Rapper Toosii says he will play football at Syracuse. What is going on here?

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse football team’s most recent verbal commitment wasn’t much of a football player in high school.

He didn’t play his senior year. His old coach didn’t remember if he got on the field when he was on the team as a junior.

He never popped up on the radar or scouting services, even in his playing days.

He is 25 years old and hasn’t played competitive football in at least seven years. He is 5-foot-8, which matches the shortest player on the Syracuse roster this season.

But Nau’Jour Grainger, better known as the rapper Toosii, has a social media following that dwarfs the Syracuse football program and has played concerts at NBA venues across the country.

There is reason to question whether the commitment is more stunt than substance. But if Grainger comes to Syracu