UTSA adds Syrus Dumas to 2023 class

Dumas joins the Roadrunners after starting the past two seasons in the secondary for the Aggies. An All-Independent First Team selection by College Football Network and a second-team honoree by Phil Steele, he played in all 13 games in 2022, posting 47 total tackles, 38 solo stops, five tackles for loss, three pass breakups, two interceptions and a pair of fumble recoveries to help led NM State to a seven-win campaign capped by a Quick Lane Bowl victory over Bowling Green. A native of Columbus, Mississippi, Dumas appeared in eight contests and made seven starts in 2021, registering 39 total tackles, including 26 unassisted and three TFLs, to go with eight PBUs, two INTs and a fumble recovery. Dumas transferred to NM State from Independence Community College in Kansas where he recorded 12 tackles and a sack in five games as a freshman in 2020-21. UTSA's 2023 class now numbers 27, including 18 who hail from Texas with seven from the Greater Houston Area, five from East Texas and three apiece from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Central Texas. There are two from Georgia and Mississippi and one each from Alabama, Hawai'i, Louisiana and Pennsylvania, as well as the program's first player from American Samoa. The group features a near-even split of 14 transfers and 13 who come from the high school ranks. Of the transfers, six hail from an FBS, FCS or NCAA Division II program while eight last played at a junior college. Fifteen members of the class are offensive players, while 12 are pegged for the defensive side of the ball. 2023 UTSA Football Signing Class Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School[s] Kam Alexander CB 6-0 185 Manvel, Texas/Manvel HS/Sam Houston Daron Allman LB 6-1 230 Killeen, Texas/Shoemaker HS/Angelo State David Amador WR 5-11 175 Houston, Texas/North Shore HS Nnanna Anyanwu DL 6-6 240 Hampton, Ga./Lovejoy HS/Coffeyville [Kan.] CC Jameian Buxton DL 6-2 315 New Orleans, La./Warren Easton HS Elliott Davison S 6-0 180 Flint, Texas/Tyler Lee HS/UIW Syrus Dumas CB 5-10 170 Columbus, Miss./Birmingham Prep/New Mexico State Jackson Gilkey QB 6-2 220 Ennis, Texas/Ennis HS Cory Godinet OL 6-5 355 Leone, American Samoa/Leone HS/Trinity Valley [Texas] CC Rocko Griffin RB 5-10 200 Rincon, Ga./South Effingham HS/Vanderbilt Rodney Groce Jr. LB 6-2 235 Pleasant Grove, Ala./Pleasant Grove HS/East Mississippi CC Jamel Hardy WR 6-3 180 Dallas, Texas/Lincoln HS Robert Henry RB 5-10 195 Lumberton, Miss./Lumberton HS/Jones [Miss.] College Brandon High RB 5-11 210 Spring, Texas/Grand Oaks HS Buffalo Kruize OL 6-5 300 Honolulu, Hawai'i/Moanalua HS/City College of San Francisco Davin Martin CB 6-2 165 Houston, Texas/Klein Cain HS Owen McCown QB 6-2 175 Rusk, Texas/Rusk HS/Colorado Willie McCoy WR 6-1 180 Houston, Texas/Bellaire HS/Kilgore College Devin McCuin WR 6-0 185 Jacksonville, Texas/Jacksonville HS Ayomikun Daniel Ogundipe OL 6-5 285 Upper Darby, Pa./Imhotep Institute/Iowa Central CC Patrick Overmyer TE 6-5 215 Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood Park HS Jakevian Rodgers CB 6-2 150 Daingerfield, Texas/Daingerfield HS Etueni Ropati OL 6-4 285 Harker Heights, Texas/Harker Heights HS Devin Scura TE 6-5 240 Manor, Texas/Manor HS Vic Shaw DL 6-3 240 Texarkana, Texas/Pleasant Grove HS James Walley Jr. DL 6-2 225 Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point HS Marcellus Wilkerson S 6-2 205 Fort Worth, Texas/Boswell HS/Garden City [Kan.] CC