Nine Orangemen Sign As Free Agents With NFL Teams

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Nine Syracuse University football players have signed as free agents and will get a chance to play for an NFL team in the 2002-03 season.

In addition to the Indianapolis Colts' first-round draft choice, defensive end Dwight Freeney (Bloomfield, Conn./Bloomfield), and the fifth-round draft choice of the Carolina Panthers, fullback Kyle Johnson (Woodbridge, N.J./Woodbridge), the following Orangemen have signed with NFL teams as of April 22:

Player, Pos		Team			Hometown (High School)	
Charles Burton, LB      Arizona Cardinals	Sugarland, Texas (Austin) 	
Willie Ford, CB	        Oakland Raiders 	Falmouth, Mass. (New Hampton Prep)		
Quentin Harris, FS      Arizona Cardinals	Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Wyoming Seminary)
JR Johnson, LB	        Baltimore Ravens	Cicero, N.Y. (Cicero-North Syracuse) 
Maurice Jackson, WR     Kansas City Chiefs	Rochester, N.Y. (John Marshall)
                  Kwazi Leverette, WR     Cincinnati Bengals	  Yonkers, N.Y. (SUNY-Morrisville) 
                  James Mungro , RB       Detroit Lions                  East Stroudsburg, Pa. (East Stroudsburg) 
                  Sean O'Connor, OL       Arizona Cardinals	Morristown, N.J. (Morristown) 
                   PJ Alexander, OL          New Orleans Saints
Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln)

Each was a member of the 2001 SU football team that went 10-3 and won the 2001 Insight.com Bowl against Kansas State, 26-3.

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Nine Orangemen Sign As Free Agents With NFL Teams

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