The Syracuse Orange football team is outperforming preseason expectations this year in part due to a resurgent run game. While we expected Sean Tucker to improve upon 2020’s promising start to his career, no one saw this record-setting pace coming. And while we knew that Garrett Shrader could be a mobile threat, we didn’t necessarily foresee him picking up over 100 yards per game on the ground, too.
The dynamic rushing duo’s strong performance through eight games got us thinking: What’s the highest combined rushing total for two players in Syracuse history?
For starters, Tucker and Shrader have a combined 1,652 yards on the ground through the first two-thirds of the regular season.