Devin Butler

Syracuse football bolstered its secondary Thursday by adding former Notre Dame cornerback Devin Butler.

(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football bolstered its secondary Thursday by adding former Notre Dame cornerback Devin Butler.

Butler's decision to transfer to Syracuse had been expected by its coaching staff for weeks. He said he will enroll in January.

The Washington, D.C. native was a four-star recruit coming out of Gonzaga High School, but his career in South Bend didn't materialize as he had hoped.

After playing mostly as a reserve, Butler was in line to start this past fall before suffering a foot injury and running into off-field trouble that led to a suspension.

He was charged in a high-profile incident outside a South Bend bar over the summer in which he was accused of resisting arrest and battery against a law enforcement officer. He plead guilty to resisting law enforcement, a misdemeanor.

Butler's addition infuses talent into a Syracuse secondary which recently lost a starer in Corey Winfield to transfer. Butler's arrival had no impact on Winfield's decision to leave the university.

This will be the second time in as many years Dino Babers and the Syracuse staff has dipped into the graduate transfer pool to improve its roster.

Wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo spent his final season in Central New York after graduated from Maryland and re-wrote the Syracuse record book en route to becoming the school's first AP All-American in 15 years.

Butler, who has one year of eligibility remaining, is expected to start practicing with the team in the spring.

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