There is a silver lining to this weekend after Syracuse received a thrashing from Clemson. Aaron Roberts, the 300-pound offensive lineman Syracuse has been tracking on the recruiting trail, committed to the Orange a day after his official visit to the Hill.
We said last week how this visit could be the deciding factor in the race for Roberts. He was down between Syracuse and the Fighting Illini before deciding to commit to SU. His commitment is non-binding until he signs his LOI on National Signing Day. Roberts tweeted out how he was impressed by how the “campus was rocking” for the game. After all, Syracuse fans did show in strong numbers on Saturday despite the loss.
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The Illinois product is the first offensive lineman to join the 2014, making him the thirteenth commit to the class. He also joins fellow Chicagoan Lamar Dawson, along with Parris Bennett and Colton Moskal as the Midwestern pipeline the Orange have been improving recently. DeAndre Smith was a major factor in landing Roberts, in addition to other Midwest players, because of his background and recruiting prowess in the area.
In his interview three months ago, Roberts seemed annoyed at how there were only a few schools who offered him, while the powerhouses were all interested in his fellow teammate Jamarco Jones. He said how he used that as motivation to get better and impress some of the coaches who visited his high school. While more substantial offers did not come in, Roberts seemed to have a stronger connection with the schools that did offer him earlier in the process. Roberts has the build of a classic case of an underrated player who could benefit in an SU setting.
As for the state of the team, the Orange is only losing center Macky MacPherson after this season and has a relatively young offensive line. This gives Roberts time to groom and develop, rather than be rushed to fill a need in the near future. It also gives Roberts an opportunity to see where he fits best on the line. 300 pounds is a lot of body, so it will be crucial for Pat Perles, the offensive line coach, and George McDonald, the offensive coordinator, to see where Roberts would most benefit.
An interesting tidbit was how Roberts was already recruiting players on his Twitter just hours after committing to the Orang—including Grafton TE Beau Benzschawel, who has Syracuse on the top of his list. The continued effort by commits shows how they know if they want to get a good class around them, they have to put in their part in getting them to Upstate New York.
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162 responses to “Building the Trenches: OL Aaron Roberts Verbally Commits to Syracuse”
Finally,thank you and great news about Aaron helping to recruit other players to the orange.
Good pickup I believe….
Next year we’ll have Miller, Trudo,Palmer, Hickey, McGloster, Lasker, Robinson, Hayes,
Foy, Burton, Emerich and Knapp ….
We ought to be fairly strong if we can replace Macky’s leadership.
Need a couple more athletic 300 pounders to move those big ACC defensive linemen out of the way!
This is a great pick up for the Orange and the OL/TE from Wisconsin is leaning towards SU.
In the words of Pat Killorin a 2 time ALL American Center at SU from 63′- 66 “the O Line will be the success or failure of any offense”
GO SU
I’m really concerned with who will be our LT. I hope Knapp will be ready
I like he came even though we didn’t have our best game Saturday so thats says a lot but I was under the impression he was highly sought after?Any behind the scenes info Malone?I don’t know much about midwest HS FB!?!He is a 3* so why so few major offers according to him?We might have gotten a steal.I’ve been hoping he’d commit for awhile!
Decent get for SU. Need more HS OL projects please!! But still would of liked more recruits in for the Clemson game. The Dome will not look like it did Saturday again this year!! I see HCSS likes it better to have the full attention of the recruits after the season, but the first thing the TE from Wis said after his visit was the feeling he got from the Dome!! Is HCSS showing his lack of experience or he’s doing it his way no matter what. Great if it works, Rated 66 CLASS ON RIVALS AIN’T GREAT NOW!! He better improve greatly or SU will be GROB-like again!!
One of his teamates is getting all of the hype and he is making a name for himself and using the attention of his teamate as a motivator.
GO SU
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