I think the original post indicated that half of Pasqualoni's recruits did not make it to campus due to academics.
This list is not accurate. I may have some of the specifics wrong, but here goes.
Kevin Osifichin decided that he did not want to go to college - he chose instead to go into law enforcement.
I'm pretty sure that Steven Simms chose not to go to school.
Larry McClain eventually made it to campus only to decide not to stay for personal reasons not related to academics.
Lamar McPherson played at SU.
So did Jamar Atkinson.
Courtney Greene took a scholarhsip with Rutgers after P was fired. I think J.P. Etienne also chose another school. Diego Oquendo played at Michigan State - I honestly do not recall why he went there over Syracuse - in fairness to the original post it could have been academics.
Adam Hearn was involved in a fight during high school that resulted I believe in criminal charges and a revocation of his scholarship offer.
There were of course some academic casualties but nowhere near the number suggested by the original post.
Osifichin did make it to SU briefly but left during his Frosh year to pursue law enforcement like you said.
Pretty sure Simms made it to campus but transferred after his Frosh year. Don't remember where to.
McPherson made it to SU but eventually transferred.
Adam Hearns - you're right on him. Wasn't academic related.
Eric Buchanan - decommited to TCU during the recruiting cycle, not an academic casualty. I assume this is being based on Scout's database - it's wrong (shocker).
Fluellen - I believe a heart condition ended his career, he did qualify and was at SU briefly IIRC.
Tinney didn't qualify, but he was a GROB recruit in GROB's first class.
Abney was a GROB recruit as well, part of GROB's first class. He qualified I believe but was only at SU briefly, never played.
Jeremy Horne played at SU then transferred out. He did spend a year at Milford but a year at Prep isn't a big deal as long as you eventually end up at SU, you're not losing any eligibility like the JUCO route.
Academic Casualties
McClain never made it to campus. Academics twice over, both out of HS and then after a prep year.
Eric Ball never qualified and don't know where he ended up.
Atkinson technically was an academic casualty because he had to JUCO due to academics and burned off 2 years of eligibility. He did eventually make after burning 2 years at Morrisville.
Courtney Greene was an academic casualty - he did not qualify in his original recruiting class (2004). Technically he never decommitted from SU, he just never re-committed to SU after he was qualified. He chose Rutgers instead along with Ray Rice the following year.
Stacy Brown - never made it. Academic casualty.
Diego Oquendo was similar to Greene. He didn't qualify and then when he was qualified a year later he chose to go to Michigan State.
Rob Jackson - didn't qualify. Went to JUCO out in Kansas and ended up at K State I think for his final 2 years.
Pierre-Etienne was similar to Greene and Oquendo. Didn't qualify and after a year he was qualified and chose to go to Rutgers.
Woodyard - never qualified. Don't think he ever played anywhere.
P's 2004 class was a disaster as far as non-qualifiers, I don't think that's arguable. That class alone had 7 non qualifiers out of 31 commits, 23% of the class, which is extremely high. Of those Non-qualifiers, only Curtis Brinkley made it to SU after a year at Prep school, and he had to be re-recruited by GROB. Brown, Oquendo, Greene, Jackson, Pierre-Etienne, and Woodyard were all part of that class and never made it at all.
Marrone has had non-qualifiers but most have fallen into the "year at Milford" boat, fortunately. The only ones that have never made it have been Dale Peterman, Dom Timbers, Tyree Smallwood and potentially Poncho Barnwell.
4 in 4 years, with the jury still out on Barnwell, is really good.
People might try to bring up Derek Hines and Henderson from Marrone's first class, but they were here and qualified, the both just flamed out during preseason camp.
