SMU spring breakout candidates: Could this Mustang be a difference maker at a new position?

Editor's note: This is the first of a five-part series examining some breakout candidates for the SMU Mustangs in 2019.

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A position change for Trevor Denbow?

Trevor Denbow's breakout moments technically came last season, when the Navarro College transfer made some explosive plays at linebacker. Denbow, who chose SMU over TCU, Nebraska and Tulsa among others, showed why he was a great addition in the season's early weeks. He made some nice stops against North Texas in Week 1's devastating 46-23 loss to the Mean Green -- something that went right on a night when everything seemed to go wrong.

Denbow made eight starts in 2018 and played in all 12 games, tallying…