National media outlet ESPN disclosed its 2023 preseason top-100 national player rankings on Tuesday, and one Syracuse football star made the cut.
Unsurprisingly, it’s Orange junior tight end/wide receiver Oronde Gadsden II, who has received a lot of national and Atlantic Coast Conference buzz ahead of the upcoming 2023 campaign, which starts for the ‘Cuse in early September at home versus Colgate.
ESPN places the 6-foot-5, 223-pound Gadsden, who hails from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at No. 97 on its list of the top 100. He was not included in these ratings from ESPN ahead of the 2022 stanza, when Syracuse football would ultimately go 7-6 overall and reach a bowl game.