🐺 Vegas was fun, onto ACC play

Welcome to Orange United, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Syracuse University’s collective Orange United.

In today’s content:
- Orange wins and awards 🍊
- ACC play Saturday 🏈
+ So much more 💪

🏈 Kyle McCord was named to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 and the Golden Arm Top-25

🏒 Ice Hockey’s Rylee McLeod was named AHA Rookie of the Week

🏈 Football dives into ACC play this weekend

🏑 Field Hockey moves up in the national poll to No. 14

🏃 Both men’s and women’s cross country teams stay pat in the Top 25

⚽ Men’s Soccer records its third-straight win after defeating Providence last night

🏈 Football’s Fadil Diggs received the Bronco Nagurski Award’s National Defensive Player of the Week

🍊 FRAN BROWN WEEKLY PRESSER: NC STATE

After a 4-1 start to the season, it’s time to dive deep into ACC play. This time, it’s on the road in Raleigh:

• “I want to thank all the support we had in Las Vegas last weekend” (0:00)

• Some familiar faces returning from injury? (4:45)

• “His offense fits what Syracuse is” (8:40)

• Special teams improvements coming? (12:00)

🐺 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: NC STATE

NC State is 3-3 following last weekend’s loss to Wake Forest:

• Earlier this month, punter Caden Noonkester was awarded the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week

• The Wolfpack’s defense gives up 33.7 points per game, the offense only managing to score 27.8

• Opponents have success on fourth-down against NC State, converting 66.7% of the time

• Cj Bailey has stepped into the quarterback role in place of an injured Grayson McCall; throwing for 741-yards in five games played

Nothing in this section. We’ll see you back here on Friday. 👋