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The names popped up suddenly, as junior college names tend to do. First there was
Kwazi Leverette and Jeremie Frazier committed to Syracuse and then the Chad Elliott
saga, followed by Mo Jackson and Jose Harris. So, let’s take a little journey
down memory lane.
Only six jucos have signed with Syracuse
in recent memory.
‘93-’94:
Olindo Mare, K
Mike Butler, DT
Dan Olivis, OL
Mare was the only
one of the three to see the field. Butler came in with huge hype, mostly because
he was the only defensive lineman signed. Olivis (I think I can be forgiven
if I screwed up this guy’s
name, maybe three people in the world probably
remember his stint at Syracuse, and those three
would much rather forget)
also got some signing day hype, mostly because he was an 18 on the
Richter
Scale. Sure enough, he came in as heavy as advertised and only got heavier.
He got most of his action at Syracuse at team meals.
‘96-’97:
Dave Dunkin, P
He was solid, which just goes to show, when
you go Juco, try to get a kicker.
‘97-’98:
Eric Downing, DT
Now, here is a Juco success story. Nothing
but good news about Downing. First, he saw action his
first year. Then
we hear he has a third year of eligibility. Downing makes plays. The notable
fact
about Downing is we signed him out of high school. In other words,
we had good information on this guy.
‘98-’99
Idris Price, LB
Mr. Price, Mr. Price, will you ever put on
a Syracuse uniform? Syracuse fans waited years for this
guy. And he never
did get eligible. The talented, talented Mr. Price. Well, it’s not as if he
could have
single handedly changed this season around.
‘99-’00
Chad Elliott, QB
Jeremie Frazier, TE
Kwazi Leverette, WR
Jose
Harris, FB
Maurice Jackson, WR
B.J. Darnell, DB
David Hohensee,
TE
All in all a pretty iffy proposition. Fifty percent have been
effective players for Syracuse, and that
seems okay until you realize that
that constitutes only three players and those include two kickers and one guy
we signed out of high school. It really makes you wonder. So, while we might
have scored big with Elliott, Frazier, Harris, Darnell, Hohensee, Jackson and Leverette
and they may turn out to be the real deal, I wouldn’t get too excited
yet.
The Mole
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