New Syracuse football DB will undergo surgery for upper-body injury

Syracuse, N.Y. — A second Syracuse football player has suffered an injury that will disrupt his season, coach Fran Brown said Monday.

Defensive back Marcus Washington Jr. will undergo surgery to repair a torn bicep and will miss three to four months.

Brown left it a possibility that Washington could make a late-season appearance depending on how Syracuse’s postseason goes.

Washington, a Louisville transfer, had been seen during media viewing periods of recent practices using an exercise bike instead of partaking in drills.

“He was actually thriving,” Brown said. “He was pushing into that second, running with the twos. So that sucks for him.”

Washington started his collegiate career at Georgia in 2022 after reclassifying as a high school senior. Brown was his position coach.

He only played two snaps that season but took on a special teams role for the Cardinals in 2023 and appeared in all 14 games.

When he transferred to Syracuse in May, Washington had three seasons of eligibility remaining.

Syracuse already lost defensive lineman Braylen Ingraham to an Achilles tear days into fall camp.

Otherwise, though, Brown said the team is “looking at a full roster” entering Week 1. The team practiced lightly without shoulder pads Monday following its second scrimmage to recover from the physicality of camp thus far.

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