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SMU football signing special

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Zach Smith helped Red Oak go 10-0, and the host says he might be the class favorite.

The episode opens with a signing-day catch-up on SMU football. It notes that all 10 high school commits signed, along with a handful of transfer commits already in the fold. The read on the class is positive. The host says it feels a lot like last year's group. Outside of Derek McFall, who is described as a four-star player, the class comes across as a set of four-star-level talents at three-star prices. Brandon Booker, Kandavian Dotson, and Speedy Kinglar are part of that case. Aronson gets singled out as a player whose 84 rating may be too low. Zach Smith is treated the same way, with the host pointing to what he has already shown on the field. Jalen Moses is presented as a sneaky good addition. The offensive line group of Kinglarge and Graham is treated as a development bet, not an instant fix. The host expects both to benefit from a veteran offensive line around them next season. The discussion then shifts to Rogers from Cedar Hill. That evaluation leans on Cedar Hill's place in a brutal district with DeSoto and Duncanville. The point is not just rankings, but how prospects handle top competition. Rogers is described as part of a Cedar Hill program trying to rebuild while staying competitive in a hard spot. The episode then stays in the secondary with Jalen Moses, who is listed at 5'10" and 170 but said to look bigger in person. His signing-day moment and the staff's evaluation are used to show why live scouting still matters. The host circles back to the idea that these are the kinds of players who can end up as real steals. By the end, he sees a group that could matter for SMU sooner rather than later, though the exact roles will only settle once they get on campus. He notes that Aronson and Smith may be the early enrollees on the high school side, with the rest arriving in the summer.

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A steady signing-day rundown that treats SMU's class as future depth, not just rankings.

This SMU signing-day update stays on the roster side of the story, moving through the 10 high school commits and the transfer additions with a steady, name-by-name eye.

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You want a sober read on SMU's signing class, not a hype reel.

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