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SMU football transfer recap

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Alex Padilla's 13 games and three starts are more than any other quarterback on SMU's roster has.

1. Pony Stampede's transfer recap breaks down all 26 SMU football transfers after 24-7 released its final transfer rankings, which place SMU No. 12 nationally. 2. Host Jordan Hoffaditz covers the class player by player, working backward from the most recent commit, Oklahoma defensive lineman Corey Roberson, a reunion with coach Thibodeau. 3. His central argument is that the class fills specific needs, with veterans in the trenches, leaders in the secondary and playmakers at receiver and running back. 4. Among the post-spring additions, Hoffaditz calls TCU receiver Jordan Hudson, a former Garland High four-star with 174 yards and three touchdowns in 14 games, the "crown jewel" of the class. 5. He describes Texas State tight end Micah Hiltz at 6'5", 255 as a move-around H-back option, and Temple linebacker Kobe Wilson, with 29 games and over 100 career tackles, as an experience piece at a thin position. 6. Among the pre-spring arrivals, Iowa quarterback Alex Padilla is framed as a "safety net" with 13 games and three starts, after Kevin Jennings had to step in against Tulsa and Memphis last year. 7. He calls Liberty linebacker Ahmad Walker, who has 23 games and 14 starts, "probably a day one starter," and says Miami's Jordan Miller (6'3", 315) and Elijah Roberts (6'4", 275) will make the defensive line "so different this year." 8. Stanford transfer Jonathan McGill, a team captain and the No. 2 tackler on his team last year, is described as a "different kind of a football player" whom Hoffaditz expects to be named a captain. 9. The 24-7 numbers include eight four-star transfers, Hudson at No. 25, LJ Johnson at No. 102 and Ja'Kai Clark at No. 222, plus 41 new scholarship players, or 48.2 percent of the roster. 10. Suited to SMU football fans following roster construction before the fall season.

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