SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 2018 Spring Football Prospectus 2018 SYRACUSE SPRING FOOTBALL
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 2018 Spring Football Prospectus 2018 SYRACUSE SPRING FOOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS PRACTICE SCHEDULE SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Media Information .......................................... 1 Spring Practice Schedule ................................. 1 4 | MARCH 5 6 7 8 9 10 Notebook ......................................................... 2 Practice #1 Practice #2 Practice #3 Returning Starters ........................................... 2 10 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 2018 Spring Roster ....................................... 3-4 2018 Signing Class Roster ................................ 4 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2018 Spring Depth Chart ................................. 5 Dino Babers Profile ....................................... 6-7 SPRING BREAK Assistant Coach Profiles .................................. 8 Position Previews ....................................... 9-12 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2017 Results/Statistics ............................. 13-15 2017 Starting Lineups .................................... 16 Practice #4 Practice #5 Practice #6 7:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. CLOSED 2017 Game Summaries ............................ 17-20 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2018 SCHEDULE Practice #7 Practice #8 Practice #9 7:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. CLOSED Date Opponent Time 8/31 at Western Michigan TBA 1 | APRIL 2 3 4 5 6 7 9/8 Wagner TBA Practice #10 Practice #11 Practice #12 Practice #13 9/15 Florida State * TBA CLOSED 7:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. CLOSED 9/22 Connecticut TBA 9/29 at Clemson * TBA 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 10/6 at Pittsburgh * TBA Practice #14 Spring 10/20 North Carolina * TBA 7:30 a.m. Preview 10/27 NC State * TBA 11/3 at Wake Forest * TBA 11/9 Louisville * TBA MEDIA POLICIES 11/17 vs. Notre Dame ! TBA 11/24 at Boston College * TBA PRACTICE ACCESS: Reporters, videographers and still photographers are permitted to observe and shoot the first 10 minutes of practice on Sunday, March 4 and on subsequent Tuesdays and Thursdays. Practices will * - ACC game be held at the Ensley Athletic Center, however, times and practice location are subject to change. The 2018 ! - at Yankee Stadium (Bronx, N.Y.) Spring Preview, which is open to the public, is scheduled for Friday, April 13 at the Carrier Dome. REPORTING GUIDELINES: No live practice updates of any kind, including all electronic and social media QUICK FACTS forums, are permitted. Reporting on schemes, student-athlete health status or injuries, and student-athlete absences from practice is prohibited until addressed by head coach Dino Babers or the Syracuse Athletic Location ........................................Syracuse, N.Y. Communications staff. Updated injury information will be announced as appropriate. Founded .................................................... 1870 Enrollment .............................................. 14,607 Head coach Dino Babers and select players will be available for interviews on Sunday, March Nickname ...............................................Orange INTERVIEWS: Color .............................Orange (Pantone 1665) 4. Beginning March 6, select offensive players will be available Tuesdays. Select defensive players/specialists Stadium ........................................Carrier Dome will be available for interviews on Thursdays. Starting March 20, Babers will be available after practice on Surface ............................................... FieldTurf Tuesdays. Capacity ................................................ 49,262 Conference .....Atlantic Coast (Atlantic Division) To request interviews with student-athletes (max. 2), please contact Mike Morrison ([email protected]) or Chancellor .................................... Kent Syverud Tyler Cady ([email protected]) from the Syracuse Athletic Communications staff via email by 1 p.m. the day Athletics Director ........................John Wildhack before the desired interview day. PLEASE RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF THE STUDENT-ATHLETES BY NOT CONTACTING THEM DIRECTLY VIA TEAM INFORMATION PHONE, EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA. 2017 Record ................................................. 4-8 SPRING PREVIEW CREDENTIALS: Field and press box access for the 2018 Spring Preview is by pass only. To 2017 ACC Record/Finish ........ 