Potential 2025 Roster / Staff / Portals [Updated 7/12/25]

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse QB Michael Johnson Jr. entering transfer portal

Johnson is entering his final season of eligibility and did not make the top two on Syracuse's depth chart.

www.syracuse.com

Syracuse quarterback Michael Johnson Jr. transfers to Akron

Johnson spent one season in Syracuse, appearing in one game as Kyle McCord's backup.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse star receiver Trebor Pena expected to enter name in transfer portal (report)

Pena led Syracuse in catches and receiving touchdowns last season.

www.syracuse.com

Former Syracuse football star joins one of program’s biggest historic rivals

Syracuse wide receiver Trebor Pena led the Orange in receptions last year.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Two more Syracuse football players plan to enter transfer portal

The NCAA's transfer portal window is set to open for all players on Wednesday.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Phin#3]

Spring Roster Walk ons not accounted for on roster

Lucas Vermeulen
Luis Puente
James Trotter
Rubin Wasserman
Jan Bogdan
Dimitri Ioannidis
Marcale Billue
Sean Murphy

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse football spring game standout enters name in transfer portal

Jordan Montanez came to Syracuse as a preferred walk-on.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse football OL from Texas will enter name into transfer portal

Syracuse currently has five scholarship players who have entered, or are expected to enter, their names into the NCAA transfer portal.

www.syracuse.com

 

[CuseLegacy]

I hadn't noticed this before but Deon Maddox now has Assistant WR coach in his X bio.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse football losing two more former starters to transfer portal

Two of the Orange's starting offensive linemen from 2023 are set to leave the program.

www.syracuse.com

Syracuse offensive lineman Enrique Cruz Jr. transfers to Kansas

Cruz played in just three games last season after spending all of 2023 as Syracuse's starting left tackle.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse loses Freshman All-American to transfer portal

Maraad Watson made 11 starts for Syracuse last season and was set to start again in 2025.

www.syracuse.com

Syracuse’s Maraad Watson signs with Texas (report)

Watson was being pursued by four College Football Playoff teams from 2024 once he entered the transfer portal on Friday.

www.syracuse.com

 

[orangemass]

	In The Portal
7	Marcellus Barnes	DB	So.	SMU
15	Brady Denaburg	K	Sr.	Minnesota
10	Braden Davis	WR	R-Jr.	12/10/24
67	Noah Rosahac	OL	R-Fr.	Delaware
16	Carlos Del Rio-Wilson	QB	R-Sr.	Marshall
21	Jaeden Gould	DB	R-Jr.	UCF
1	Jayden Bellamy	DB	R-Jr.	UCF
71	Lysander Moeolo	DL	R-Sr.	Texas St
50	J'onre Reed	OL	R-Sr	USC
95	Michael Nwokocha	DL	R-Sr.	Texas St
79	David Wohlabaugh	OL	R-Sr.	4/7/25
9	Michael Johnson, Jr	QB	R-Sr.	4/14/25
2	Trebor Pena	WR	R-Sr.	4/15/25
58	Xavier Miles	DL	R-Fr.	4/15/25
14	AJ Miller*	QB	R-Fr.	4/15/25
27	Jordan Montanez*	RB	R-Fr.	4/16/25
66	Willie Goodacre	OL	R-Fr.	4/16/25
17	Patrick Grusser*	QB	R-Fr.	4/17/25
88	Maraad Watson	DL	So.	4/18/25
70	Enrique Cruz, Jr	OL	R-Sr.	4/18/25

This is crazy sheeit

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse football receives first transfer commitment of spring

Syracuse added help on the offensive line after losing two former starters on Friday.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse football senior OL, freshman LB to enter transfer portal (report)

SU offensive lineman Codie Hornsby is set to enter the transfer portal according to a report.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse football adds all-conference linebacker through transfer portal

Head coach Fran Brown put out a public call for linebacker help in the transfer portal last week.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Notre Dame quarterback Steve Angeli will transfer to Syracuse

Notre Dame transfer Steve Angeli brings needed experience to the Syracuse quarterback room.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Former Boston College starter and son of former Syracuse football star signs with Orange

George Rooks won a share of the Big East Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1991. His son started the past two seasons for Boston College.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse adds offensive lineman from conference rival

Zach Rice will join Syracuse with two years of eligibility remaining.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse football adds offensive line transfer from Florida State

FSU OL TJ Ferguson, who started at left guard for the Seminoles last year, will transfer to Syracuse.

www.syracuse.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Former 5-star wide receiver commits to Syracuse out of transfer portal

Johntay Cook, a former five-star WR recently dismissed from Washington following a transfer from Texas, has committed to SU.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Orangefizz]

Fran has done a nearly complete makeover of the Syracuse roster in only 1+ year. There’s only 5 offensive players left from Dino and 13 on defense

O: Hatcher, Villari, Petry, Cruz, Mack

D: Fuentes, Jaquez, Simmons, Jobity, Perry, Omopariola, McDonald, Sparrow, ZMG, Martin, Perry, Delaine Buxton

 

[tep624]

Fran has done a nearly complete makeover of the Syracuse roster in only 1+ year. There’s only 5 offensive players left from Dino and 12 on defense

O: Hatcher, Villari, Petry, Cruz, Mack

D: Fuentes, Jaquez, Simmons, Jobity, Perry, Omopariola, McDonald, Sparrow, ZMG, Martin, Perry, Delaine

When you bring in 50 new guys each year it moves pretty quickly! You missed Buxton on defense.

This does track with Dino recruiting far better on the defensive side of the ball though, which always seemed to be the case.

 

[Orangefizz]

When you bring in 50 new guys each year it moves pretty quickly! You missed Buxton on defense.

This does track with Dino recruiting far better on the defensive side of the ball though, which always seemed to be the case.

Of all the skill players (QB/RB/WR) there's only Umari Hatcher left

 

[tep624]

Of all the skill players (QB/RB/WR) there's only Umari Hatcher left

Yeah and Hatcher has been mixed at best.

 

[kcsu]

When you bring in 50 new guys each year it moves pretty quickly! You missed Buxton on defense.

This does track with Dino recruiting far better on the defensive side of the ball though, which always seemed to be the case.

Thats because he had Tony