Other players with kickoff return experience from last season include Jordan Fredericks and Dontae Strickland, who each averaged in the neighborhood of 20 yards a return.
Strickland provided Syracuse and New Jersey football fans with some big news, announcing on his Instagram page that he has fully qualified and will suit up for the Orange this upcoming season.
Five-star 2015 center Thomas Bryant, five-star 2016 point guard Derryck Thornton Jr., and 2016 power forward Tai Wynyard of New Zealand visited Kentucky.
Syracuse added one of the top players in the northeast to their 2015 recruiting class on Sunday as Coatesville (Pa.) High tight end/defensive end Amir Ealey verbally committed to Syracuse.