Texas Tech DL transfer Blake Burris commits to SMU
Texas Tech defensive line transfer Blake Burris committed to SMU, he announced on Twitter Sunday night. He’ll have three years of eligibility remaining.
In 2023, he made two tackles in three games after a knee injury cut out the rest of his season after seeing snaps in the first three games. After redshirting in 2021, he played in all 13 games in 2022 as special teamer.
According to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies, Burris ranked as the No. 115 defensive lineman in the country for the 2021 recruiting class. He prepped at Parish Episcopal in Dallas.
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Burris keeps SMU’s transfer portal momentum going
Burris joins Miami athlete Brashard Smith, Arkansas defensive lineman Tank Booker, Texas A&M defensive back Deuce Harmon, Oklahoma offensive lineman Savion Byrd, 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.
