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Syracuse Football: Lee Kpogba can steal starting LB spot as freshman

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, the Syracuse football program is replacing their starting linebacking corps again heading into 2019.

It has been a common theme over the last handful of years under Syracuse head coach Dino Babers.

To be specific, this is the third straight year this has occurred. The reason being Babers prefers veterans with football and life experience:

If we continue on this trajectory, it seems like Babers will go the veteran route again. While he will have that choice in 2019 to go back down that well, it won’t be his only option.