Week 1 of the National Football League starts Thursday night. It's been a tough week for former Syracuse football players, seven of which were cut from teams -- though three (WR Amba Etta-Tawo, OL Sean Hickey, DT Eric Crume) signed on to practice squads.
Let's take a look at which ex-Orange players, as well as Central New York products, made 53-man rosters.
Cameron Lynch was on the bubble for the third straight year after going undrafted in 2015. The versatile linebacker made the St. Louis Rams' 53-man roster as a rookie, got cut last season (before signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and won a spot with the Bucs this summer.