2023 Spring Practice

[OrangeXtreme]

Roster now has some updated numbers.

0 - Darton
4 - Caleb
5 - Alford
8 - Barron

From walk-on to single digits. Impressive.

 

[TexanMark]

Something you might be overlooking with respect to post-spring practice: the next round of portal transfers.

I'm very excited to see who the staff will be able to add, to improve the talent base!

We have some ground to make up losing Duce and Jahad to higher bidders

 

[SUskibum]

We have some ground to make up losing Duce and Jahad to higher bidders

Didn’t we bring in four star safety and a four star CB?

To go along with Simmons, Clark, Barron, Wilson and Johnson.

Plus the development of the next wave of which we seem to have a young DB star or two every year under Dino.

EDIT: I’d love one more CB and one more safety but I don’t think we’re in a totally bad spot as is

 

[TexanMark]

Didn’t we bring in four star safety and a four star CB?

To go along with Simmons, Clark, Barron, Wilson and Johnson.

Plus the development of the next wave of which we seem to have a young DB star or two every year under Dino.

EDIT: I’d love one more CB and one more safety but I don’t think we’re in a totally bad spot as is

Known quantity vs unknown quantity...

We'll see how the new guys pan out

I'm skeptical all these new guys are starters

 

[CbusCuse]

I totaly agree with Mark on this. I had just posted the below on the 2023 roster thread.

I certainly agree with needing DB help. We've been very fortunate to have really good talent at CB for a number of years now but really I have some concerns with both CB and Safety. I mean what we lose from 2022 at CB is Garrett Williams to the NFL and Deuce to LSU and now Nunn. At Safety we lose Ja'Had Carter to OSU, Eric Coley to graduation and now Hannah. We brought in zero 2023 freshman for either position and have added RS Frosh in Bellamy and Gould who are nice prospects but still both unproven. We need to add more than that.

 

[orangepassion]

I think Damien Alford has changed to 5.

Clearly that's what he was angling for when he went into the portal-Single digit or I'm out

: )

 

[CbusCuse]

Roster now has some updated numbers.

0 - Darton
4 - Caleb
5 - Alford
8 - Barron

Interesting that they think Alford and Barron have earned single digits already. But I guess somebody needs to get them so it kind of makes sense.

 

[CbusCuse]

Number 41, Jack Stonehouse. I like his look for a Punter. Lets get back to some good punting.

 

[SUDadx2]

Interesting that they think Alford and Barron have earned single digits already. But I guess somebody needs to get them so it kind of makes sense.

Barron
- Has started 21 games. Do we have a defender with more starts other than Wax?
- Plays on most (if not all) special teams
- Holder for FGs and PATs
- Third leading tackler in 2022 behind Wax and Jones.
- He is a leader. He’s played in more games for Cuse than any other member of the secondary and has been in the program longer than other memebers of the secondary except Greenwood.

IMO Barron has earned his single digit number.


Clark changed from #10 to #5 midway through the 2022 season. What was the justification for that change?

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

Barron
- Has started 21 games. Do we have a defender with more starts other than Wax?
- Plays on most (if not all) special teams
- Holder for FGs and PATs
- Third leading tackler in 2022 behind Wax and Jones.
- He is a leader. He’s played in more games for Cuse than any other member of the secondary and has been in the program longer than other memebers of the secondary except Greenwood.

IMO Barron has earned his single digit number.


Clark changed from #10 to #5 midway through the 2022 season. What was the justification for that change?

Remember when he got ejected for targeting and the defense was much worse without him?

 

[Trueblue25]

Barron’s a leader on and off the field. He keeps his position group and the defense focused.

Clark leads by action and outworks everyone.

Wax, Caleb, Shrader are the big captains but these two earned their single dig’s

 

[cusefan88]

I'm sure Justin Barron is looking forward to learning from Rocky Long.

 

[CbusCuse]

Barron
- Has started 21 games. Do we have a defender with more starts other than Wax?
- Plays on most (if not all) special teams
- Holder for FGs and PATs
- Third leading tackler in 2022 behind Wax and Jones.
- He is a leader. He’s played in more games for Cuse than any other member of the secondary and has been in the program longer than other memebers of the secondary except Greenwood.

IMO Barron has earned his single digit number.


