Syracuse Football: Orange reportedly has interest in North Carolina OL transfer

According to a social media post, Syracuse football may have some interest in Justin Kanyuk, an offensive lineman at fellow Atlantic Coast Conference member North Carolina who is in the NCAA’s transfer portal.

The 6-foot-6, 315-pound Kanyuk, in the 2023 season, was a redshirt freshman with the Tar Heels. He is from Lehigh Valley, Pa.

According to his bio on the UNC athletics department Web site, Kanyuk took a redshirt during the 2022 campaign.

The X account NCAA Transfer Portal said this week in a post that Kanyuk has interest from the Orange. He was also reportedly scheduled to visit Charlotte this past Thursday.

Syracuse football may have some level of interest in a North Carolina OL transfer.

Kanyuk said via his X page this past Wednesday that he had received a scholarship offer from another ACC group, N.C. State. Per recruiting services, he entered the transfer portal on December 4.

As a prospect in the 2022 class out of Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem, Pa., Kanyuk was rated three stars by several recruiting Web sites.

Rivals.com had him as the No. 22 player in Pennsylvania. Over at 247Sports, he was the No. 92 offensive tackle and the No. 20 prospect in Pennsylvania.

Both the industry-generated 247Sports Composite and the industry-generated On3 Industry Ranking placed him in the top-950 overall, in the top 85 at his position, and in the top 25 in Pennsylvania within the 2022 cycle.

Besides North Carolina, his offer sheet while in high school included Brown, Buffalo, Charlotte, Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Liberty and Illinois State, according to recruiting services.

When I wrote this column, in its national transfer rankings, Rivals.com rated Kanyuk as three stars and No. 482 nationally.

Speaking of the Syracuse football offensive line, word came out in recent days that the Orange is expected to hire Louisville senior quality control specialist Dale Williams as the next offensive line coach at the ‘Cuse.

Williams has held other coaching positions at Purdue, Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic, Findlay, Gardner-Webb and North Greenville College. He was also a graduate assistant at West Virginia, his alma mater.

Noah Rosahac, a 2024 three-star offensive lineman out of Jim Thorpe Area High School in Jim Thorpe, Pa., was scheduled to be among numerous prospects on the ‘Cuse campus this weekend for visits. Rosahac verbally committed to Syracuse football this past April.