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Syracuse football recruiting: 4-star commit Marquise Blair reportedly denied admission

Syracuse’s lone four-star commit in the Class of 2015, safety Marquise Blair, has been denied admission to SU by the NCAA, according to Scout.com.

Blair will instead attend a junior college after the NCAA didn’t accept some courses he took during his senior year at Wooster (Ohio) High School, Wooster head coach Doug Haas told Scout. The NCAA had been reviewing Blair’s academics since June.

Haas also told Scout that Blair needs to graduate from junior college before enrolling in the NCAA, which would be January 2017 at the earliest. The decision came on Aug. 6, per the report, and Blair has yet to find a junior college.

The Orange is left with safeties Chauncey Scissum and Antwan Cordy, both sophomores, and redshirt freshman Rodney Williams. Freshmen Christopher Frederick, Kielan Whitner and Daivon Ellison are also in the fold for a position group that has to replace both starters.







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