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Syracuse flips Providence Day quarterback Zaid Lott from North Carolina

Lott threw for 2,869 yards and 29 touchdowns with six interceptions his junior season

Mike Duprez

Providence Day quarterback Zaid Lott has announced his decision to decommit from North Carolina and commit to Syracuse.
Providence Day quarterback Zaid Lott has announced his decision to decommit from North Carolina and commit to Syracuse. / Zaid Lott Twitter

Syracuse has flipped Providence Day quarterback Zaid Lott from North Carolina.

Lott, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound junior, made the announcement early Tuesday afternoon with a post on X.

“I am forever grateful to finally say I am officially home,” Lott said in the post that showed him posing in a Syracuse uniform.

The rapid sequence of events began unfolding when Lott visited Syracuse. He announced receiving an offer from the Orangemen on Monday. 

Tuesday around noon, Lott made a post saying he was decommitting from North Carolina.

“After much reflection, I have decided to forego my commitment to the University of North Carolina,” Lott said in the post. “This choice was tough, but I believe it’s the best step for my future. I’m grateful for the support and understanding from everyone involved. I’m excited for what comes next.”

The three-star prospect made the commitment to Syracuse shortly after that.

Lott had made his UNC commitment to then-Tar Heels coach Mack Brown. 

Brown was fired at the end of the 2024 season, and North Carolina named six-time Super Bowl champion coach Bill Belichick as his replacement.

In December, Lott reposted a post from @GoHeels welcoming Belichick and said, “Let’s do it coach.”

Meanwhile, offers kept coming in for Lott, who threw for 2,869 yards and 29 touchdowns with six interceptions in his junior season. He also had 285 yards and seven touchdowns rushing. 

The Chargers fell 42-39 to Rabun Gap-Nacoochee in the 2024 North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association 4-A state championship game.

Lott was the backup to five-star Jadyn Davis on Providence Day’s back-to-back state championship teams in 2022 and 2023. 

Boston College, North Carolina State and Virginia Tech are other ACC schools which made offers to Lott. According to 247Sports, Lott has nine college offers. 

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Mike Duprez
MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.

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