The ‘Cuse: Three 2024 Impactful Transfers for Syracuse Football

McCord recorded four games of three passing touchdowns and 70% completion percentage. In addition, McCord went six consecutive weeks without throwing an INT (while throwing 12 TD passes over that stretch). As a result, McCord earned 2^nd Team All-Big Ten honors.

S Devin Grant

Previous School: Buffalo Bulls

6’3”, 180 lbs.

Devin Grant was #2 on the Buffalo team in tackles last season with 79. In addition, Grant picked off five passes (#6 in FBS), broke up four passes, forced a fumble, and blocked two kicks. Three of those INTs came against Central Michigan, and two were returned for scores. 

Grant recorded three games of double-digit tackles: 10 vs. Akron, 11 vs. Bowling Green, and 11 vs. Eastern Michigan. For his outstanding performance, Grant was named 1^st Team All-MAC.

Edge Fadil Diggs

Previous School: Texas A&M Aggies

6’5”, 240 lbs.

In 2023, Fadil Diggs recorded 36 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, four sacks, and two pass breakups. Diggs follows his former coach Elijah Robinson to New York State. Robinson is the new Defensive Coordinator for the Orange. 

Diggs’s best game came against Tennessee in which he made six tackles, one tackle for loss, one sack, and two QB pressures. Diggs is already making his presence felt from a leadership standpoint, helping the younger guys on the defense.

The ’Cuse returns 74% of their production from a season ago, which is the 3^rd highest total in the ACC (and 10^th in the nation). Syracuse returns several starters and/or key contributors, including All-ACC running back LeQuint Allen, Jr., TE Dan Villari, DB Jaeden Gould, and DB Jayden Bellamy. In addition, they will have the services of DB Duce Chestnut, who is transferring back from LSU. Chestnut was a 3^rd Team All-ACC selection in 2021 at Syracuse…as a freshman.

With an older and experienced roster full of juniors and seniors, the buzz around the Gatorade cooler is that Syracuse could be the darling of the ACC in 2024, and McCord could be one of the top quarterbacks in the conference.

Brown implemented a new strength program to make the team more physical so they can manhandle opponents. Robinson has the defensive hanging out together constantly, building chemistry and learning to gel as cohesive unit.

The schedule is a favorable one that includes home games against Georgia Tech, Stanford, Va. Tech, and Miami, and road games vs NC State, Pitt, Boston College, and Cal.

With a 1^st time head coach that is fired up to succeed, a supporting staff to help him get there, and experienced talent ready to paint the college football world orange, Syracuse could very well surprise their conference brethren and the media and take the ACC by storm in 2024.