Here is a look at the 10 key players for SMU football this season:
Courtland Sutton
Junior WR / 6-foot-4, 216 pounds
2016 stats: 76 receptions, 1,246 yards, 10 touchdowns
Notable: Sutton has the chance to be the best SMU football player of the century with a big junior campaign. He comes in riding heavy expectations on the Biletnikoff watch list. He'll need other offensive weapons to materialize around him to give him the chance to operate outside of double- and triple-coverages.
Justin Lawler
Senior DE / 6-foot-4, 265 pounds
2016 stats: 65 tackles, 15 for loss, 6 sacks, 1 fumble recovery
Notable: Lawler will be the centerpiece of the SMU defense.