Clark changed from #10 to #5 midway through the 2022 season. What was the justification for that change?

As a whole I think the current talent and productivity of the DB group is down a bit from previous seasons as we've been pretty good there. I agree that Barron has been fairly solid. Not spectacular but fairly solid. As a safety he doesn't get beat too often, has not had any Int's yet and only had one PD last year but did have some TFL's. If your adding a DB to the single digit group its probably him. He did win the mat drills and seems to be a good leader.

 

[Frozen]

Clark changed from #10 to #5 midway through the 2022 season. What was the justification for that change?

Clark’s nickname is Cinco. By rule, someone named Cinco has to be given number 5.

 

[All4SU]

Thank goodness his nickname isn’t Cien.

 

[OttosDad]

No one has brought up Oliver, pretty big recruit and Lville transfer. He will be in the mid this year at DB. I think depth is sufficient for now. If anything, I think bringing in a safety/rover might be beneficial for depth purposes.

Monroe and the defensive staff had a ton of success recruiting CBs. I have faith that one of Delaine or Peterson from the ‘22 recruiting class will end up developing this season.

 

[CuseLegacy]

I totaly agree with Mark on this. I had just posted the below on the 2023 roster thread.

I certainly agree with needing DB help. We've been very fortunate to have really good talent at CB for a number of years now but really I have some concerns with both CB and Safety. I mean what we lose from 2022 at CB is Garrett Williams to the NFL and Deuce to LSU and now Nunn. At Safety we lose Ja'Had Carter to OSU, Eric Coley to graduation and now Hannah. We brought in zero 2023 freshman for either position and have added RS Frosh in Bellamy and Gould who are nice prospects but still both unproven. We need to add more than that.

Maybe that's why they offered a JUCO DB today.

 

[sufandu]

Interesting that they think Alford and Barron have earned single digits already. But I guess somebody needs to get them so it kind of makes sense.

Is the single digit of special significance? Did I miss something?

 

[SuFTW]

Is the single digit of special significance? Did I miss something?

Yes and yes.

SU football’s VIP club: Who gets to wear a coveted single-digit jersey?

Seven players wear single-digit jersey numbers. Two players joined the club this offseason.

www.syracuse.com

 

[rackman18]

We have some ground to make up losing Duce and Jahad to higher bidders

Half & Half, Duce was a 50/50 where he missed tackles or get beat, and then occasionally awesome play. We have a few to replace that. Now Jahad was a baller and ball hawk. He is missed the moment he announced he was hitting the portal. He will be hard to replace but all we can say is next best player up. But really, good luck and good health to both of them.

 

[rackman18]

I totaly agree with Mark on this. I had just posted the below on the 2023 roster thread.

I certainly agree with needing DB help. We've been very fortunate to have really good talent at CB for a number of years now but really I have some concerns with both CB and Safety. I mean what we lose from 2022 at CB is Garrett Williams to the NFL and Deuce to LSU and now Nunn. At Safety we lose Ja'Had Carter to OSU, Eric Coley to graduation and now Hannah. We brought in zero 2023 freshman for either position and have added RS Frosh in Bellamy and Gould who are nice prospects but still both unproven. We need to add more than that.

We will be fine plus I believe the new wave of transfers are coming soon.

 

[CbusCuse]

Does anyone know if Cornell Perry is practicing? He is a RF corner who I think everyone has forgotten about because he got injured last spring. I like his size at 6’-1” and 180 lbs. Hopefully he is competing for a role this year as well.

 

[SUDadx2]

Does anyone know if Cornell Perry is practicing? He is a RF corner who I think everyone has forgotten about because he got injured last spring. I like his size at 6’-1” and 180 lbs. Hopefully he is competing for a role this year as well.

He is practicing (wearing a knee brace). He's playing safety.

 

[sufandu]

We will be fine plus I believe the new wave of transfers are coming soon.

I guess we'll see. Hopefully we're better talent evaluators than the programs that took our guys. Otherwise, they would have gone after the transfers we're taking.

 

[GoCuse14]

I guess we'll see. Hopefully we're better talent evaluators than the programs that took our guys. Otherwise, they would have gone after the transfers we're taking.

The transfers we took were HS teammates from Jersey. Maybe them playing together closer to home would mean that OSU and LSU wouldnt have been after them...