Dino Babers speaks on Tommy DeVito’s departure, special teams struggles

Babers said that the team is “okay” without a special teams coordinator right now, despite the struggles from the special teams unit with punting and kicking this year.Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox.

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Tommy DeVito announced he was entering the transfer portal on Sunday night, three games after he lost the starting job. Syracuse head coach Dino Babers’ go-to quarterback for the last three years was replaced by Mississippi State transfer Garrett Shrader, a move that “shocked” DeVito.

The morning after DeVito’s announcement, Babers took the stage in his weekly press conference, stating that this wasn’t how he expected DeVito’s…