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SMU’s Backup Quarterback Enters Transfer Portal Before College Football Playoff

Preston Stone graduates this month but will stick with the team through the postseason. The Mustangs face Penn State on Dec. 21.
SMU’s Backup Quarterback Enters Transfer Portal Before College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff logo on the field in Arlington, Texas, before a game between Notre Dame and Alabama on Jan. 1, 2021. Roger Steinman/AP Photo
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SMU will lose junior quarterback Preston Stone after the season via the NCAA transfer portal, but the Mustangs backup will stay with the team for the College Football Playoff.

Stone has been with the program since 2021, and he started 12 games for the Mustangs in 2023 and the first three games this year before he got benched. Kevin Jennings took over the starting role and threw for 3,050 yards and 22 touchdowns versus eight interceptions, and he rushed for 379 yards and five touchdowns.

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