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While the graduating Syracuse seniors from the football team may not be as highly touted as last year’s senior class, four former Orange found success during and after the 2014 NFL Draft weekend.
Syracuse’s highest drafted player was defensive tackle Jay Bromley, who was taken 74th overall by the New York Giants.  Bromley was taken higher than his projection, and was actually in the supermarket when he was drafted.  He didn’t believe that he was taken in the third round.
Here’s a video of Bromley receiving the call.¬†
Bromley will join Justin Pugh (19th overall, first round) and Ryan Nassib (110th overall, fourth round), who were taken in last year’s draft by the Giants.  Head coach Tom Coughlin is also an alumnus of Syracuse University.
General Manager of the Giants, Jerry Reese, said that he expects Bromley to fit into the Giants’ defensive rotation right away.
In his senior season, Bromley totaled 42 tackles, 14.5 tackles for a loss and forced three fumbles.  He also had 10 sacks.  He was an All-ACC Third Team selection and started all 13 games for the Orange in his senior season.
The other Orange player drafted was linebacker Marquis Spruill.  Spruill was drafted 168th overall in the fifth round by the Atlanta Falcons.  While he is undersized to play linebacker in the NFL, he might be used as a nickel back or a special teams player for Atlanta.
Spruill totaled 66 tackles in his senior season, had 5.5 sacks and 14.5 tackles for a loss.  He also recovered a fumble.
Spruill will be joined by running back Jerome Smith, who was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Falcons shortly after the draft concluded.  Smith anchored the running game for the Orange in his final season, leading the team with 12 touchdowns and was also selected to the All-ACC Third Team.
Defensive back Keon Lyn was also signed as an undrafted free agent after the draft by the Indianapolis Colts.  Macky MacPherson, Jeremi Wilkes, Ri’Shard Anderson, and Beckett Wales could also receive invites to training camps as undrafted free agents as well.
Posted by: Jason Weingold 
45 responses to “Four Former Syracuse Footballers Land on NFL Teams”
real nice story on jay. very consistant player here at syracuse on the d line. i feel he was a underated player and beleive ny is getting a good football player.
I was a huge fan of Jay since seeing him play that HS all star game at the Dome!! Huge GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG-MAN fan to, But Jay is not a 3rd round pick!! But we will see!!
DO NOT FORGET THE KIDS OF PSABUSEDU!! THE NCAA DID!!
I’m a NYG fan and a fan of SU fb(sorry SU hoops..not a fan). So I am doubly happy to have Jay Bromley(a native NYC cat) join the DLine. With the roster changes there is a very very good chance of Bromley playing his way onto the field as the NYG(and alot of NFL teams) rotate their linemen.
I root hard for Bromley because he is from the city. NYC is often overlooked because frankly the caliber of HS fb isn’t as advanced as other parts of the country. He came from incredibly difficult circumstances to live a dream. He is an example of why I don’t want Shafer to completely lose sight of recruiting the backyard. While we expand to the southeast, the midwest and mid atlantic, lets keep getting some of these raw talents and mine them into gems.
Spruill may have a tougher road catching on, but I hope he can atleast be a special teams demon.
Jerome Smith’s work ethic should allow him to catch on somewhere. good luck to all the hopefuls
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