On Saturday, the Syracuse Orange football team added yet another defender to the recruiting class of 2021. Three-star defensive tackle Elijah Fuentes announced that he’s committing to Syracuse.
Fuentes attends Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx, and stands at 6-foot-3 and 260 pounds. He has offers from a lot of the usual suspects: Boston College, Duke, Rutgers, Wake Forest, Buffalo and UMass. Until this week, he was considered a BC lean. However, that obviously changed given his decision. Looking at the 247Sports composite rankings, he’s seen as a top-100 defensive tackle in this class, and the eight-best player in New York.