January is almost over and the Syracuse football season has been wrapped up for almost 2 months now. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t interesting things happening.
So what I wanted to do was highlight some recent Orange updates and link to some positive news that you might have missed or just think deserves extra recognition.
Let’s review five exciting Syracuse football developments that have occurred of late.
Reports say Orange to hire established new receiving coach
Based on media reports, it looks like Syracuse football head coach Dino Babers might have made another quality pick to be the next receivers coach. It looks like FAU coach Michael Johnson Sr. could be the next coach. Johnson has coached at the NFL and collegiate levels and could be a great guy to work with this young receiving group.
7 players make All-ACC Academic Team
Sometimes we forget that part of being a college athlete is the academic part as well. Coach Babers is someone who often does remind us that part of attending Syracuse University is the ability to get a quality education. Well, 7 football players from the 2021 season were named to the All-ACC Academic team, 2 of whom made it for the third time. For details, click the link above and congratulations to those players and their families.
Nolton and 8 other signees are on campus already
Classes for the spring semester started on January 24th and as you can read here, some players are currently enrolled. Amongst those on campus is defensive-end commit Francois Nolton Jr., who did not sign officially in the early enrollment period but did enroll in school to get started already. Along with Nolton are 8 others who did sign letters of intent including former NJ’s Gatorade Player of the Year LeQuint Allen, wide receiver Donovan Brown, defensive back Dom Foster, Australian punter Max Von Marburg and others.
Recruiting offer updates include a Rutgers player transferring to the Orange
Rutgers transfer Alijah Clark announces he will continue his football career at Syracuse next season. A former 4-star recruit, Clark was a high school teammate of Duce Chestnut, adding to SU's young talent in the secondary. https://t.co/2M2rxzE2Ro
— Syracuse Football (@syrfootball) January 25, 2022
It looks like one of the best recruiters for Syracuse football might be cornerback Duce Chestnut who has once again convinced a player to transfer to Syracuse. As you can see in the tweet above, Rutgers player Alijah Clark has decided to leave Rutgers and play for Syracuse to add depth and experience (though he only played in 7 games at Rutgers) to the secondary.
Duce Chestnut gets another freshman accolade
And speaking of Chestnut, the guy is wrapping up multiple freshmen awards from his play this past season. ESPN, Pro Football Focus, 247 Sports and now the Football Writers of America have named him to their Freshmen All-American teams.