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Syracuse football recruiting: 4-star safety Eric Burrell includes SU in top five

Four-star Class of 2016 safety Eric Burrell included Syracuse in his top five schools on Sunday night.

Duke, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Boston College round out Burrell’s top five.


The 5-foot-11, 170-pound McDonough (Maryland) High School product is ranked as the 16th-best safety in the class by 247Sports.com’s composite rankings. He plans to make his announcement in a few months.



Class of 2016 safeties Will Harper and Scoop Bradshaw have verballed to the Orange. SU’s current roster includes six safeties in their first two seasons.





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