Linebacker Jayden Brown commits to Syracuse
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Linebacker Jayden Brown committed to Syracuse, becoming the third linebacker join the Orange’s 2024 class. Brown is also the fifth player in his class from New Jersey. He’s a 6-foot-3, 220-lb. linebacker that plays at Don Bosco Prep (NJ) and received offers from other Atlantic Coast Conference teams like Boston College, Duke and Virginia Tech. 247 Sports gave Brown a three-star rating.
Per Sports Illustrated, linebacker Mekhi Mason hosted Brown during the high schooler’s official visit.
“It was the best fit for me,” Brown said in the interview. “I love what coach Babers is building and the players made me feel at home.”
247Sports ranks Brown as the 107th best linebacker in the 2024 class. He adds to the linebacker unit which features veterans like Marlowe Wax and Stefon Thompson, who could both be around next year. The fellow linebackers in the 2024 class include three-star linebacker Travon Dye out of Wayne, New Jersey, and unranked Zekai Wimberly out of West Orange, New Jersey.
Published on June 23, 2023 at 4:21 pm
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