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Peal's Rise and Syracuse's Quiet Surge | Syracuse Orangemen Football News
Chris Peal is lighting up the preseason hype train, earning All-America fourth-team honors and a top-11 cornerback ranking from Phil Steele — the college football bible — with some even projecting him as a first-round NFL draft pick. Peal’s standout season also landed him on Steele’s All-ACC second team, the highest honor for any Syracuse player this year. Fellow Orange defenders Chris D’Appolonia and Antoine Deslauriers also got nods, while no offensive players cracked the All-ACC lists. Steele sees Syracuse as a bowl-bound, improved team from last year’s three-win slog — ranked 15th in the…
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