“Syracuse is set to lose wide receiver Trebor Pena to the transfer portal, and head coach Fran Brown didn't hold back as he revealed the senior departed the program after not receiving a larger NIL deal.
"We paid him enough. He was going to get paid more. There were some numbers that were asked to me that I didn't feel I would be able to do and move on," Brown told local radio station WTLA-AM, per The Athletic's David Ubben. "I treated him right, did everything that was needed, and I just said, 'Yo, you got to go.'"
Pena was the leading returning receiver for the Orange after recording a team-high 84 catches for 941 yards and nine touchdowns. He was named a team captain, and Ubben noted he "was the only player on the roster other than the quarterbacks given a non-contact jersey during spring practice."
"We paid him enough. He was going to get paid more. There were some numbers that were asked to me that I didn't feel I would be able to do and move on," Brown told local radio station WTLA-AM, per The Athletic's David Ubben. "I treated him right, did everything that was needed, and I just said, 'Yo, you got to go.'"
Pena was the leading returning receiver for the Orange after recording a team-high 84 catches for 941 yards and nine touchdowns. He was named a team captain, and Ubben noted he "was the only player on the roster other than the quarterbacks given a non-contact jersey during spring practice."
