College football isn’t the only sport prepping to start next week. The NFL is doing the same, finalizing rosters before the season gets going on Thursday night. All NFL teams announced 53-man rosters on Saturday, and seven former Syracuse Orange players made the cut.
Congrats to our #ProOrange who made 53-man rosters today, especially our trio of rookies making their first pro teams pic.twitter.com/Xw5YUWInoW
— Syracuse Football (@CuseFootball) September 6, 2020
Some of the names were more surprising than others. Chandler Jones and Justin Pugh were absolutely making the Arizona Cardinals’ roster, and both Riley Dixon (New York Giants) and Zaire Franklin (Indianapolis Colts) stood a very good shot at making theirs as well.