Duce Chestnut transferring back to the 'Cuse

[Cuse12]

I hope we bring him in, but I’m not worried about it. I truly believe our recruits that Fran is going to be bringing in will be a higher level than duce (which is saying a lot). He is as others said an average or maybe slightly above average CB who has abilities to make big time plays.

 

[Cuseregular]

Unfortunately he was getting toasted by WRs alot...I don't think he had a great year when he played

yep here too. Kids good but not a game changer type

 

[tep624]

He was a lockdown corner here...opponents threw away from him...not sure what happened at LSU ...he had an interception early in the FSU game but then got schooled by the taller WR's from state...Kelly soured on him...I'd take him back he was tough here!

His freshman year. His sophomore year, not so much.

 

[SUFan44]

yep here too. Kids good but not a game changer type

Not all 85 can be superstars. Nickel corner is perfect for him. For the league too. Taron Johnson is a decent comp.

 

[JRHEETER]

Would be cool if we bring him back

But I’m also 100% fine if we don’t

 

[OrangeCrush22]

This is still one of the best INTs I’ve seen.

 

[Killdozer]

I prefer that SU moves in another direction with open schollies. He has already been part of the "Bad" SU football program and it is time to move on. Syracuse football is on a new trajectory and there is no need to add players from two years ago.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I feel like whatever happened he was involved with alongside LeQuint that LeQuint had to work through probably means this is a bad idea.

 

[BKCuse]

I’d take him back. He was great here. The players still have love for him and he’s a Camden kid.
I think now that LQA got through the incident Deuce will be able to navigate that much quicker. Unless there is evidence he was the aggressor.

 

[JuiceMeUp]

Ngl I was not a fan of him when he left, especially after it was reveled he played a big part in the whole Lequint situation. He also was pretty bad when he was on the field at LSU. But our corner situation is pretty awful right now so why not. The old staff is gone and the players who are still here seem to welcome him back with open arms. Good enough for me.

 

[CNYGuy]

honest question: seen a few people mention the LeQuint incident…. as the facts as we know it have come out from the LeQuint incident, what would peoples hang up be on that as it pertains to Duce.

I think there was near unanimous conversation on here in July that it was a standard college fight, some poor decisions made but nothing really pointing to either as poor character guys. Was there something else we don’t know about that situation that makes people feel otherwise

 

[GreekFreak]

His freshman year. His sophomore year, not so much.

Duse also had Garrett Williams opposite him and Garrett was THE lockdown corner prior to his injury. Garrett also took the opposing team’s top receiver. We saw Duce struggle after Garrett got hurt and Duce had to pick up the slack. Duce is a good depth piece.

 

[orangefog]

I prefer Duce over Sub-Zero...that guy sucked.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

honest question: seen a few people mention the LeQuint incident…. as the facts as we know it have come out from the LeQuint incident, what would peoples hang up be on that as it pertains to Duce.

I think there was near unanimous conversation on here in July that it was a standard college fight, some poor decisions made but nothing really pointing to either as poor character guys. Was there something else we don’t know about that situation that makes people feel otherwise

My suspicion is that Duce didn't have to deal with reviews and things because it was known he was gone anyway.

Perhaps there may be unfinished business on that front.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

My suspicion is that Duce didn't have to deal with reviews and things because it was known he was gone anyway.

Perhaps there may be unfinished business on that front.

If Duce has to deal with any open issues back at Syracuse I highly doubt he would come back. Plenty of other options out there for him before he would need to reopen issues that are closed.

 

[orangecuse]

Players wanting him back says a lot.

I don't know if says anything other/more than...birds of a feather flock together.

 

[wfschrec]

I don't know if says anything other/more than...birds of a feather flock together.

Well how many of the kids that want him back are notorious troublemakers off the field? I think that is an unfair generalization to levy. I have no idea if Duce is a troublemaker or not, I don’t know him personally or any of the other members of the team for that matter. What I do know is there haven’t been many if any off field problems of that magnitude other than that 1 incident.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I’m pretty ambivalent about his return. If Coach wants him, great. If he goes to Rutty, so be it.

 

[AngryOtto]

If he comes back with no nil and no guarantee about playing time fine. I know he appeared liked by his teammates but there are a number of guys we are looking at that seem better.

 

[Cuse181]

I prefer that SU moves in another direction with open schollies. He has already been part of the "Bad" SU football program and it is time to move on. Syracuse football is on a new trajectory and there is no need to add players from two years ago.

Might as well boot OG, Villari, LQA, Wax and Barron then. Why should they get a pass when Duce doesn’t?

 

[Cuse181]

If he comes back with no nil and no guarantee about playing time fine. I know he appeared liked by his teammates but there are a number of guys we are looking at that seem better.

Key phrase: “looking at”

You don’t tell quality players no until you have commits. It’s fun to think about this team with guys like AJ Harris but until they commit, the team is still in massive need of players at key positions

 

[SWC75]

HCFB was a D-backs coach at Georgia. If he wants him, I want him to get him. If he decides Duce is not what he's looking for, I'm fine with that.

 

[SWC75]

My opinion is that Duce is an average ACC CB. Which is a lot better than we had in 2023 with Johnson and Bellamy.

Duce is above average defending the run and screens.

He is okay defending most passes. He is going to get beat long because he isn’t fast enough to cover 4.4 guys. Tends to get beat up and that affects his level of play over the course of a season.

But you need a bunch of CBS to get through a season. They get banged up and it is best to play a few of them to help keep the injuries and wear and tear with our CBS low.

Might be a good fit at that nickel safety position as well.

But if I had my druthers, I would have a couple of 4.4 or 4.5 guys at CB and stop getting beat deep so much.

We have a lot of wide-outs at the moment. Maybe one of the faster guys could switch to defense?

 

[orangecuse]

Well how many of the kids that want him back are notorious troublemakers off the field? I think that is an unfair generalization to levy. I have no idea if Duce is a troublemaker or not, I don’t know him personally or any of the other members of the team for that matter. What I do know is there haven’t been many if any off field problems of that magnitude other than that 1 incident.

You're the one (based upon your own thinking) that took a generalization and made it into your own non-generalization.

Players typically stick together, a band of brothers kind of deal, whether it's good, bad or indifferent. Again, my post didn't qualify anything specific.

 

[JRHEETER]

Let’s remember HC Fran Brown said he didn’t want Duce when he was at Rutgers and that’s why he ended up at Syracuse