SMU offers Oklahoma transfer DB Joshua Eaton
Oklahoma cornerback Joshua Eaton of Houston, Texas announced that he would be entering the transfer portal last week. On Monday, the first day of allowed contact in the transfer portal window, SMU offered him a scholarship.
Eaton, who played in four games for the Sooners in 2022, will have three years of eligibility remaining. In 2020, he played in five games while making four tackles. In 2021, he saw action in 10 games, making three tackles.
According to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies, Joshua Eaton ranked as the No. 349 overall prospect in the country and No. 30 cornerback in the nation.
SMU expected to be active in NCAA Transfer Portal
Since the transfer portal came into existence, SMU’s been one of the most active programs adding transfers. Head coach Rhett Lashlee expects that to continue as the window opens Dec. 5.
This offseason is once again expected to be a busy time across college football with the transfer portal.
“It’s the new era of college football, but we’re all a part of it so we’re all going to roll with it,” Lashlee said before the Memphis game. “It (the window and dead period) gives us time to meet with everybody and just kind of get a gauge where everybody is. There’s a lot of guys that want to be here. We want guys who want to be here. We’ll sort all that stuff out next week. I have a feeling it’s going to be pretty hectic for everyone.
“We have been planning who’s going to be here, who’s not. We’ve got a plan and we feel like we like the guys that are supposedly coming back on our roster. We feel like as always there’s a lot of people that want to be in Dallas and want to be at SMU. We feel like we’ll be able to have a good mix of high school and transfer world.”
