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SMU welcomed new players to campus with the rest of the 2026 recruiting class enrolling on the Hilltop. Now, OTAs have begun with the calendar

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Early buzz from first OTAs for SMU Football

SMU wrapped up spring practice on Friday with its spring game inside Ford Stadium. With that in the rear-view mirror, we break down the defensive

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Projecting SMU's depth chart on defense for 2026 season

The SMU secondary is coming off a tough 2025 campaign, but spring practice is here and the Mustangs have a chance to improve. On The Pony Express’

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Roundtable: SMU pushing for improvement with secondary with key transfers

SMU Football enters 2025 with a target on its back following its 2024 campaign that ended in the College Football Playoff. Last year, the Mustangs

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Predicting SMU Football's star players of 2025

SMU gets a few days off of spring practice and the Mustangs will get back at it later this week. What's the latest buzz around the transfers that

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Practice Buzz: Stock report on every SMU transfer

SMU once again welcome a large transfer class and the ones that are here for the spring, Rhett Lashlee's coaches weighed in on all the additions to

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Meet the Mustangs: SMU coaches weigh in on every new transfer

Marcellus Barnes finished his true freshman season with 11 tackles and three pass breakups. The hope is for Barnes to break out in his sophomore

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SMU 'hopes' for Marcellus Barnes to become a star in the future

Kentucky made a late push for a talented defensive back in the transfer portal. Ultimately, it wasn't enough to secure a commitment one week before

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Kentucky Football Target Commits to SMU

Syracuse transfer defensive back Marcellus Barnes Jr. committed to SMU on Friday evening, according to On3's Hayes Fawcett. He tallied 11 tackles,

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Syracuse transfer defensive back Marcellus Barnes Jr. commits to SMU

Syracuse defensive back transfer Marcellus Barnes announced on Twitter on Friday he's committed to SMU over Kentucky. He'll have four years to play

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Syracuse DB transfer Marcellus Barnes commits to SMU over Kentucky

We knew that the Kentucky football program was going to attempt to flip the roster in the transfer portal. That meant losing a lot of players and

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Kentucky Transfer Portal Big Board 5.0: One Final Push

SMU reeled in two major commitments in the last 24 hours with Purdue defensive line transfer Jeffrey M'ba and Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Van Dyke.

SMU red-hot with momentum, lining up additional transfer commits

The winter transfer portal window closed on Dec. 28. We’ve seen some heavy player movement in this free agency period. Teams are working rapidly to

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Transfer Portal Bio Blast: Marcellus Barnes Jr.

SMU Football just landed another transfer in former Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Van Dyke on Wednesday. What's next for the Mustangs as Rhett Lashlee

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What's next for SMU in transfer portal recruiting?

Kentucky is fishing in the right waters. As we approach the start of spring semesters, the pool of players in the transfer portal narrows. The

Kentucky is a Finalist for one of the Best Available Defensive Backs in the Transfer Portal

Kentucky needed to have a big offseason in the transfer portal with a near complete roster flip occurring in Lexington. We have seen that play out

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Where Kentucky transfers rank in On3's portal rankings

The first transfer portal window of the offseason has arrived. We’ve officially entered head on a swivel season on the college football calendar.

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Kentucky Transfer Portal Big Board 2.0: Data gathering continues

Kentucky Transfer Portal Big Board: Off and running

The names are flying fast and furiously on the first day of the winter transfer portal window. As the dust is settling on the madness, we're slowly

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Former Blue Chip Cornerback Eyes Kentucky from the Transfer Portal

The NCAA Transfer Portal officially opened Monday. The first window will close Saturday, December 28. A second 10-day window will open April 16-25.

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Ole Miss once again a finalist for ACC cornerback after entering transfer portal

The Transfer Portal officially opened up on Dec. 9 and Syracuse cornerback Marcellus Barnes is planning to enter. He announced around midnight that

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Former Syracuse cornerback Marcellus Barnes is eyeing SEC schools

The NCAA Transfer Portal officially opens December 9. The first window closes December 28. And yes, that's plenty of time for lots of things to

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Transfer Portal Buzz: Early names to know for Ole Miss

In the second quarter of Pittsburgh and Syracuse's showdown on Thursday, a controversial call caused fans around the nation to raise their eyebrows.

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Syracuse called for controversial roughing the passer penalty against Pitt, Eli Holstein

Nearly all of the nation's top 2024 football recruits are signed and set to begin classes at their schools over the next few weeks. There is a small

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Where things stand with top unsigned 2024 recruits

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