There’s no question that Syracuse football has fallen on some hard times as of late. The team hasn’t had any consistent success since the 1990s, but there’s a ray of hope on the horizon.
The upcoming 2020 NFL Draft will be the most anticipated offseason event for Orange alum in decades. Over the last six years, only three former Syracuse football players have heard their names called on draft day and all of them coming in the seventh round:
- Chris Slayton, defensive lineman, NY Giants: 245th overall in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft.