FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Corey Cooper announced his transfer from Syracuse on Instragram on Wednesday night, and SU head coach Scott Shafer addressed Cooper after the team’s scrimmage at Fort Drum on Thursday. Shafer said that Cooper mostly wanted to transfer to be near his hometown of Raleigh, N.C.

The freshman H-back has been enrolled at Syracuse since January, but had not been in Fort Drum this week due to an upper-body injury.

“It’s been a tough deal for him,” Shafer said. “We had a heart-to-heart, in fact we were texting back and forth this morning. He has some good options that he’s looking at down there. He’s a home body and he misses being close to his family.”

Shafer said that Cooper will be restricted from transferring to another Atlantic Coast Conference school.

Enoicy’s injury may not cost freshman receiver too much time

SU Athletics announced Tuesday that Adly Enoicy will undergo surgery for a lower-body injury, and Shafer said his recovery time might be less than a few weeks.

He said that the injury is due to cartilage that wasn’t treated in high school and got exacerbated.

“I think it’s gonna be pretty quick,” Shafer said. “I hate to put a timetable on it but I’ve seen guys get back in under a couple of weeks there.”

Published on August 14, 2014 at 9:51 pm

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