Still miffed about Geer leaving. He gave us strength, toughness, and quickness with run stopping ability. I think he will be missed.Syracuse football 2023 defensive line: No longer a question mark, SU’s front has chance to shine
Caleb Okechukwu and Kevon Darton return as anchors to the D-line.www.syracuse.com
I'm pretty sure we certainly wanted to keep him here. We know he had great potential. Unfortunately his production here was somewhat minimized due tot the fact he couldn't gain weight. Good to hear he's now been able to go from 217 lbs to 235 lbs and I would guess a large reason for that being his metabolism is likely starting to change. Wish that would have started to happen sooner.
Dont sleep on the Bama kid
He doesn't like that.
If Linton performs the way that the TT coaches are intimating, you kind of have to go, “hmm.” That along with his weight gain does make me wonder a little bit about what the issue was here. His coach was chirping about our nutrition etc. I don’t know. Will be interesting.
I have to believe that a dedicated football nutritionist has helped him. We are always a lap behind the leaders in this power 5 race, it seems. It's very frustrating.
Still feel at 235 he does not fit at DE in the 335. DE are around 265. LBs are 235 plus. He may do well at TT it does not mean he was the best fit at SU.
Many of us have said the same things about Linton the TT coach said. Ive always thought he was the most SEC type of athlete we had on the team. The issue was his commitment to weight gain while he was at SU. A different scene can inspire you to be better. Or the nutrition program was just that much better. It still doesnt make a lot of sense when most of the SU team has gained functional weight. I hope he shows all the things we thought he could do. The scheme fits him more.
Glad you mentioned him in this thread. Not only does he make as many eye-popping plays as Linton, he won't quit on his teammates. Hopefully Lowery can tee off this year with more size and depth on the DL.
Don't let his size fool you. Darton plays like a man amongst boys at times. He can be extremely disruptive. It's surprising, but he gets the job done. And he is tough as nails; he never needs to come off the field
Are you hearing something about him/is there something that you particularly like about him? I'm just curious
He was injured for almost his entire time at Bama, had to medically retire. So the excitement for me at least is if he is healthy like he said he is, we’re getting a raw talent that was good enough to play for Alabama.
