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No recent Cali or Iggy awards; Mr Irrelevant
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I am temporarily filling in for OE as he recovers from surgery. Get well soon Dan.
Recruiting
Syracuse Has Monster Recruiting Weekend, 2015 Class Close to Done
Boom 3! SU Lands Another Top 10 NJ Player in Safety Daiquan Kelly (PS; Mink)
Daiquan Kelly, one of the top-ranked players in New Jersey in the Class of 2015, verbally committed to Syracuse on Sunday following his second on-campus visit in the last two months, a source said.
Kelly, rated as a three-star prospect using the 247Sports composite ranking, chose Syracuse over offers from Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Rutgers. The 6-foot-3, 210-pounder is the third safety in the 2015 class and the second major addition from New Jersey.
Last week, shortly after Kelly released a list of the top four schools he was considering, he stated his intent to make a decision sometime in August because he wanted to visit Michigan State.
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Boom 2! Georgia Safety Christopher Frederick Verbals to Syracuse (PS; Bailey)
Cedar Grove (Ellenwood, Ga.) High School safety Christopher Fredrick has verbally committed to Syracuse, he tweeted on Friday night.
Fredrick becomes the 17th announced verbal commitment in Syracuse's Class of 2015, and second to commit on Friday after kicker/punter Sterling Hofrichter.
The 6-foot-1, 172-pound Fredrick is rated three stars by At their request, this network is being blocked from this site. and joins Marquise Blair as the second safety pledge in SU's class. New Jersey safety Daiquan Kelly will take an unofficial visit to Syracuse on Sunday.
Fredrick chose the Orange over offers from Mississippi State, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Old Dominion, Miami (OH), Georgia State, Massachusetts and more, according to .
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Boom 1! SU's #1 Target at Placekicker/Punter, Sterling Hofrichter, Verbals to Syracuse (PS; Bailey)
Armwood (Seffner, Fla.) High School kicker/punter Sterling Hofrichter verbally committed to Syracuse on Friday, he confirmed in a phone interview.
"I was just waiting out to see if I had any offers, any other choices I had," Hofrichter said. "But Syracuse, once I went up there, I fell in love with it. I love the coaches. That's why I committed to Syracuse."
Hofrichter, ranked the No. 6 kicker and No. 13 punter in the nation by kohlskicking.com, becomes the 18th member in the Orange's Class of 2015 and 16th announced verbal commitment. The 5-foot-9, 160-pound Hofrichter visited Syracuse in May and did not have any other offers.
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"The kicking coach (Christopher Gould) there told me that they want me to come in and start as a freshman," Hofrichter said. "They've already told me that they want me to do field goals, kickoffs and punting."
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SU News
KJ Williams
SU Recruits KJ Williams and Treevon Prater Fail to Qualify Academically (PS; Carlson)
K.J. Williams, the wide receiver considered by many to be the top recruit in Syracuse's 2014 recruiting class, was one of two members of the class who failed to qualify academically and will not enroll at SU this fall, head coach Scott Shafer said Friday via text message.
Defensive back Treevon Prater, a three-star athlete and a likely project at defensive back, was the other.
Shafer said via text message that Williams and Prater are currently deciding whether to go to junior college or prep school.
Williams, rated a four-star recruit by Rivals, Scout and 247 Sports, was one of the two wide receivers most likely to inject instant energy into the SU passing game as true freshmen.
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Pat Killorin A Member of the Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame (PS; Poliquin)
It's not on too many bucket lists. Not like, oh, that baseball shrine down the road in Cooperstown. But Pat Killorin, who blocked an awful lot of Nittany Lions and Eagles and Panthers while playing for Ben Schwartzwalder's Orange back there in the '60s, is there.
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ACC News
ACC Logo Applied to Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Move to the ACC Enhances Louisville's Football Recruiting (Courier-Journal; Jones)
The University of Louisville's move from the American Athletic Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference, which becomes official on Tuesday, will instantly and automatically ensure the Cardinals' football team will have a chance to compete in games of national importance and chase major championships.
Likewise, the Cards' AAC-to-ACC shift is a single-letter change that will keep the football program viable in recruiting, an attractive option for top-level high school players.
"It's nothing but a huge positive (for recruiting) to be associated with, and going into, the ACC," safeties coach and recruiting coordinator Greg Brown of U of L told The Courier-Journal. "… Obviously we're going to be in better shape, being associated with the ACC."
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analyst Mike Farrell said it was imperative for U of L's recruiting for the school to get out of the AAC, whose champion is no longer guaranteed a top-tier bowl, and into the ACC.
"It's huge because they got out of purgatory, essentially," he said. "You look at the UConns, the Cincinnatis and the USFs of the world (that are still in the AAC), and you wonder. Nobody is talking about the big six or the BCS. It's the big five conferences now. Had (the Cards) not gotten into the ACC, they would have been kind of left out of that, and it would have really hurt recruiting. It's extremely hard to sell that (AAC) schedule to kids. But now you can sell Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Miami. It's a completely different world."
