Syracuse football: where does ESPN rank Steve Angeli among P4

While we wait for the Syracuse spring practices to begin, we’re always on the lookout for any football related news items.

ESPN’s BIll Connelly gave a Spring ranking of the projected P4 starting quarterbacks and Syracuse’s Steve Angeli ends up in the top half of the list. Here’s what Bill had to say about Angeli:

We won’t see Angeli this spring, so we’ll be watching Odom and Nelson closely to see how they look directing the Orange. The player who beat out Angeli at Notre Dame, CJ Carr was the top ranked

quarterback by Bill C.

Here’s how the rest of the ACC starters

Darian Mensah- Miami 11

CJ Bailey- NC State 16

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele – Cal 22

Kevin Jennings- SMU 23

Ethan Grunkmeyer – Virginia Tech 26

Beau Pribula- Virginia 29

Ashton Daniels- Florida St 38

Alberto Mendoza- Georgia Tech 41

Walker Eget- Duke 42

Mason Heintschel- Pitt 46

Christopher Vizzina- Clemson 52

Lincoln Kienholz- Louisville 53

Billy Edwards, Jr- UNC 56

Gio Lopez- 61 Wake Forest

Mason McKenzie- 63 Boston College

Davis Warren- 68 Stanford

Only five ACC quarterbacks are schedule to return as starters (for the same school) in 2026 so we’ll see what that means for the 2026 projections. Are there any surprises to you in these rankings?