2016 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 21
Chauncey Scissum
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- West Henrietta, N.Y.
- High School:
- Rush-Henrietta
Career Overview: Played 30 games (seven starts) at safety and also contributed on special teams ... Recorded 48 career tackles (30 solo) and one pass breakup ... Redshirted in 2013 ... Two letters.
Junior Year (2016): Played in six games, mainly on special teams, and tallied one tackle at Connecticut (9/24) ... Member of the Fall 2016 SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2015): Played in all 12 games, starting seven, at free safety ... Fourth on the team and second among SU defensive backs with 43 tackles (27 solo) ... Recorded six games with five or more tackles ... Posted a career-high six tackles versus LSU (9/26), and equaled the effort with six stops at USF (10/10) ... Credited with a career-high five assisted tackles, including 0.5 for a loss, in his first career start at Virginia (10/17) ... Notched a career-best six solo tackles versus Pittsburgh (10/24) ... At Florida State (10/31), had two solo stops and broke up his first career pass ... Logged his fourth six-tackle game of the year at NC State (11/21) … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2014): Played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams ... Recorded four tackles on the season ... Tallied a season-best two tackles at Clemson (10/25) … Member of the Fall 2014 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2013: Redshirt season.
High School: Played for head coach Joe Montesano … New York Sportswriters Association All-State First Team selection and was named to the Democrat & Chronicle All-Greater Rochester Second Team … Team captain as a senior … In 2010, helped lead Rush-Henrietta to the state championship … Member of two Section V championship teams … In 2012, recorded 23 tackles (19 solo) and completed 58-of-75 passes for 679 yards and nine touchdowns … Also played lacrosse and ran indoor track.
Personal: Chauncey Scissum … Born in March 1995 in Rochester, N.Y. … Son of Arthur and Ginger Scissum … Selected studies major in the School of Education.
Junior Year (2016): Played in six games, mainly on special teams, and tallied one tackle at Connecticut (9/24) ... Member of the Fall 2016 SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2015): Played in all 12 games, starting seven, at free safety ... Fourth on the team and second among SU defensive backs with 43 tackles (27 solo) ... Recorded six games with five or more tackles ... Posted a career-high six tackles versus LSU (9/26), and equaled the effort with six stops at USF (10/10) ... Credited with a career-high five assisted tackles, including 0.5 for a loss, in his first career start at Virginia (10/17) ... Notched a career-best six solo tackles versus Pittsburgh (10/24) ... At Florida State (10/31), had two solo stops and broke up his first career pass ... Logged his fourth six-tackle game of the year at NC State (11/21) … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2014): Played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams ... Recorded four tackles on the season ... Tallied a season-best two tackles at Clemson (10/25) … Member of the Fall 2014 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2013: Redshirt season.
High School: Played for head coach Joe Montesano … New York Sportswriters Association All-State First Team selection and was named to the Democrat & Chronicle All-Greater Rochester Second Team … Team captain as a senior … In 2010, helped lead Rush-Henrietta to the state championship … Member of two Section V championship teams … In 2012, recorded 23 tackles (19 solo) and completed 58-of-75 passes for 679 yards and nine touchdowns … Also played lacrosse and ran indoor track.
Personal: Chauncey Scissum … Born in March 1995 in Rochester, N.Y. … Son of Arthur and Ginger Scissum … Selected studies major in the School of Education.
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