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Message: [QUOTE="SUDadx2, post: 4992528, member: 8174"] I understand two students who participated in this tryout have joined the program as walk-ons and are in the spring strength and conditioning program. One linebacker and one defensive lineman? I think this is so cool. A chance to chase a dream and help the team. Walk-ons serve many roles in a program. Initially they are used on the scout teams that the first team offense and first team defense practice against as they prepare for games. This allows scholarship players to focus on the gameplan. Every year it seems like a couple of walk-ons work their way into contributing roles on special teams. Last season Ryan Dolan played more than 100 snaps on special teams and in 2022 AJ Calabro played close to 100 snaps on special teams. You may remember AJ Calabro. He was a captain when we played Rutgers in 2021. The game was played on the 20th anniversary of 9-11. In honor of his father, Sal Calabro who was a firefighter for NYFD and passed away at the twin towers that day, AJ was named a captain for the Rutgers game. I was at that game. It gave me chills to watch AJ walk out that day as a captain. While at Syracuse AJ Calabro received a scholarship award in 2022 from the Markus Paul Foundation. The Markus Paul Foundation was founded in 2021 after Markus' death in 2020. The foundation has awarded scholarship funds to walk-ons in the football program since its establishment; AJ Calabro in 2022, and Nate Wellington in 2023. I'm looking forward to seeing who the Foundation recognizes this year. AJ Calabro is currently in law school at Rutgers and is the founder of Calabro Sports Counsel. Calabro Sports Counsel represents athletes in contact negotiations, NIL deals, brand development and marketing. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.calabrosportscounsel.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/2021/09/aj-calabro-will-be-a-team-captain-on-sept-11-for-the-syracuse-rutgers-football-game.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://markuspaulfoundation.com/our-mission[/URL] The Markus Paul foundation will have a golf tournament at the Tuscarora Golf Club in Marcellus, New York this year on June 3rd. [/QUOTE]

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