Back to the Syracuse Orange Newsfeed

Syracuse football has a bright future with Andre Cisco starring on defense

Perhaps the Syracuse football squad recruited Andre Cisco for the wrong position? He obviously has hands like a future All-Pro wide receiver.

In his first two starts with the Orange he has come down with three interceptions (tied for the most interceptions in all of college football). Believe it or not, that’s as many interceptions as the entire Syracuse secondary had last year — COMBINED!

Despite his talents, I don’t even think Syracuse thought they’d be seeing those magical hands this early in his journey. When Cisco stepped on the field Week 1 against Western Michigan, he became the first true freshman to start a season opener at safety since Markus Paul did so at Mississippi State back in 1985, per the Syracuse game notes.