Oklahoma OL Savion Byrd commits to SMU
Oklahoma transfer offensive lineman Savion Byrd committed to SMU, he announced on social media. He’ll have two seasons of eligibility remaining once he joins the Mustangs.
Byrd spent three seasons with the Sooners. Byrd made nine appearances this season. In the 2022 campaign, played in 10 games, primarily on special teams and in a reserve offensive line role. The 6-foot-5, 296-pound lineman used his redshirt his freshman year.
Byrd played high school football at Duncanville (Texas), where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 81 overall recruit in the 2021 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Byrd adds to SMU’s transfer portal momentum
Byrd joins Ohio State defensive lineman Omari Abor, Oklahoma offensive lineman Nate Anderson, West Virginia defensive tackle Mike Lockhart, Miami EDGE Jahfari Harvey, Georgia defensive lineman Jonathan Jefferson and Oregon wide receiver Ashton Cozart as commitments for SMU from the NCAA Transfer Portal. The window for transfers opened on Dec. 4 and the Mustangs are hard at work hoping to assemble a quality roster for their first season of ACC play in 2024.
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To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.
The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.
