When choosing the right school for many of these high
school athletes it comes down to finding the right fit for each individual, and
whether each school has that feeling of home for that player. Those were all concerns for the newest
Syracuse Orange Delone Carter.
“I actually committed in late May, but we wanted to keep
it quiet so we were not bombarded by al the media requests for interviews.”
“When I went there I just felt comfortable and I felt at
home, the coaches seemed very happy when I told them I was committing, they said
I was there number one running back.”
When posed the question of
the biggest reason that Syracuse was able to earn Carter’s
commitment; “They have an unbelievable tradition at running back at that
school. I want to be a part of that
tradition.”
“I did not get to see all of the campus when I was up
there before. I did like what I saw very much; the dorms, football facilities,
and of course the Carrier Dome. “I
really wanted to play there, that Dome is something else. I can’t wait to score a touchdown in
there when all the fans are screaming.”
Carter has also expressed the coaches desire to see if he
can contribute early on in his college career as well. “They told me I could come in and
compete and be able to play for a starting roll.”
“The success that they had in this offense with running
backs with the Denver Broncos in amazing, I wanted a chance to play in a system
like that in college.”
“The coaches told me to
continue and go around and see other schools, so I can compare then to
Syracuse. They told me and my parents that they
were confident that they had the top school in the nation and that no other
program would be able to do the things fro me that they could.”