Syracuse Football Names Captains For 2023 Season

The Orange has its leaders from all three phases.

Mike McAllister | Aug 28, 2023

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Syracuse football announced its team captains for the 2023 season on Monday. They included six players in total and were from all three phases of the game. The captains, as voted on by the players, are quarterback Garrett Shrader, wide receiver Damien Alford, linebacker Marlowe Wax, cornerback Isaiah Johnson, safety Justin Barron and kicker Brady Denaburg.

The Orange opens up the 2023 campaign on Saturday in the JMA Wireless Dome. The opponent is FCS Colgate and the game kicks off at 4:00 p.m. Eastern.

Syracuse is coming off of a 7-6 2022 season in which the Orange started 6-0 and was ranked in the top 15 in the country. After holding a double digit halftime lead at Clemson in game seven, things unraveled. Syracuse lost to the Tigers and then four more in a row before ending the regular season with a win at Boston College.

The offseason has been filled with change as both coordinators, Robert Anae (NC State) and Tony White (Nebraska) took jobs elsewhere. Syracuse also lost a pair of defensive starters to the transfer portal in Duce Chestnut (LSU) and Ja'Had Carter (Ohio State). Other starters, such as Sean Tucker, Matthew Bergeron, Garrett Williams, Mikel Jones and others departed for the NFL.

Syracuse replaced the coordinators with long-time 3-3-5 Godfather Rocky Long and Jason Beck, who was the quarterbacks coach in 2022. In addition, the Orange added several players at key positions through the portal.

Now, Syracuse is looking to get to back to back bowl games for the first time in a decade and have back to back winning regular seasons for the first time in over 20 years.

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Published Aug 28, 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.