Jimmy Wyrick holds the FS · Starter spot in SMU Mustangs’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jimmy Wyrick is a safety from Dallas, Texas who began his college career at Stanford in 2021. As a freshman, he appeared in 11 games with six starts at nickel, recording 25 tackles, an interception, and six pass breakups while earning Stanford's Outstanding Freshman Award. He played in four games during his sophomore season and one game in 2023 before transferring to UTSA. In 2024, his senior year at UTSA, Wyrick played in four games with two starts, posting 10 total tackles and a forced fumble before a season-ending injury. During the 2025 graduate season, he appeared in all 13 games, tallying 62 total tackles including 42 solo, eight pass breakups, two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, and one interception.