Syracuse Football: 4-star, top-20 cornerback with ‘Cuse in final 6 makes college decision

Syracuse football hasn’t prevailed in the recruiting battle for 2024 four-star cornerback Kevyn Humes from Baltimore, who is staying home for college.

The 5-foot-11, 185-pound Humes, who had the Orange in his final six, said via his X page that he is committing to Big Ten Conference member Maryland.

While it’s a bummer that the ‘Cuse didn’t win out for this top-150 national prospect, Humes deciding to play for the Terrapins is completely understandable, given it’s a hometown college squad for him.

Humes is a standout at the Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore who took an official visit to Syracuse football last month. His half-dozen finalists consisted of the Orange, Maryland, Penn State, Southern California, Notre Dame and Florida.

Syracuse football does have talented cornerbacks in its 2024 class.

Last Christmas Day, Humes announced that he would move from the 2025 cycle to the 2024 class.

According to his bio on Rivals.com, Humes has received around 30 scholarship offers from a range of high-major programs throughout his recruiting process.

The new Orange coaching staff, led by head coach Fran Brown, “re-offered” a scholarship to Humes on December 4 of last year.

Media reports had indicated that Humes was eyeing a commitment announcement on February 7, which is the start of the traditional signing period for high school seniors. But he didn’t need to wait that long, electing to commit to Maryland this week.

When Rivals.com recently updated its 2024 national rankings, Humes checked in at No. 137 overall, up two spots, along with No. 18 at cornerback and No. 3 in Maryland.

At the time of this writing, both the industry-generated 247Sports Composite and the industry-generated On3 Industry Ranking placed him in the top 450 nationally, in the top 40 at his position and within the top 15 in Maryland.

The ‘Cuse, while missing on Humes, does have some excellent defensive backs within its strong 2024 recruiting cycle.

Those Syracuse football high school senior commits include three-star defensive back/wide receiver Braheem Long of Camden High School in Camden, N.J., three-star defensive back/wide receiver Ibn McDaniels of Elizabeth High School in Elizabeth, N.J., and four-star cornerback Marcellus Barnes Jr. of The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tenn.

These days, multiple recruiting services rank the Orange’s 2024 class, at the high school level, in the top 40 around the country.