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Jersey Number 70
Enrique Cruz Jr.
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 311
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Willowbrook
Bio
Career Overview: Talented offensive line prospect who has appeared in 24 games with 18 starts during his two years on campus ... Spent the 2022 season as the first reserve to the initial starting five linemen, which featured four players with four-or-more years of collegiate experience, before earning the starting left tackle spot in 2023.
Redshirt Junior Year (2024): Appeared in three games, playing 33 offensive snaps ... Saw action against Ohio (8/31), Stanford (9/20) and Holy Cross (9/28) ... Paved the way for LeQuint Allen Jr. to rush for over 1,000 yards ... Helped protect Kyle McCord to set the ACC and Syracuse passing yardage record and for the Orange to lead the nation in passing offense.
Redshirt Sophomore Year (2023): Started every game at left tackle ... Played 803 snaps on the season, not allowing a single sack and was responsible for just three hits on the quarterback ... Helped pave the way for LeQuint Allen to reach the 1,000 yard threshold, marking the third-straight season Syracuse had a back cross the threshold ... When Syracuse turned to a run-focused attack late in the season, he helped pave the way for an offense that finished with over 172 yards per game on the ground
Redshirt Freshman Season (2022): Appeared in eight games with five starts (three at right tackle, two at left tackle) ... Concluded the season with five-straight starts ... According to Pro Football Focus, was responsible for just one sack allowed in 205 pass blocking snaps ... Made his collegiate debut against UConn (9/10) ... Made his first collegiate start against Pittsburgh (11/5), also started the Florida State (11/12) and Boston College (11/26) games at right tackle ... Made his first start at left tackle in place of an injured All-ACC selection Matthew Bergeron vs. Wake Forest (11/19) ... Started the bowl game at left tackle in place of Bergeron (12/29) after he opted to declare for the NFL Draft ... Member of he ACC Honor Roll ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring semester.
Redshirt Season (2021): Did not appear in any games ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring semester. Â
High School: Played offensive line for four years for head coach Nick Hildreth … Rated four stars by 247Sports.com … Ranked as the No. 4 prospect in the state of Illinois and one of the top-25 offensive tackles in the class by 247Sports.com … Earned All-Area, All-Conference and All-State honors as a senior … Team captain at Willowbrook, where he helped lead the Warriors to an 11-2 record in 2019 … Earned All-State honors in track … Also competed in basketball and wrestling in high school … Willowbrook’s sports MVP.
Personal: Enrique Antonio Cruz Jr. … Born on August 4, 2003 in Chicago, Illinois … Son of Vanessa Garcia … Two brothers and one sister … Majoring in communications and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Redshirt Junior Year (2024): Appeared in three games, playing 33 offensive snaps ... Saw action against Ohio (8/31), Stanford (9/20) and Holy Cross (9/28) ... Paved the way for LeQuint Allen Jr. to rush for over 1,000 yards ... Helped protect Kyle McCord to set the ACC and Syracuse passing yardage record and for the Orange to lead the nation in passing offense.
Redshirt Sophomore Year (2023): Started every game at left tackle ... Played 803 snaps on the season, not allowing a single sack and was responsible for just three hits on the quarterback ... Helped pave the way for LeQuint Allen to reach the 1,000 yard threshold, marking the third-straight season Syracuse had a back cross the threshold ... When Syracuse turned to a run-focused attack late in the season, he helped pave the way for an offense that finished with over 172 yards per game on the ground
Redshirt Freshman Season (2022): Appeared in eight games with five starts (three at right tackle, two at left tackle) ... Concluded the season with five-straight starts ... According to Pro Football Focus, was responsible for just one sack allowed in 205 pass blocking snaps ... Made his collegiate debut against UConn (9/10) ... Made his first collegiate start against Pittsburgh (11/5), also started the Florida State (11/12) and Boston College (11/26) games at right tackle ... Made his first start at left tackle in place of an injured All-ACC selection Matthew Bergeron vs. Wake Forest (11/19) ... Started the bowl game at left tackle in place of Bergeron (12/29) after he opted to declare for the NFL Draft ... Member of he ACC Honor Roll ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring semester.
Redshirt Season (2021): Did not appear in any games ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring semester. Â
High School: Played offensive line for four years for head coach Nick Hildreth … Rated four stars by 247Sports.com … Ranked as the No. 4 prospect in the state of Illinois and one of the top-25 offensive tackles in the class by 247Sports.com … Earned All-Area, All-Conference and All-State honors as a senior … Team captain at Willowbrook, where he helped lead the Warriors to an 11-2 record in 2019 … Earned All-State honors in track … Also competed in basketball and wrestling in high school … Willowbrook’s sports MVP.
Personal: Enrique Antonio Cruz Jr. … Born on August 4, 2003 in Chicago, Illinois … Son of Vanessa Garcia … Two brothers and one sister … Majoring in communications and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Fran Brown Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Players Postgame vs. UConn
Saturday, September 06
Syracuse Football Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Fran Brown Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
