Chris D'Appolonia
Syracuse Orange
79
Solid

Chris D'Appolonia

Syracuse OrangeRebuilding
WLBDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Toledo
Projected Starter

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Chris D'Appolonia is the projected starter at WLB for Syracuse Orange.

Redshirt junior · #6 · 6'3", 240 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Syracuse Orange

  1. 1679Chris D'AppoloniaStarter
  2. 28271Jamie Tremble
  3. 33350Gemaus Sackie

Syracuse Starting Lineup

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Up next for Syracuse

Syracuse plays Clemson at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

The Tackling Machine

This season: 59 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 80th-percentile production nationally — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Team Share8%Percentile80th
Cranberry Township, PA
Jersey
#6
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
240 lbs
Transfer
Toledo

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—593.51

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

High School
Seneca Valley
Hometown
Harmony, PA

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 80th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.81 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 80% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 31% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.81)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WSMUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-27

Oct 24WUNCTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-30 OT

Oct 17LLOUTKL 12
TKL
12
SOLO
7
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 10LUVATKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-25

Oct 3WCONNTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-41 OT

Sep 17LPITTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-13

Sep 12LCALTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
6
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 21-18

Sep 5WUNHTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 66-3

Chris D'Appolonia's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Solid
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Team Role

Tackling Machine
59 tkl · 3.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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