2-6/7th (Atlantic) request credentials, please contact Mike Morrison ([email protected]) via email by Monday, April 9. Basic Offense .......................................... Spread Basic Defense ................................4-3/Multiple Lettermen Returning/Lost ........................42/18 Offense .....................................................24/6 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Defense...................................................16/11 Specialists ...................................................2/1 MIKE MORRISON (FOOTBALL SID) DIRECTORY Starters Returning/Lost ..............................15/9 Assisant Director/Athletic Communications Athletic Communications Main ...... 315-443-2608 Offense .......................................................8/3 Email ..................................... [email protected] Athletic Communications Fax ......... 315-443-3405 Defense.......................................................6/5 Office ............................................ 315-443-2608 Football Office ................................ 315-443-4817 Specialists ...................................................1/1 Cell ................................................ 315-952-4809 Website ................................................. Cuse.com First Year of Football ................................. 1889 All-Time Record * .....720-529-49 (128 seasons) TYLER CADY (SECONDARY CONTACT) SOCIAL MEDIA All-Time ACC Record ..............11-29 (5 seasons) Assisant Director/Athletic Communications Twitter .............................................. CuseFootball All-Time Bowl Record ..............................15-9-1 Email .......................................... [email protected] Facebook .......................................... CuseFootball Office ............................................ 315-443-2608 Instagram .......................................... CuseFootball * - Includes 11 wins from 2004-06 vacated by NCAA Cell ................................................ 315-941-6569 YouTube ....................................... SyracuseOrange Snapchat ..................................................Cusepics Orange Is The New Fast 1 2018 SPRING NOTEBOOK BY THE NUMBERS COACHING STAFF Of the three active FBS quarterbacks with 5,000+ passing yards and 1,000+ rushing yards, Head Coach ....................................Dino Babers Eric Dungey (6,472/1,239) is the only one with more than 6,000 passing yards. The other Alma Mater .................................... Hawaii ‘84 two members of the club are Duke’s Daniel Jones (5,527/1,004) and Ball State’s Riley Neal Record at Syracuse (Years) ..................8-16 (2) 1 (5,476/1,006). Career Record (Years) ........................45-32 (6) Best time to reach Coach ..............Contact SID Asst. Head Coach/CB ....................Kim McCloud Syracuse will face three teams in 2018 that are coached by former Orange assistants. They Offensive Coordinator/RB ............... Mike Lynch are: Western Michigan (Tim Lester), Connecticut (Randy Edsall) and Boston College (Steve Defensive Coordinator/LB ............... Brian Ward Addazio). Edsall also played at Syracuse. Of the 130 FBS football programs, nine are coached Special Teams Coordinator/WR ......Justin Lustig 3 by former Orange players or coaches, the most of any of any school in the country (total Offensive Line ..........................Mike Cavanaugh includes institution’s current head coach). Bowling Green is second with eight. Tight Ends/Inside Receivers...............Reno Ferri Quarterbacks ................................... Kirk Martin Games out of 24 missed the last two seasons by safety-turned-receiver Antwan Cordy. Cordy Safeties/Nickelbacks ..................... Nick Monroe suffered a season-ending forearm injury during Week 2 of the 2016 season against Louisville. Defensive Tackles ....................Vinson Reynolds He returned for the 2017 opener versus Central Connecticut State, but injured his lower leg in Defensive Ends ............................ Steve Stanard 21 the first quarter and missed the rest of the year. He is back for his senior season in 2018. Graduate Asst. (Offense) .............Tim McAuliffe Graduate Asst. (Offense) .........Lanear Sampson Graduate Asst. (Defense) ............. Trent Greene Percentage of Syracuse’s rushing output returning for 2018. The Orange bring back seven of Graduate Asst. (Defense) ............Adam Gristick their top eight ground-gainers, including leading rusher Eric Dungey (595 yards) and primary Quality Control (Offense) ............ Travis Greene running backs Dontae Strickland (482) and Moe Neal (488). Receiver Ervin Philips and Quality Control (Special Teams) ........ Jeff LePak 93.8 quarterback Zack Mahoney are the only two from last year’s rushing list not returning. SUPPORT STAFF Career punts for Sterling Hofrichter, only seven of which have gone into the end zone for touchbacks. He owns a career touchback percentage of 5.2. Hofrichter was third in the ACC Dir. of Video Operations ............Austin Beehner in that category (7.0, 4-57) last season behind Georgia Tech’s Pressley Harvin III (2.0) and Dir. of Player Personnel ...................Dave Boller 134 Louisville’s Mason King (4.5). Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach ..........Keith Caton Asst. Director of Recruiting ...........Kramer Cook Asst. AD/Athletic Performance