5 Make Phil Steele's Preseason All-ACC Squad
6/19/2024 10:22:00 AM | Football
Five Syracuse players earned Preseason All-ACC accolades from Phil Steele's annual preseason magazine.
The Orange were represented on the first team by linebacker Marlowe Wax, second team honorees Justin Barron and Oronde Gadsden II and Fadil Diggs and LeQuint Allen making the third and fourth teams, respectively.
Wax, who has already been named to the Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List this preseason, has played in all-49 games since arriving on campus in 2020, including a team-best active streak of 38 consecutive starts, enters the 2024 season closing in on 300 career tackles. A Second Team All-ACC selection last season, Wax enters his final season in the top-20 of numerous Orange career record lists.
He's 19th in total tackles (294), second in forced fumbles (8), trailing only College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dwight Freeney (14), seventh in tackles for loss (36.5). He also has 16.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries, five pass breakups and a blocked kick in his 'Cuse career.
Barron is also one of the nation's top returning tacklers. He enters the season ranked inside the top-10 nationally in active tackles, according to Pro Football Focus' tally. He is 15th in school history in tackles by a defensive back (201) and has 10.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 11 pass breakups, one interception, three forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries in his career.
Gadsden returns from an injury-shortened season last year hoping to replicate his 2022 season where he set program records for receptions and receiving yards by a tight end. Despite missing the last 11 games of the 2023 season, he enters the year with 70 career receptions, 1,060 yards and seven touchdowns. He was a First Team All-ACC honoree in 2022.
Diggs, one of the team's impact transfers this offseason, comes to the Orange after a stellar career at Texas A&M. He appeared in 33 games with 20 starts for the Aggies and was a two-time team captain during his time in College Station. He has 75 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, eight sacks and three forced fumbles in his collegiate career.
Allen is coming off a 1,000-yard season in 2023. The Second Team All-ACC running back from a year ago, he posted the 12th-highest single-season rushing total in program history in 2023 (1,064). He was also the team's leading receiver with 38 receptions and scored 10 touchdowns (nine rushing).
Season Tickets for the 2024 season are available now at Cuse.com/Tickets.
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The Orange were represented on the first team by linebacker Marlowe Wax, second team honorees Justin Barron and Oronde Gadsden II and Fadil Diggs and LeQuint Allen making the third and fourth teams, respectively.
Wax, who has already been named to the Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List this preseason, has played in all-49 games since arriving on campus in 2020, including a team-best active streak of 38 consecutive starts, enters the 2024 season closing in on 300 career tackles. A Second Team All-ACC selection last season, Wax enters his final season in the top-20 of numerous Orange career record lists.
He's 19th in total tackles (294), second in forced fumbles (8), trailing only College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dwight Freeney (14), seventh in tackles for loss (36.5). He also has 16.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries, five pass breakups and a blocked kick in his 'Cuse career.
Barron is also one of the nation's top returning tacklers. He enters the season ranked inside the top-10 nationally in active tackles, according to Pro Football Focus' tally. He is 15th in school history in tackles by a defensive back (201) and has 10.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 11 pass breakups, one interception, three forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries in his career.
Gadsden returns from an injury-shortened season last year hoping to replicate his 2022 season where he set program records for receptions and receiving yards by a tight end. Despite missing the last 11 games of the 2023 season, he enters the year with 70 career receptions, 1,060 yards and seven touchdowns. He was a First Team All-ACC honoree in 2022.
Diggs, one of the team's impact transfers this offseason, comes to the Orange after a stellar career at Texas A&M. He appeared in 33 games with 20 starts for the Aggies and was a two-time team captain during his time in College Station. He has 75 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, eight sacks and three forced fumbles in his collegiate career.
Allen is coming off a 1,000-yard season in 2023. The Second Team All-ACC running back from a year ago, he posted the 12th-highest single-season rushing total in program history in 2023 (1,064). He was also the team's leading receiver with 38 receptions and scored 10 touchdowns (nine rushing).
Season Tickets for the 2024 season are available now at Cuse.com/Tickets.
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