Live Updates: SMU’s Pony Express recruiting weekend

SMU is hosting the biggest recruiting weekend in the modern recruiting era for the program as the Mustangs welcome elite talent to campus this weekend.

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The big news began from SMU’s weekend as 2025 wide receiver Xavier Johnson committed to the Mustangs, giving the program two of the state’s top wideouts committed for the recruiting class. Johnson held Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech and other offers.

Numerous Top 100 prospects arrive on Friday for the weekend, which is now expected to be the program’s signature recruiting weekend.

“We’re going to sell the city of Dallas and have some fun,” Lashlee told On3’s Steve Wiltfong on Thursday. “Within the rules we’ll do some games, some different stuff. All the guys have been on campus at least once, twice, three, four times and have seen the academics and this and that. We’ll go in the new facility we move into in three months. They’ll see that 70, 80 days away from completion. We’re going to create some fun.”

Heading into the extravaganza, SMU sits on On3’s No. 25 ranked recruiting class, a haul headlined by one of America’s best quarterback recruits in Keelon Russell. The On3 Industry’s No. 8 quarterback and No. 77 prospect overall led local Duncanville to a state championship as a junior.

In addition to Russell, many of these commits will be back including DeSoto (Texas) High four-star receiver Daylon Singleton, Duncanville (Texas) High cornerback Javion Holiday, Duncanville (Texas) High safety Tyren Polley, IMG Academy safety Elijah Pratt and Mansfield (Texas) Timberview’s Nathan Tilmon.

Prospects SMU is trending to land coming into the festivities of Pony Express Weekend include North Richland Hills (Texas) Richland On300 running back Michael Turner, Corona (Calif.) Centennial offensive lineman Drew Hill and Turner’s teammate in receiver Xavier Johnson.

Lashlee and his staff will host 24 official visitors including elite offensive tackle Lamont Rogers out of Mesquite (Texas) Horn, touted edge rusher Smith Orogbo out of Houston (Texas) Alief Hastings, Cibolo (Texas) Steele four-star receiver Jalen Cooper, Fort Worth (Texas) North Crowley four-star offensive lineman Henry Fenuku and Frisco (Texas) Lone Star four-star Bryson Jones.

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