Syracuse, N.Y. — List week is in full swing for the Syracuse football recruiting department.
After making the cut for linebacker Rashawn Battle, a three-star junior from Wallenpaupack (Hawley, Pa.) Area High School, on Sunday, the Orange landed on Tre Bryant’s top seven Monday night.
Top 7 at the moment. I’m also open to new interest. pic.twitter.com/vPAviWyHr4
— Tre Bryant (@TreBryant_8) May 19, 2015
Bryant, a three-star running back from Christian Brothers (St. Louis, Mo.) College High School, is rated the 58th-best running back in his cycle by 247Sports.com’s composite rankings. The 5-foot-10, 195-pound back has received offers from 11 schools, including all of his favorites, after carrying the ball 107 times for 1,052 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior, according to HSGameCenter.com.
The Orange offered Bryant on March 31, though it’s unclear how seriously they have been pursuing him since four-star running back Robert Washington announced his pledge on April 25.
Washington said he was told that he would be the only running back in Syracuse’s 2016 class. However, it’s possible that SU is recruiting Bryant for the hybrid back position, which will line up on the wing, in the slot and in the backfield in offensive coordinator Tim Lester’s offensive system.
Other hybrid back targets include three-star Moe Neal, who is close friends with Washington and recently named SU to his top five, and three-star Tyler Thompson, a New Jersey product who called the Orange his leader after visiting on March 1.
Christian Colon set to announce Top 5 on Friday
One player set to release his list this week is definitely being targeted heavily by Syracuse.
Christian Colon, a three-star defensive tackle from Independence (Charlotte, N.C.) High School, will release his Top 5 on Friday, he announced on Twitter Monday night.
🚨🚨🚨 I will be releasing my top 5 this Friday 🚨🚨🚨
— Christian Colón (@INDYBOY_91) May 19, 2015
The 6-foot-3, 325-pound Colon has known Washington since middle school and played with him on USA Football in eight grade and at SouthLake Christian (Huntersville, N.C.) Academy as a freshman before transferring to Independence.
Colon said in late April that he’s heard from Washington and SU running backs coach DeAndre Smith, and he can envision being part of Washington’s plan to bring Syracuse back into the national spotlight.
“I’m cool with it,” Colon said. “I’d do it. It’s just getting other players to do it. I’d love to do it. But at this time in my recruitment, I’m not ready to commit yet.”
Colon is listed as the No. 55 defensive tackle in the country by 247Sports.com’s composite rankings. He is also considering scholarship offers from Penn State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, North Carolina, UCLA and Mississippi State, among others, according to 247Sports.com.
Colon said that he won’t commit to a school he hasn’t visited yet and tweeted earlier this month that he plans to announce a pledge on Nov. 6.
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