Syracuse safety Durell Eskridge had surgery on his right wrist in early May, repairing the fractured right wrist and torn ring-finger ligament, according to The Post-Standard, and is recovered enough to sit atop the depth chart.

He will be ready to start against Penn State Aug. 31, SU head coach Scott Shafer told The Post-Standard.

Eskridge said he heard a pop in when making a tackle on Rutgers’ Brandon Coleman on a third down in the first half of SU’s Oct. 13 loss at Rutgers. He then snuck away from team doctors and onto the field and played out the rest of the season in pain.

Last season, Eskridge recored 31 tackles — three for a loss — two sacks and a forced fumble.