With National Signing Day (Feb. 1) behind us, here’s Syracuse’s 2017 recruiting class. Included are each of the players’ star rankings, notable offers and commitment dates according to 247Sports.com’s composite rankings and Scout.com. Syracuse’s Class of 2017 once included two commits from Scott Shafer’s era but both have since decommitted. Head coach Dino Babers replaced Shafer on Dec. 5, 2015. Babers’ first 2017 commitment was quarterback Tommy DeVito.

COMMITS

Luke Erickson*
No ranking available
Notable offers: None
Greene (New York) High School
Commitment Date: 5/17/17

Jeff Chan*
No ranking available
Notable offers: None
Punahou (Hawaii) High School
Commitment Date: 5/9/17

Shaquille Grosvenor
No ranking available
Notable offers: Arkansas State, Hawaii, Ohio
Mesa (Arizona) Community College
Commitment Date: 3/31/17

Kevin Nusdeo, S, 6-1 / 190
No ranking available
Notable offers: North Carolina and Connecticut (as preferred walk-on)
Choate Rosemary Hall (Connecticut)
Commitment Date: 2/17/17

Mykelti Williams, S, 6-1 / 205
No ranking available
Notable offers: Cincinnati, Purdue
Warren Central (Indiana) High School
Commitment Date: 2/1/17

Chris Elmore, DT, 6-1 / 260
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Western Michigan, Central Michigan, Buffalo, Miami (OH)
Phillips Academy (Illinois)
Commitment Date: 1/21/17

Ravian Pierce, TE, 6-3 / 230
★★★★☆
Notable offers: Florida, Mississippi State, LSU, Oklahoma State, Oregon, South Florida
Southwest Mississippi Community College
Commitment Date: 12/15/16

Brandon Berry, DE, 6-4 / 230
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Western Michigan, Buffalo, Cincinnati
Highland (Kansas) Community College
Commitment Date: 12/15/16

Devin Butler, CB, 6-1 / 200
★★★★☆
Notable offers: Baylor, Penn State, Wisconsin, Houston, Nebraska, West Virginia
Notre Dame (He will have one year of eligibility at SU)
Commitment Date: 12/15/16

Ryan Guthrie, LB, 6-2 / 210
★★☆☆☆
Notable offers: Tulane
Ellsworth (Iowa) Community College
Commitment Date: 12/14/16

Markenzy Pierre, RB, 6-0 / 200
★★☆☆☆
Notable offers: Western Kentucky, Appalachian State, Memphis
Liberty (Florida) High School
Commitment Date: 10/29/16

Jonathan Kingsley, DE, 6-5 / 220
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina
St. Frances (Maryland) Academy
Commitment Date: 9/23/16

Patrick Davis, OL, 6-5 / 290
★★☆☆☆
Notable offers: Buffalo, North Dakota State
Champlain Regional (Quebec) College
Commitment Date: 8/6/16

Curtis Harper, DT, 6-2 / 302
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Wake Forest, Bowling Green, Boston College
McKeesport (Pennsylvania) High School
Commitment Date: 8/1/16

Aaron Hackett, TE, 6-3 / 225
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: USF, Louisville, Kentucky, Minnesota
Venice (Florida) High School
Commitment Date: 7/30/16

Nadarius Fagan, LB, 6-2 / 200
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Alabama, Louisiana State, Nebraska
Miami Southridge (Florida) High School
Commitment Date: 7/24/16

Russell Thompson-Bishop, WR, 6-1 / 192
★★☆☆☆
Notable offers: Boston College, Connecticut
Bloomfield (Connecticut) High School
Commitment Date: 7/21/16

Kadeem Trotter, LB, 6-3 / 195
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Kent State, Ohio and Toledo
Canton McKinley (Ohio) High School
Commitment date: 7/3/16

Ifeatu Melifonwu, DB, 6-2 / 187
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Boston College, Connecticut
Grafton Memorial Senior (Massachusetts) High School
Commitment Date: 7/2/16

Allen Stritzinger, RB, 6-0 / 183
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Michigan, Bowling Green, Western Michigan
De La Salle Collegiate (Michigan) High School
Commitment Date: 6/26/16

Cameron Jordan, WR, 6-4 / 187
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Boston College, Wake Forest, Temple
Half Hollow Hills West (New York) High School
Commitment Date: 6/26/16

Eric Coley, ATH, 6-0 / 175
★★★☆☆
Notable Offers: Bowling Green, Rutgers, Central Michigan
Fayetteville-Manlius (New York) High School
Commitment Date: 6/25/16

Dakota Davis, OT, 6-5 / 312
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Connecticut, Ohio, Old Dominion
Glenelg (Maryland) High School
Commitment Date: 6/24/16

Nykeim Johnson, WR, 5-9 / 167
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Bowling Green, Charlotte, Virginia
The Friendship (Washington D.C.) Academy
Commitment Date: 6/21/16

Tyrell Richards, LB, 6-3 / 218
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: None
Central Peel (Ontario) Secondary School
Commitment Date: 6/18/16

Zach Morton, DE, 6-4 / 220
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Western Michigan, Bowling Green
Cass Technical (Michigan) High School
Commitment Date: 5/10/16

Sharod Johnson, WR, 5-11 / 165
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Temple, Miami (Ohio), Middle Tennessee State, Appalachian State
Booker T. Washington (Florida) High School
Commitment Date: 4/17/16

Tommy DeVito, QB, 6-2 / 190
★★★★☆
Notable offers: Maryland, Boston College, Rutgers, Wake Forest
Don Bosco (New Jersey) Prep
Commitment Date: 4/16/16

* denotes preferred walk-on

DECOMMITS

B.J. Daniels, RB, 6-2 / 208
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: South Florida, Maryland, Colorado State
Palm Bay (Florida) Senior High School
Decommitment Date: 1/14/17

Joshua Palmer, WR, 6-3 / 190
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Louisville, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Michigan
St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) High School
Decommitment Date: 1/13/17

Keirston Johnson, ILB, 6-0 / 215
★★☆☆☆
Notable offers: Maryland, Memphis, Buffalo, Coastal Carolina
Robert E. Lee (Florida) High School
Decommitment Date: 8/3/16

Connor Koch*, FB, 6-3 / 248
☆☆☆☆☆
Notable offers: None
The Woodberry Forest (Virginia) School
Decommitment Date: 6/22/16

Isaiah McDuffie, OLB, 6-2 / 205
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Penn State, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Boston College
Bennett (New York) High School
Committed to Boston College on 5/25/16
Decommitment Date: 5/24/16

Daewood Davis, WR, 6-2 / 176
★★★☆☆
Notable offers: Florida Atlantic, Duke, Bowling Green, NC State
Somerset (Florida) Academy Charter
Flipped to Florida Atlantic and then to Central Florida
Decommitment Date: 4/20/16

Published on June 26, 2016 at 12:00 pm