On the same day that Syracuse basketball officially confirmed that Syracuse football 2026 five-star WR signee Calvin Russell III would join the hoops program immediately, SU football landed a transfer commit who hails from the same Miami powerhouse high school as Russell.
Transfer cornerback Nazir Ward, a redshirt sophomore at Western Kentucky (9-4 overall in the 2025 season), has committed to Syracuse football, a source confirmed to me on Sunday evening. This news was first reported by 247Sports/CBS Sports.
Syracuse has signed Western Kentucky cornerback transfer Nazir Ward, @chris_hummer and I have learned.