Learn more about how backup QB Clayton Welch arrived at Syracuse

Quarterback Clayton Welch has been part of the Syracuse Orange football team since 2017, yet the headlines have always been focused elsewhere.

If articles weren’t about Eric Dungey succeeding, they were about Eric Dungey being injured. And behind Dungey, the hype around former four-star passer Tommy DeVito also took up a fair amount of attention. To a lesser extent, same goes for now-transfer QB Chance Amie and recent arrival David Summers.

But Welch remains a scholarship player for Syracuse, and one that is ready to jump in if called upon. He’s also sort of following in the footsteps of fellow Butte College alum Aaron Rodgers... albeit with a little less fanfare, and heading across the…