{"id":225495,"date":"2026-06-23T03:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225495\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T03:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:35:34","slug":"syracuse-football-receives-commitment-from-pennsylvania-offensive-line-prospect-ben-sakyiama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225495\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse football receives commitment from Pennsylvania offensive line prospect Ben Sakyiama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/orangefootball\/\" title=\"Navigate to Orange Football\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange Football<\/a>Published: Jun. 20, 2026, 8:53 p.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"football action\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FLZ4GTOGMVFPVL2IOI5CXTE5HY.JPG\"  \/>Offensive Lineman Kardiear Shepherd during Syracuse football first Spring practice at the Ensley Athletic Center Friday, March 20, 2026, in Syracuse, N.Y. &#13;Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com &#13;&#13;Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2P7KCY3EDFAZDF55QVW7F6FQMU\">Syracuse, N.Y. \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/orangefootball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/orangefootball\/\">Syracuse football<\/a> is adding an intriguing offensive line prospect with its latest commitment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ESQZFPT3T5FHVKTL4TZQWW2F4U\">The Orange received a verbal commitment from offensive tackle Ben Sakyiama of Warminster, Pa (Archbishop Wood) on Saturday, he announced on social media. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TMXFPYN5Y5FYVAG4ZZPW4QNLUY\">Sakyiama is listed at six-foot-seven and 345 pounds. He is currently unrated by the 247 Sports composite. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RPEIPDJIXFDHRHZCLPBJ56GRBU\">Sakyiama also had offers from Merrimack, New Haven and Sacramento State. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DSACBQ2COBDWPHRWESLPV37PWQ\">Sakyiama participated in a prospect camp at Syracuse on June 13 and committed during an official visit to Syracuse on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZODWE6OVMNAK7A3IIYKRKVJKIY\">The Orange is up to 22 commitments in the Class of 2027, which ranks 35th in the country and ninth in the ACC in <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/season\/2027-football\/teamrankings\/?Conference=ACC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/season\/2027-football\/teamrankings\/?Conference=ACC\">247Sports\u2019 rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TX7F23VG6REY7ENSVDZOE6FXNE\">20 of SU\u2019s 22 commitments are listed as three-star prospects with two, including Sakyiama, currently unranked. <\/p>\n<p>Brent Axe, a Syracuse native, has been a sports commentator in Central New York for 25 years and counting.<\/p>\n<p>Axe has been a sports columnist, podcaster and video content producer at Syracuse.com since December&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orange FootballPublished: Jun. 20, 2026, 8:53 p.m.Offensive Lineman Kardiear Shepherd during Syracuse football first Spring practice at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[97910,303,43736,5422,28,30,29,4223,34188],"class_list":["post-225495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-fb","tag-football","tag-indoor","tag-orange","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-spring","tag-su"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}