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Message: [QUOTE="SUDadx2, post: 4806614, member: 8174"] LOL... We did not go after JC players because we lost out on HS recruits. JC recruits are expected to contribute immediately or at least soon while HS recruits are generally given some time to develop. We went after Reed because we had an immediate need at center that no HS recruit was going to fill. The other JC offensive lineman has not played and will redshirt to give him more time to develop. We went after two JC running backs due to uncertainty of LQA's future at Syracuse. No high school recruit was going to be ready if need the way the coaches thought these JC guys were. The two DB's we brought in from Santa Barbara CC were brought in to add athletic depth to our special teams. They were not expected to compete for playing time in the secondary immediately. One of them left when he was told they needed him on special teams and they did not want him to redshirt, which is what he wanted to do. No high school recruit was going to be ready to provide the depth we needed on special teams without time to develop. As for the abysmal effort to close out the 2023 class, Syracuse only had two decommits. Wish we had been able to keep both of them, but this is consistent with the chaos that ensues when coaches move around. [LIST] [*]QB LaNorris Sellers decommited and went to So Carolina. [LIST] [*]Anae left for NC State on Dec 9th, Sellers decommitted on Dec 23. [*]Sellers has only played 11 snaps this season (vs Furman). [/LIST] [*]DL Vincent Carroll-Jackson decommited and went to Nebraska. [LIST] [*]Did he flip because Coach White left or was that just a coincidence that they both ended up at Nebraska? White to Nebraska, Dec 8. VCJ decommit on Dec 21. [*]Carroll-Jackson has not played this season. [/LIST] [/LIST] Syracuse did not pick up a JC transfer to compensate for either of those decommits. [LIST] [*]QB Davis transferred from So Carolina to Syracuse in May. Not a HS recruit. [*]All of the DL commits we signed from HS in 2023 and the transfer Ingraham were committed to Syracuse before VCJ decommitted on Dec 21. [LIST] [*]Rashard Perry committed on April 9. [*]Jalil Smith committed on June 24. [*]Ty Gordon committed on Dec 17. [*]Omopariola committed on Dec 18. Listed as DL in recruiting, but is playing LB. [/LIST] [/LIST] I think the need to pick up JC recruits is more of a reflection on previous years recruiting classes than on the 2023 class. Our recruiting has not been sufficient to compete in the ACC. [/QUOTE]

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