In an article on Tuesday from Rivals.com national analyst Adam Friedman, he wrote that Syracuse football "is recruiting at an all-time high for the program."
That says it all, my friends.
Former Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown took over the helm of the Orange program in early December of last year. Since that time, he's assembled a top-notch staff while producing a ton of strong recruiting wins to date across the team's 2024, 2025 and 2026 classes.
Naturally, recruiting buzz is one thing, but producing on the field in actual games is another. Still, the air of excitement in Central New York over the direction of the 'Cuse is tremendous, and the team is garnering a lot of national attention for its successes on the recruiting trail.
It seems like every day or two, Syracuse football coaches are picking up new commitments across various cycles. The Orange even has two four-star verbal pledges in the 2026 class, and those prospects are sophomores in high school. Sophomores.
The new 'Cuse staff first kicked things off by doing a wonderful job, in a short period of time, with the squad's 2024 cycle, and that class includes several four-star prospects among both high school seniors and college transfers.
More recently, the Orange has gotten into an exquisite grove with its 2025 cycle, securing a flurry of verbal pledges since mid-March. What's more, numerous highly ranked targets in this class are scheduled to visit the Hill in the coming weeks and months, so there's no sign of slowing down in the 2025 cycle, at least to me.
Then, as I mentioned, the 'Cuse has two verbal commitments in its 2026 class. One came at the end of March, and the second arrived earlier this week. Both of these high school sophomores are in the top 80 around the country in their cycle, per On3.
Granted, these sorts of recruiting rankings will ebb and flow. In fact, they could have slightly changed between the time I wrote this story on Tuesday evening and when the article appeared on the Inside The Loud House Web site on Wednesday morning.
Regardless, here are the latest national team rankings for Syracuse football in three cycles.
2024 Class
247Sports Composite
Prep: No. 37 nationally
Transfer: No. 23 nationally
Overall: No. 35 nationally
On3 Industry Ranking
Prep: No. 38 nationally
Transfer: No. 14 nationally
Rivals.com
Prep: No. 35 nationally
Transfer: No. 16 nationally
2025 Class
247Sports Composite
Prep: No. 10 nationally
Overall: No. 10 nationally
On3 Industry Ranking
Prep: No. 32 nationally
Rivals.com
Prep: No. 10 nationally
2026 Class
247Sports Composite
Prep: No. 10 nationally
Overall: No. 10 nationally
On3 Industry Ranking
Prep: NA
Rivals.com
Prep: No. 9 nationally