Syracuse QB Garrett Shrader ruled out vs. Boston College due to injury

Syracuse will go through Friday’s game against Boston College without quarterback Garrett Shrader. He has been ruled out due to an injury he suffered last week, a team spokesperson confirmed to Syracuse.com’s Emily Leiker.

Shrader completed 12 of 18 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown against Virginia Tech a week ago. His 188.5 passing yards per game ranks ninth in the ACC, but the Orange have struggled over the last four games en route to an 0-4 start to conference play.

In Shrader’s absence, Carlos Del Rio-Wilson is expected to start. Entering Friday’s game, Del Rio-Wilson has completed 19 of 34 passes for 245 yards and three touchdowns this season.

Syracuse and Boston College kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

The Orange got off to a hot start to the season, rattling off four straight wins, including a 35-20 victory over Purdue. It’s been a struggle through conference play, though, as Syracuse dropped its first four league games. Friday’s game won’t be an easy way to get back on track, though, as Boston College brings a 5-3 record into the matchup and an up-and-coming quarterback in Thomas Castellanos.

There’s also some chatter about Syracuse coach Dino Babers’ future. His tenure has been up and down, including a 10-3 record in 2018 and a 1-10 mark in 2020. The Orange got back over .500 with a 7-6 record a year ago, but the 4-4 record so far through 2023 is generating some concern.

Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger listed Syracuse as a job to watch this year. Babers’ buyout is somewhere in the neighborhood of $8-$9 million — since SU is a private school, it doesn’t have to make that information public. As a result, his job is one of the top 10 to watch as the coaching carousel gets ready to start spinning, according to Dellenger.

“Babers got off the hot seat last year, leading the Orange to a surprising bowl trip, and his eighth season in New York started great,” Dellenger wrote. “The Orange won their first four games. Since then, they’ve lost four straight, dropping Babers to 22-34 since Syracuse won 10 games in 2018.

“As a basketball power, are the Orange invested enough to pay a steep buyout and then hire a new staff? Syracuse’s final four opponents have a cumulative record of 15-17. A bowl would seem to be enough to secure his future, but who knows?”