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Get to Know Your Orange Man: #42, LB Tyrell Richards

Position: Linebacker

Year: (Redshirt) Junior

Height: 6’4’

Weight: 236 lbs

Hometown: Brampton, Ont., Canada

High School: Clarkson Secondary School

2019 stats: A slight down year on defense compared to his 2018 season, with five fewer solo tackles and two fewer sacks. His true impact at SU so far has been on special teams, winning the 2019 Joe Szombathy Award for Syracuse’s most outstanding special teams player.

2020 projections: Key linebackers in Andrew Armstrong and Lakiem Williams have left due to graduation and there’s a new defensive scheme in town with Tony White’s 3-3-5.