Syracuse Football Transfer Portal Tracker: DB is 21st player who plans to transfer

Per his Instagram page, Syracuse football redshirt junior defensive back Greg Delaine plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens in early January. We're wishing Greg nothing but great success moving forward!

Delaine becomes the 21st player from the Orange's 2025 roster who has announced plans to enter the portal, which will be open from January 2 to January 16. Some 'Cuse fans, understandably, are concerned about the large number of Syracuse football players who plan to depart.

Let me provide some relief: This is happening at college football programs all over the country, amid the transfer portal's explosion, direct revenue-sharing, third-party NIL deals and other factors in a new landscape of college athletics.

Here are Syracuse football players who plan to enter the transfer portal early next month.

Greg Delaine
The 6-foot, 180-pound Delaine is a redshirt junior defensive back out of Fort Myers, Fla. In the 2025 season, he appeared in 11 games, tallying five solo tackles, seven total tackles and one pass breakup.

Yasin Willis
The 6-foot-1, 235-pound Willis, a sophomore from Newark, N.J., was the Orange's leading rusher in 2025. His decision to transfer caught some 'Cuse fans by surprise. Willis, this past season, played in nine games, carrying the ball 129 times for 558 yards with four scores on the ground.

Joshua Miller
The 6-foot-4, 320-pound redshirt sophomore offensive lineman hails from Chesterfield, Va. Miller appeared in six games during the 2025 term.

James Heard
Heard is a 6-foot-2, 230-pound linebacker from Camden, N.J. In 2025, the redshirt sophomore played in 11 games for Syracuse football, collecting 11 solo tackles, 18 total tackles and one forced fumble.

These guys below, I wrote about in prior articles about current Orange players who plan to enter the transfer portal when it opens next month:

Jaden Hart
The 5-foot-11, 210-pound sophomore running back out of Michigan City, Ind., appeared in 10 games this past term. He rushed 15 times for 53 yards, had three catches for eight yards and returned two kickoffs for 24 yards.

Luke Carney
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound freshman quarterback from Mesquite, Texas, appeared in four games this past season, preserving his redshirt status. Carney completed 5-of-7 passes for 22 yards. He also ran the ball 10 times for 28 yards with one score on the ground.

Ta'Ron Haile
The redshirt freshman defensive back hails from Millville, N.J. In 2025, the 6-foot, 190-pound Haile played in 10 games, collecting two solo tackles and five total tackles.

Carter Clark
The 6-foot-5, 295-pound Clark, a redshirt junior offensive lineman from Hilton, N.Y., appeared in one game this past season.

Nick Armentano
Armentano is a redshirt sophomore wide receiver from Westport, Conn. In the 2025 season, the 5-foot-8, 185-pound Armentano appeared in one contest.

Jalil Martin
The redshirt junior defensive back from Chicago, who previously played at Nebraska, appeared in five games this past term. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Martin registered two solo tackles and six total tackles in 2025.

Fatim Diggs
Diggs is a redshirt freshman linebacker from Camden, N.J. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Diggs, in 2025, played in five games with two solo tackles, three total tackles and one pass breakup.

Jaylan Hornsby
Hornsby, a redshirt freshman wide receiver, played in 11 games this past season. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound product of Winslow Township, N.J., caught eight passes for 103 yards with one score through the air.

Emanuel Ross
The redshirt freshman wide receiver, who hails from Jackson, N.J., was a former four-star prospect in the 2024 class. The 6-foot-2, 202-pound Ross, in 2025, hauled in 10 catches for 110 yards and one touchdown while playing in six games.

Kaylib Singleton
The former four-star defensive back in the 2025 cycle played in eight contests this past stanza. The 6-foot-1, 188-pound Singleton, a freshman from Jacksonville, Fla., tallied eight solo tackles, 16 total tackles and 0.5 tackles for a loss.

Ethan Stangle
The 6-foot-1, 220-pound Stangle, from Bel Air, Md., is a redshirt junior long snapper who appeared in all 12 games for Syracuse football in the 2025 season.

Jakhari Williams
The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Williams, a redshirt freshman quarterback from Macon, Ga., didn't see the field at all in the 2025 campaign for the Orange.

Caden Brown
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound linebacker is a sophomore out of Queens, N.Y., and his dad played for the Orange in the late 1980s. In the 2025 term, Brown appeared in two games, registering one total tackle.

Malachi James
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound James, a sophomore running back/return man out of Willingboro, N.J., only played in two games this past stanza due to injury.

Ibn McDaniels
The 6-foot-3, 205-pound McDaniels, a redshirt freshman defensive back from Elizabeth, N.J., appeared in 11 games this past term but only collected two total tackles.

Derek McDonald
McDonald, a redshirt senior linebacker from Atlanta, is expected to apply for a medical redshirt for the 2025 season after only appearing in four games due to injury. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound McDonald, in 2025, produced four solo tackles, eight total tackles and 0.5 tackles for a loss.

Chase Simmons
The 6-foot-4, 265-pound Simmons, a redshirt senior defensive lineman/tight end, hails from Little River, S.C. In 2025, Simmons played in six contests. He had three solo tackles, seven total tackles, 3.5 tackles for a loss and 0.5 sacks.