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SMU football and basketball transfer updates

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Tyreek Smith's numbers jump in his starts: 13 and 12, 11 and 10 across three NIT games.

1. The Pony Stampede, an SMU Athletics podcast, covers football and basketball transfer updates, with a closing segment on 2024 and 2025 football recruiting. 2. Host Jordan Hoffaditz opens by apologizing that "it has been a while" and splits the episode into three segments. 3. His thesis is that SMU's transfer additions, such as linebacker Kobe Wilson and edge Cam Robertson, add depth and competition more than they fill desperate needs. 4. Wilson started as a true freshman at Temple in 2020, has almost 130 career tackles and 11.5 tackles for loss, and could help if Alex Kilgore is not ready at the start of the season. 5. Robertson, an all-Conference USA freshman team selection, likely fits a depth role behind Nelson Paul and Elijah Roberts. Hoffaditz adds that Coach Calvin Thibodeau wants to rotate eight to ten defensive linemen and that Robertson gives three years of eligibility. 6. Hoffaditz thinks SMU is the front runner for Jordan Hudson, who cannot enroll until June 1, and says the outgoing transfers, including Trey Siggers (Incarnate Word) and Brendan Hall (Montana State), will not shake up the depth chart. 7. On basketball, Tyreek Smith joins Chuck Harris, a true point guard, and Denver Anglin, a combo guard, and Rob Lanier wants players with years of eligibility rather than one-and-done transfers. 8. Smith started Oklahoma State's final seven games, and Hoffaditz notes lines like 13 and 12 and 11 and 10 in the NIT, plus a projected 9.4 points and eight rebounds if his season totals were scaled up. 9. Hoffaditz says SMU likely needs about six new players but has three, after finishing as a finalist for the Iona transfer who chose New Mexico State and in the top five for Tarleton State's Freddie Hicks. 10. Fits SMU fans tracking the transfer portal and recruiting.

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