2019 Football Roster
Roster
Tisdale, Darius

Jersey Number 78
Darius Tisdale
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- South Brunswick, N.J.
- High School:
- South Brunswick
- Prev School:
- Lackawanna Community College
Bio
Career Overview: Spent two seasons at Lackawanna Community College before transferring to Syracuse in 2019 … Starting guard in 2020 ... ESPN’s No. 8 junior-college offensive tackle … Rated the No. 125 junior-college player in the nation and No. 20 among offensive tackles by 247Sports.com.
2022: Did not participate.
Redshirt-Junior Year (2021): Appeared in eight games with five starts, missing four games in the middle of the season due to injury ... Started the first three games of the year at right guard ... Suffered an injury in the Florida State game that sidelined him until returning to the starting lineup at Louisville (11/13) ... He and the rest of the offensive line paved the way for the fifth-highest rushing total in program history (2,562) and All-American running back Sean Tucker to break the program’s single-season rushing record.
Redshirt-Junior Year (2020): Appeared in all-11 games with 10 starts at guard ... Helped lead an offensive line that saw significant improvement throughout the season. 36-percent of the total number of sacks Syracuse allowed on the season came in the first-two contests (2.7 per game over final-nine contests) ... Helped pave the way for the first-two 100-yard rushers that Notre Dame allowed in the 2020 season, when Cooper Lutz (112) and Sean Tucker (101) both crossed the century mark against the Fighting Irish (12/5) ... Member of the PAT/Field Goal unit that connected on 32-of-35 kicks this season, including 9-of-11 field goals.
Redshirt-Sophomore Year (2019): Appeared in all 12 games with the kicking team ... Logged 25 snaps in seven appearances at right guard ... Played two snaps in his Syracuse debut at Liberty (8/31) ... Tallied one knockdown block in four snaps versus Holy Cross (9/28) ... On the field for a season-high six snaps and tallied a personal-best two knockdowns against Boston College (11/2).
Freshman Year at Lackawanna CC (2018): Member of a Falcons squad that went 11-0, finished No. 6 in the final NJCAA Football Top 25 poll, won the Northeast Conference, and defeated Arizona Western (12/1) in the El Toro Bowl … Blocked for an offense that averaged 401.4 total yards per game and averaged 38.5 points per contest.
Redshirt Year at Lackawanna CC (2017): Did not appear in any games.
High School: Offensive guard and defensive end for head coach Joe Goerge at South Brunswick … Earned Greater Middlesex Conference All-Red Division honors and NJ.com All-Group 5 Third Team recognition as a senior captain in 2016 … Home News Tribune All-Area First Team Offense … Credited with 40 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 7.5 sacks on defense in his senior season … As a junior, led the Vikings to an 11-1 record and the 2015 NJSIAA Central Group 5 title.
Personal: Darius William Tisdale … Born on April 6, 1999 in New Brunswick, New Jersey … Son of Marvin and Péquita Tisdale … Two brothers … Cousin, Dontae Strickland, was a running back at Syracuse from 2015-18 and signed a free-agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals … Cousin, Victor Cahoon, played football at Arizona State and was a member of the Washington Football Team practice squad in the early 1990s … Human development and family science major.
2022: Did not participate.
Redshirt-Junior Year (2021): Appeared in eight games with five starts, missing four games in the middle of the season due to injury ... Started the first three games of the year at right guard ... Suffered an injury in the Florida State game that sidelined him until returning to the starting lineup at Louisville (11/13) ... He and the rest of the offensive line paved the way for the fifth-highest rushing total in program history (2,562) and All-American running back Sean Tucker to break the program’s single-season rushing record.
Redshirt-Junior Year (2020): Appeared in all-11 games with 10 starts at guard ... Helped lead an offensive line that saw significant improvement throughout the season. 36-percent of the total number of sacks Syracuse allowed on the season came in the first-two contests (2.7 per game over final-nine contests) ... Helped pave the way for the first-two 100-yard rushers that Notre Dame allowed in the 2020 season, when Cooper Lutz (112) and Sean Tucker (101) both crossed the century mark against the Fighting Irish (12/5) ... Member of the PAT/Field Goal unit that connected on 32-of-35 kicks this season, including 9-of-11 field goals.
Redshirt-Sophomore Year (2019): Appeared in all 12 games with the kicking team ... Logged 25 snaps in seven appearances at right guard ... Played two snaps in his Syracuse debut at Liberty (8/31) ... Tallied one knockdown block in four snaps versus Holy Cross (9/28) ... On the field for a season-high six snaps and tallied a personal-best two knockdowns against Boston College (11/2).
Freshman Year at Lackawanna CC (2018): Member of a Falcons squad that went 11-0, finished No. 6 in the final NJCAA Football Top 25 poll, won the Northeast Conference, and defeated Arizona Western (12/1) in the El Toro Bowl … Blocked for an offense that averaged 401.4 total yards per game and averaged 38.5 points per contest.
Redshirt Year at Lackawanna CC (2017): Did not appear in any games.
High School: Offensive guard and defensive end for head coach Joe Goerge at South Brunswick … Earned Greater Middlesex Conference All-Red Division honors and NJ.com All-Group 5 Third Team recognition as a senior captain in 2016 … Home News Tribune All-Area First Team Offense … Credited with 40 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 7.5 sacks on defense in his senior season … As a junior, led the Vikings to an 11-1 record and the 2015 NJSIAA Central Group 5 title.
Personal: Darius William Tisdale … Born on April 6, 1999 in New Brunswick, New Jersey … Son of Marvin and Péquita Tisdale … Two brothers … Cousin, Dontae Strickland, was a running back at Syracuse from 2015-18 and signed a free-agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals … Cousin, Victor Cahoon, played football at Arizona State and was a member of the Washington Football Team practice squad in the early 1990s … Human development and family science major.
Fran Brown Press Conference | Week 3 vs. Colgate
Monday, September 08
Fran Brown Press Conference
Monday, September 08
Fran Brown Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Players Postgame vs. UConn
Saturday, September 06