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Recruiting
Syracuse Has Monster Recruiting Weekend, 2015 Class Close to Done
Boom 3! SU Lands Another Top 10 NJ Player in Safety Daiquan Kelly (PS; Mink)
Daiquan Kelly, one of the top-ranked players in New Jersey in the Class of 2015, verbally committed to Syracuse on Sunday following his second on-campus visit in the last two months, a source said.
Kelly, rated as a three-star prospect using the 247Sports composite ranking, chose Syracuse over offers from Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Rutgers. The 6-foot-3, 210-pounder is the third safety in the 2015 class and the second major addition from New Jersey.
Last week, shortly after Kelly released a list of the top four schools he was considering, he stated his intent to make a decision sometime in August because he wanted to visit Michigan State.
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Boom 2! Georgia Safety Christopher Frederick Verbals to Syracuse (PS; Bailey)
Cedar Grove (Ellenwood, Ga.) High School safety Christopher Fredrick has verbally committed to Syracuse, he tweeted on Friday night.
Fredrick becomes the 17th announced verbal commitment in Syracuse's Class of 2015, and second to commit on Friday after kicker/punter Sterling Hofrichter.
The 6-foot-1, 172-pound Fredrick is rated three stars by At their request, this network is being blocked from this site. and joins Marquise Blair as the second safety pledge in SU's class. New Jersey safety Daiquan Kelly will take an unofficial visit to Syracuse on Sunday.
Fredrick chose the Orange over offers from Mississippi State, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Old Dominion, Miami (OH), Georgia State, Massachusetts and more, according to .
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Boom 1! SU's #1 Target at Placekicker/Punter, Sterling Hofrichter, Verbals to Syracuse (PS; Bailey)
Armwood (Seffner, Fla.) High School kicker/punter Sterling Hofrichter verbally committed to Syracuse on Friday, he confirmed in a phone interview.
"I was just waiting out to see if I had any offers, any other choices I had," Hofrichter said. "But Syracuse, once I went up there, I fell in love with it. I love the coaches. That's why I committed to Syracuse."
Hofrichter, ranked the No. 6 kicker and No. 13 punter in the nation by kohlskicking.com, becomes the 18th member in the Orange's Class of 2015 and 16th announced verbal commitment. The 5-foot-9, 160-pound Hofrichter visited Syracuse in May and did not have any other offers.
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"The kicking coach (Christopher Gould) there told me that they want me to come in and start as a freshman," Hofrichter said. "They've already told me that they want me to do field goals, kickoffs and punting."
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SU News
KJ Williams
SU Recruits KJ Williams and Treevon Prater Fail to Qualify Academically (PS; Carlson)
K.J. Williams, the wide receiver considered by many to be the top recruit in Syracuse's 2014 recruiting class, was one of two members of the class who failed to qualify academically and will not enroll at SU this fall, head coach Scott Shafer said Friday via text message.
Defensive back Treevon Prater, a three-star athlete and a likely project at defensive back, was the other.
Shafer said via text message that Williams and Prater are currently deciding whether to go to junior college or prep school.
Williams, rated a four-star recruit by Rivals, Scout and 247 Sports, was one of the two wide receivers most likely to inject instant energy into the SU passing game as true freshmen.
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Pat Killorin A Member of the Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame (PS; Poliquin)
It's not on too many bucket lists. Not like, oh, that baseball shrine down the road in Cooperstown. But Pat Killorin, who blocked an awful lot of Nittany Lions and Eagles and Panthers while playing for Ben Schwartzwalder's Orange back there in the '60s, is there.
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ACC News
ACC Logo Applied to Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Move to the ACC Enhances Louisville's Football Recruiting (Courier-Journal; Jones)
The University of Louisville's move from the American Athletic Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference, which becomes official on Tuesday, will instantly and automatically ensure the Cardinals' football team will have a chance to compete in games of national importance and chase major championships.
Likewise, the Cards' AAC-to-ACC shift is a single-letter change that will keep the football program viable in recruiting, an attractive option for top-level high school players.
"It's nothing but a huge positive (for recruiting) to be associated with, and going into, the ACC," safeties coach and recruiting coordinator Greg Brown of U of L told The Courier-Journal. "… Obviously we're going to be in better shape, being associated with the ACC."
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analyst Mike Farrell said it was imperative for U of L's recruiting for the school to get out of the AAC, whose champion is no longer guaranteed a top-tier bowl, and into the ACC.
"It's huge because they got out of purgatory, essentially," he said. "You look at the UConns, the Cincinnatis and the USFs of the world (that are still in the AAC), and you wonder. Nobody is talking about the big six or the BCS. It's the big five conferences now. Had (the Cards) not gotten into the ACC, they would have been kind of left out of that, and it would have really hurt recruiting. It's extremely hard to sell that (AAC) schedule to kids. But now you can sell Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Miami. It's a completely different world."
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