Justin Barron Announces Return to Syracuse For 2024 Season

The Orange gets one of its best defensive players back for the first year of the Fran Brown era.

Mike McAllister | Dec 25, 2023

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Syracuse football received huge news on Christmas Day as starting safety and team captain Justin Barron announced his will return for the 2024 season.

"Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays," Barron said in a post on social media. "I had high hopes for this season and unfortunately it did not go the way I expected. I refuse to go out like that. I got one more for y'all.

"I'm coming back."

Barron has started every game at safety for the last two seasons and played in every game for the last three. Barron has accumulated 190 tackles with 10.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, one interceptions and three forced fumbles (all in 2023) the last three seasons. Barron was named a team captain during training camp and played the majority of this past season with an injury that required him to wear a cast when he played.

The news is a huge boost to the Syracuse defense as they transition from the 3-3-5 to a new scheme under new coaching. Fran Brown has created a lot of buzz for the Orange this offseason with big recruiting wins. One of his biggest may be keeping current players including Barron.

Syracuse opens the 2024 season against Ohio in the JMA Wireless Dome on August 31st.

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Published Dec 25, 2023

MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting. EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans. After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years. Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports. Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College.