Syracuse Football: Many 4-star, 5-star targets soaring in new 2025 national rankings

Rivals.com recently published its latest 2025 national rankings of the top-250 prospects in the junior cycle, and I’m seeing a lot of Syracuse football targets high up in these refreshed ratings.

Over the last two months or so, Orange coaches have proven quite active with their 2025 recruiting efforts. They’ve doled out scholarship offers to a wide range of highly ranked juniors.

The ‘Cuse, in January, held a couple of junior days when SU targets headed to the Hill for unofficial visits, and Orange coaches also hit the road to make visits to numerous high school programs.

Syracuse football has secured one verbal pledge to date in the 2025 class, and the ‘Cuse has also made the list cuts of various priority recruits in the junior cycle.

Let’s see where Syracuse football targets reside in new national rankings.

This list below isn’t meant to be exhaustive, but it does include where a lot of 2025 players who hold offers from the Orange arrived in the most recent Rivals.com national rankings.

I’ll also add that Syracuse football isn’t likely a significant contender for all of these high school juniors noted below, however, to the best of my knowledge, all of these prospects have received ‘Cuse offers, according to recruiting services and social media posts.

Five-star offensive tackle David Sanders Jr. of the Providence Day School in Charlotte, N.C. – No. 2

Five-star wide receiver Winston Watkins Jr. of the First Baptist Academy in Naples, Fla. – No. 14

Four-star safety Faheem Delane of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Md. – No. 23

Four-star wide receiver and return man Vernell Brown III of Jones High School in Orlando, Fla. – No. 58

Four-star wide receiver Kaliq Lockett of Sachse High School in Sachse, Texas – No. 75

Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of Homestead Senior High School in Homestead, Fla. – No. 77

Four-star running back Bo Jackson of the Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School in Cleveland – No. 86

Four-star running back Jabree Coleman of the Imhotep Institute Charter High School in Philadelphia – No. 98

Four-star cornerback/athlete Dawayne Galloway Jr. of Marion-Franklin High School in Columbus, Ohio – No. 108

Four-star running back John Forster of the Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, N.J. – No. 143

Four-star quarterback Malik Washington of Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Md. – No. 178

Four-star defensive lineman Ethan Utley of The Ensworth School in Nashville, Tenn. – No. 190

Four-star offensive tackle Ziyare Addison of Sumner High School in Riverview, Fla. – No. 201

Four-star running back Marquise Davis of Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio – No. 213

Four-star offensive lineman Jayvon McFadden of the Riverdale Baptist School in Upper Marlboro, Md. – No. 240