Player Notes

Syracuse, N.Y. — Only one Syracuse football player landed on the 2023 All-ACC preseason team, and there’s no surprise in who it is.Orange tight end Oronde Gadsden II was the sole player selected at his position, receiving 89 of 176 votes to land on the team. Media members who attend ACC Kickoff elect the team at the same time they submit preseason rankings.Clemson led with seven players making the ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Four Syracuse football players wore green no-contact jerseys Wednesday morning, the first day of fall camp.Linebacker Stefon Thompson, tight end Dan Villari, linebacker Austin Roon and walk-on defensive back Cam Reirden all could not participate in contact drills.Dino Babers said after practice he has not been given a timeline for when the players are expected to be full-go. It’s likely ...

STANFORD – Stanford coach Troy Taylor won’t have to deal with high expectations in his first season on The Farm.The Cardinal was picked to finish last in the Pac-12 in the preseason media poll, and oddsmakers have set its expected record at a conference-worst 3-9 – matching its record in 2021 and 2022.It’s a far cry from when former coach David Shaw took over a 12-1 team in 2011. Shaw led Stanford ...

Will Hall believes he’s got his best team yet.The third-year head coach at Southern Miss made that clear at Sun Belt media days when a reporter pointed out he has “arguably” his most talented roster and Hall quickly quipped: “Not arguably.”That theme returned Tuesday when USM opened fall camp with a two-man quarterback race and a roster packed with the full allotment of 85 scholarship players.“You ...

TAMPA — He can do the talk, that much we know. Give the man a microphone, and Alex Golesh will give you a soliloquy.Some of it, inevitably, sounds like a mimeograph from Bear Bryant’s desk drawer in 1965. The usual coach-speak about accountability and adversity.But USF is not Alabama, and recruits aren’t buying yesterday’s BS. And this, interestingly, is where Golesh seems to excel. It’s not his pedigree, ...

TAMPA — He can do the talk, that much we know. Give the man a microphone, and Alex Golesh will give you a soliloquy.Some of it, inevitably, sounds like a mimeograph from Bear Bryant’s desk drawer in 1965. The usual coach-speak about accountability and adversity.But USF is not Alabama, and recruits aren’t buying yesterday’s BS. And this, interestingly, is where Golesh seems to excel. It’s not his pedigree, ...

COLUMBIA — Cam Smith and Darius Rush will be on NFL fields this season. There was concern with them leaving, as there should have been, befitting a duo that nabbed three of South Carolina’s 15 interceptions last year. Smith was a player so respected that opponents didn’t much dare to throw to his side of the field.“What in the world are they going to do at corner?,” wondered many.Torrian Gray was unfazed.Before ...

The optimist views San Diego State’s receivers room as half full.The pessimist sees it as half empty — with increasing vacancies.SDSU lost its top two receivers — Jesse Matthews and Tyrell Shavers — following the 2022 season.The Aztecs replenished the ranks in recent months with recruits and transfers. But just as hope surfaced at a position with a dearth of playmakers for more than a decade, recent ...

The Rutgers roster features defensive end Aaron Lewis and running back Aaron Young. There’s also defensive back Bo Mascoe. You can see where this is headed...With training camp set to open Thursday, we recently profiled the most important Scarlet Knights, listed x-factors who could make or break the season and newcomers capable of making a big first impression. In addition to those lists, we broke ...

Receiver coach Tiquan Underwood’s group knows it has something to prove. Although there are many players on Pitt’s roster that enter the 2023 season with something to prove, no position group has more questions to answer than the wideouts.Following a 2022 season where throwing the football was Pitt’s obvious weakness, the Panthers entered camp this week striving to have a much more balanced offense ...