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Syracuse football in Big Ten battle for 2021 DE Terrance Butler Jr.

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Syracuse football remains in contention for stellar 2021 defensive end Terrance Butler Jr., but competition for the three-star prospect is fierce.

Terrance Butler Jr., a top-50 weak-side defensive end from Baltimore, has released a top six that includes Syracuse football, however, the Orange will have to outdo a handful of excellent programs to land this elite high-school player.

The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Butler, a 2021 prospect who attends the St. Frances Academy, lists his finalists as the ‘Cuse, Big Ten Conference members Maryland, Michigan State and Minnesota, the Southeastern Conference’s Tennessee and Florida International out of Conference USA.