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Syracuse football misses out on 3-star offensive guard Lyndon Cooper

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Lyndon Cooper, a 2021 three-star offensive guard, has elected to suit up for fellow ACC member N.C. State rather than Syracuse football.

Recruiting analysts projected that Syracuse football target Lyndon Cooper would ultimately choose N.C. State, and the 2021 three-star offensive guard opted for the Wolfpack in revealing his decision via Twitter on Monday night.

The 6-foot-3, 315-pound Cooper, a rising senior at Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Ga., has received nearly 20 scholarship offers, according to a review of several recruiting services.

Besides the Orange and Atlantic Coast Conference foe N.