Leading off our annual GTKYOM profiles is EFC
It’s time to start preparing for the 2025 Syracuse Orange football season. We’re going through the roster to take a look at each Syracuse player as we get to know a lot of new faces for Year 2 of the Fran Brown Era.
First up is…
Name: Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff
Position: Defensive line
Year: Redshirt Senior
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 289 lbs.
Hometown: Bronx, New York
High School: Cardinal Hayes
2024 stats: Made 16 tackles across ten games, with five coming in the win over Miami.
2025 projections: While he did see an uptick in playing time as last year went on, Fuentes-Cundiff is expected to back up Dion Wilson Jr. on the interior defensive line.
How’d he get here?: Chose the Orange over offers from Wake Forest, Duke, BC and Rutgers.
What’d recruiting sites say?: Three stars from 247 and On3.
Winners Get Washed: Irish Spring 5In1 — Five signature ingredients just like his career-high five tackles against the Hurricanes.
Instagram feed: A man of culture
Interesting nugget o’interest: In addition to being a top-five prospect in New York for football, EFC also excelled in basketball and track at Cardinal Hayes.
Let’s get a look at ya: Getting that NIL bag and looking shifty in the process