited up in 30 games, including 22 where he started.
In his tenure for that squad, Roscoe logged 94 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, and 16 sacks over three campaigns with the Cowboys. As we previously noted, Roscoe’s junior stint included a stellar nine sacks, to go along with 42 total tackles, 21 solo tackles, 11 tackles for loss, eight quarterback hurries, and 10 pass break-ups.
The cuse.com release says that of the 10 passes he has batted down at the line of scrimmage over his career, an impressive six of them came during a McNeese State victory versus Houston Baptist.
It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Roscoe ends up as a starting defensive end in new defensive coordinator Tony White’s 3-3-5 system.
A two-star prospect in the 2017 recruiting cycle, Roscoe attended Heights High School in Houston. The announcement notes that he proved a “three-time all-district selection and earned District 18-6A Defensive MVP honors as a senior in 2016.”
McNeese State is not eligible for the post-season in 2020, due to its Academic Progress Rate not meeting the required threshold, and I’m hopeful that Roscoe will get the opportunity to play in a bowl game for Syracuse in his senior year.