College football is an exciting topic around universities in the US, especially Syracuse. This is an article Ralph Cotran wrote regarding the success Syracuse is having in recruiting football players.

1. RALPH COTRAN05/06/2015
SYRACUSE FOOTBALL HAVING SUCCESS IN THE RECRUITING GAME

2. Syracuse University
f o o t b a l l o ff e n s i v e
c o o rd i n a t o r G e o rg e
McDonald and director of
recruiting Eric White have
been delivering to their
Twitter fans.

3. Exclamations such as “BOOM!” and “#BeBold” have been
used to announce the a new a new verbal commitment from
a prospect to play football at SU, the Post-Standard reports.

4. These exclamation are not unwarranted apparently. So far,
Syracuse has earned itself commitments from 25 recruits –
the highest at this point in the recruiting cycle since the
statistic started being tracking 2002.

5. The 2015 Syracuse recruiting class is ranked 28th currently by
Rivals.com and 43rd by Scout. McDonald has roots in Florida
and has had a great deal of success so far with securing
commitments from that area, with seven players thus far.

6. The high school football programs in that state have been shown to be
strong recruiting grounds and having success there could prove invaluable
for SU this season.

7. This influx of recruits so early in the cycle should allow the SU coaching
staff to start looking ahead at 2016 and developing a long game.

8. The coaching staff, under the direction of McDonald, has made targeting players that fit
the team’s philosophy and approach to play a top priority, and this could explain much of
this early success in in recruiting.

9. “I think having a lot of guys on board shows the commitment that we’ve made to recruiting
and recruiting the right players, but it also shows from a university standpoint that we’re
doing something right and we have a lot of excitement across the country,” McDonald said.

10. McDonald’s excitement here is also not unwarranted. By any fair metric, Syracuse’s
7-6 finish in 2013 was quite an accomplishment for the team’s first season in the
ACC combined with the fact that they were being led by a first-year coaching staff.

11. Head coach Scott Schaffer has said that he aims to win 8
this season, a number that would certainly validate the
new recruits and give credence to McDonald’s strategies.

12. Thank you