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Shafer: Replacing Broyld means outside receivers going in at H-back

With Ashton Broyld out, Syracuse  will mix perimeter receivers into Broyld’s H-back role, head coach Scott Shafer said in his weekly teleconference on Tuesday.

“It’ll be by committee and some of the guys that were playing solely outside have to be ready to play inside as well,” Shafer said.

Broyld came up limping in the middle of a route against Maryland on Saturday before falling to the turf. He then pounded the turf in frustration as medical staff began to work on his already heavily wrapped right leg at the UMD 5-yard line. Shafer announced in a Cuse.com interview on Monday that Broyld would be out for “a couple weeks.”

Brisly Estime is the starting H-back in place of Broyld, according to SU’s most recent depth chart. And Shafer said receivers like Ben Lewis could see time at H-Back.

Lewis filled in for Broyld there during the Maryland game, Shafer said, when Estime needed a break from also returning kicks. Broyld leads SU with 11 receptions and remains its second-leading receiver with 125 yards. Estime has six receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown on the season, while Lewis has eight catches for 76 yards.







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