On this edition of On The Pony Express, Billy Embody and Hayden Howerton break down the SMU linebacker room, how Alexander Kilgore, Brandon Booker and Brandon Miyazono can take a step up, and all the new faces to know in spring ball.

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SMU Spring Preview: Exciting linebacker group returns nearly all production, welcomes key transfers