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Academics played role in two recent recruiting misses for Syracuse football

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Syracuse football has seen a pair of 2021 three-star prospects opt for other programs.

This week, Syracuse football 2021 targets Riley Leonard and Josh Moore elected to take their skills and talents to teams other than the Orange.

It happens. Recruiting is fickle, and more often than not, the ‘Cuse will lose out to other squads even when prospects place Syracuse among their core group of finalists under consideration.

Leonard, a 6-foot-4, dual-threat quarterback who is rated as three stars by Rivals.com, picked fellow Atlantic Coast Conference member Duke.