Teams Syracuse 2018 Roster ← 2017 2019 → 2018 Syracuse roster 96 players: 10 freshmen, 7 sophomores, 24 juniors, 13 seniors, 42 with no class listed. From 21 states and 2 other countries; the most from Florida (13) and New York (12). The 2018 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 10 Receivers 13 Tight ends 6 Offensive line 15 Defensive line 12 Linebackers 11 Defensive backs 17 Specialists 5 Athletes and others 2
Running backs 10 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 21 Moe Neal RB 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 5′11″ 195 Gastonia, NC 865 rushing yards, 5 TD 4 Dontae Strickland RB 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 5′11″ 204 Dayton, NJ 588 rushing yards, 6 TD Jarveon Howard RB 5′10″ 200 Columbia, MS 304 rushing yards, 7 TD 31 Kyle Kleinberg FB Sr. 6′0″ 237 Armonk, NY 3 tackles 1 Markenzy Pierre RB 5′11″ 230 Orlando, FL 35 rushing yards 27 Abdul Adams RB 4★ 4-star recruit 5′11″ 210 Landover, MD 19 rushing yards, 2 TD 29 Otto Zaccardo RB Jr. 5′10″ 212 Sudbury, MA 22 rushing yards 5 Chris Elmore FB 6′0″ 286 Chicago, IL 7 rushing yards, 2 TD 33 Jack Guida RB Fr. 6′0″ 200 New Canaan, CT 40 Luke Erickson RB 6′0″ 211 Greene, NY
Receivers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 1 Sean Riley WR Jr. 5′8″ 178 Los Angeles, CA 64 catches, 756 yards, 3 TD 17 Jamal Custis WR Sr. 6′5″ 213 Philadelphia, PA 51 catches, 906 yards, 6 TD 82 Nykeim Johnson WR 5′8″ 170 Washington, DC 41 catches, 565 yards, 4 TD 85 Taj Harris WR 6′1″ 185 Beverly, NJ 40 catches, 565 yards, 3 TD 5 Devin C. Butler WR Jr. 6′3″ 194 District Heights, MD 14 catches, 126 yards 5 Sharod Johnson WR 5′11″ 185 Miami, FL 7 catches, 97 yards 86 Trishton Jackson WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ 191 West Bloomfield, MI 3 catches, 27 yards, 1 TD 20 Ethan Fischler WR 6′0″ 180 Orinda, CA 1 catch, 48 yards 12 Russell Thompson-Bishop WR RS 6′1″ 247 Bloomfield, CT 27 Andrew Licciardi WR 5′10″ 175 East Greenwich, RI 81 Cameron Jordan WR Fr. 6′3″ 214 Wheatley Heights, NY 84 K.K. Hahn WR 5′10″ 167 Bethesda, MD 85 Ben Brickman WR 5′8″ 172 Albany, NY
Tight ends 6 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 6 Ravian Pierce TE Sr. 6′3″ 244 Plantation, FL 16 catches, 105 yards, 3 TD 89 Aaron Hackett TE Fr. 6′3″ 237 Venice, FL 4 catches, 43 yards, 1 TD 88 Gabe Horan TE Fr. 6′6″ 260 Baldwinsville, NY 1 catch, 7 yards, 1 TD 32 Zack Lesko TE So. 6′0″ 227 Solon, OH 36 TE Jr. 6′0″ 215 Jamesville, NY 49 Jesse Conners TE So. 6′2″ 230 Pittsford, NY
Offensive line 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 59 Aaron Roberts OL Sr. 6′4″ 292 Chicago, IL 1 tackle 78 OL Sr. 6′6″ 304 Manvel, TX 1 tackle 54 Austin Chandler OL Fr. 6′4″ 312 Los Angeles, CA 56 Darius Tisdale OL RS 6′5″ 301 South Brunswick, NJ 57 Dakota Davis OL RS 6′5″ 335 Mount Airy, MD 60 Cody Conway OL Sr. 6′6″ 296 Plainfield, IL 63 Evan Adams OL 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′6″ 352 Norwalk, CT 64 Colin Byrne OL 6′5″ 292 Coral Springs, FL 64 Ryan Alexander OL Jr. 6′3″ 307 Floral Park, NY 68 Airon Servais OL 6′6″ 300 Green Bay, WI 69 Patrick Davis OL Fr. 6′5″ 312 Gatineau, QC 71 Keaton Darney OL 6′3″ 271 Los Angeles, CA 72 Andrejas Duerig OL Jr. 6′3″ 326 Lowell, IN 75 Sam Heckel OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ 280 Waukesha, WI 77 Mike Clark OL So. 6′8″ 318 Exton, PA
Defensive line 12 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 94 DL Jr. 6′4″ 260 Converse, TX 35 tackles, 10 sacks 55 DL Jr. 6′3″ 253 Indianapolis, IN 30 tackles, 10 sacks 9 Kingsley Jonathan DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 259 Baltimore, MD 21 tackles, 5 sacks 95 Chris Slayton DL 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′4″ 309 University Park, IL 24 tackles, 3.5 sacks 45 Kenneth Ruff DL Jr. 6′1″ 308 Lauderhill, FL 18 tackles, 1 sack 85 Josh Black DL 6′3″ 284 Loves Park, IL 14 tackles McKinley Williams DL 6′4″ 270 Miramar, FL 14 tackles 97 Brandon Berry DL Jr. 6′4″ 244 Griffin, GA 2 tackles 1 Curtis Harper DL 6′2″ 295 Mckeesport, PA 1 tackle 51 Shaquille Grosvenor DL Jr. 6′2″ 285 Linden, NJ 1 tackle 3 Zach Morton DL 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′4″ 260 Detroit, MI 99 Jake Pickard DL Jr. 6′5″ 251 Short Hills, NJ
