SMU offers Texas A&M EDGE transfer Tunmise Adeleye
Texas A&M defensive end Tunmise Adeleye entered the NCAA transfer portal on Monday, according to On3’s Matt Zenitz. It didn’t take long for SMU to offer the 6-4, 245-pound defender.
Arkansas, Colorado and Michigan State are the offers Adeleye listed on Twitter, in addition to SMU.
Adeleye played in two games this season, recording seven tackles and four pressures on the quarterback, but suffered an injury early in the season and was passed on the depth chart while he was out. As a freshman, Adeleye didn’t appear in any games.
He played high school football at Katy (Tex.) Tompkins, where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 41 overall recruit and No. 3 EDGE in the 2021 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
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.”
SMU honored 20 seniors before the Memphis game, which included Gary Wiley, Beau Barker, Shanon Reid, Calvin Wiggins, Nick Roberts, Austin Upshaw, Tyler Lavine, Junior Aho, Isaac Slade-Matautia, Ben Redding, Jaylon Thomas, Terrance Newman, Jimmy Phillips Jr., Tanner Mordecai and Rice.