Linebackers 11 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 25 Kielan Whitner LB Sr. 6′0″ 215 Lawrenceville, GA 94 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2 INT 41 Ryan Guthrie LB Sr. 6′2″ 224 Cumming, GA 95 tackles, 3 sacks 12 Andrew Armstrong LB Jr. 6′2″ 230 Youngstown, OH 43 tackles, 1 INT 24 Shyheim Cullen LB Jr. 6′0″ 224 Lowell, MA 26 tackles, 1 sack 42 LB 6′4″ 234 Brampton, ON 15 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT 46 Lakiem Williams LB Jr. 6′0″ 225 Tacoma, WA 4 tackles 10 Juan Wallace LB 6′2″ 215 Washington, DC 1 tackle 27 Nadarius Fagan LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ 213 Goulds, FL 28 Tre Allison LB 6′2″ 230 Tyler, TX 33 Kadeem Trotter LB Fr. 6′2″ 226 Canton, OH 53 Terrell Bennett LB 6′2″ 215 Newport, RI
Defensive backs 17 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 9 Evan Foster DB Jr. 6′0″ 215 West Bloomfield, MI 82 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT 7 DB Fr. 6′0″ 209 Valley Stream, NY 45 tackles, 7 INT 3 Christopher Fredrick DB Jr. 5′11″ 198 Conley, GA 50 tackles, 3 INT 6 Trill Williams DB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 198 Yonkers, NY 20 tackles, 2 INT 8 Antwan Cordy DB 5′8″ 189 Homestead, FL 27 tackles, 1 sack 18 Scoop Bradshaw DB Jr. 5′11″ 178 Tampa, FL 27 tackles 2 Ifeatu Melifonwu DB Fr. 6′3″ 213 South Grafton, MA 14 tackles 22 Allen Stritzinger DB 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′0″ 194 Detroit, MI 8 tackles, 1 INT 26 Tyrone Perkins DB Sr. 6′0″ 206 Glen Head, NY 6 tackles 34 Eric Coley DB 6′2″ 200 Manlius, NY 6 tackles 11 Devon Clarke DB 6′2″ 197 Kissimmee, FL 5 tackles 16 Carl Jones DB Jr. 6′1″ 189 Twinsburg, OH 1 tackle 17 DuWayne Johnson DB Jr. 6′3″ 183 Washington, DC 1 tackle 29 John Sweetwood DB 6′0″ 175 Essex Fells, NJ 1 tackle 35 Kyle Lawrence Strickland DB So. 6′0″ 186 Roswell, GA 1 tackle 37 Kevin Nusdeo DB Fr. 6′1″ 205 Orange, CT 43 Sean Onwualu DB 6′1″ 191 Sylmar, CA
Athletes and others 2 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2018 - 7 1 catch, −25 yards - 87 1 catch, −4 yards
Juan Wallace, DuWayne Johnson, Abdul Adams, Nykeim Johnson Sean Riley, Austin Chandler, Keaton Darney Zach Morton, Allen Stritzinger Dontae Strickland, Darius Tisdale Chris Elmore, Aaron Roberts Ravian Pierce, Kenneth Ruff Andre Cisco, Ryan Alexander Evan Foster, Trishton Jackson Chance Amie, Tre Allison Rex Culpepper, Scoop Bradshaw Andrew Licciardi, Nolan Joseph Cooney John Sweetwood, Jake Pickard Jack Guida, Evan Adams Eric Coley, Ben Honis Curtis Harper Markenzy Pierre Eric Dungey Ifeatu Melifonwu Christopher Fredrick Tommy DeVito Devin C. Butler Sharod Johnson Trill Williams Antwan Cordy Kingsley Jonathan Sterling Hofrichter Clayton Welch Devon Clarke Andrew Armstrong Russell Thompson-Bishop Carl Jones Jamal Custis Ethan Fischler Moe Neal Shyheim Cullen Kielan Whitner Tyrone Perkins Nadarius Fagan Otto Zaccardo Kyle Kleinberg Zack Lesko Kadeem Trotter Kyle Lawrence Strickland Kevin Nusdeo Luke Erickson Ryan Guthrie Sean Onwualu Aaron Bolinsky Lakiem Williams Matt Allen Keller Jesse Conners Shaquille Grosvenor Terrell Bennett Kendall Coleman Dakota Davis Cody Conway Colin Byrne Airon Servais Andrejas Duerig Sam Heckel Mike Clark Koda Martin Cameron Jordan K.K. Hahn Ben Brickman Josh Black Taj Harris Gabe Horan Aaron Hackett Andre Szmyt Alton Robinson Chris Slayton Brandon Berry Jarveon Howard McKinley Williams FL 13 NY 12 NJ 7 CA 6 IL 6 Hometowns of the 2018 Syracuse roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Florida 13 New York 12 New Jersey 7 California 6 Illinois 6 Pennsylvania 5 Georgia 5 Maryland 5 Top counties Los Angeles County, California pop. 9.8 million 4 Broward County, Florida pop. 2 million 4 Miami-Dade County, Florida pop. 2.7 million 3 Hillsborough County, Florida pop. 1.5 million 3 Nassau County, New York pop. 1.4 million 3 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2018 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
Eric Dungey QB
Tommy DeVito QB4-star recruit
Ben Honis TE
Koda Martin OL
Alton Robinson DL
Kendall Coleman DL
Tyrell Richards LB
Andre Cisco DB
Andre Szmyt PK