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09/26/20 - Shane Buechele, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

Shane Buechele threw two touchdown passes, Ulysses Bentley IV ran for two more scores and SMU beat Stephen F. Austin 50-7 on Saturday night. Buechele was 14-of-25 passing for 141 yards with short scoring throws to Danny Gray and Kylen Granson. Gray also had a 6-yard touchdown run. Bentley, who entered with a nation-leading five touchdowns, finished with 104 yards rushing on just six carries. TJ McDaniel added 104 yards on the ground for SMU (3-0). Terrance Gipson and TaMerik Williams each had a touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Bentley scored the first time he touched the ball, running for 33 yards after catching Buechele's screen pass, capping the Mustangs' opening drive. Bentley added a 13-yard TD run that made it 36-0 with 9:36 left in the third quarter. Trae Self completed 14 of 23 passes for 133 yards and ran for a 6-yard touchdown for Stephen F. Austin (0-3). Capacity was limited to 25% at 32,000-seat Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Face masks were required and tailgating was prohibited. - AP College Football

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QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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09/21/20 - Chris Naggar, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

SEPT 21 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Chris Naggar, SMU, Sr., K, Arlington, Texas,...Naggar repeats as The American's Special Teams Player of the Week after he scored 17 points, going 11-for-11 on placements as SMU took a 65-35 win at North Texas. Naggar made all three of his field goal attempts, connecting from 37, 22 and 46 yards and went 8-for-8 on PATs to rank third on The American's single-game chart for kicker scoring. - American Athletic Conference Football

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K Chris Naggar, Southern Methodist
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09/21/20 - Shane Buechele, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

SEPT 21 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Shane Buechele, SMU, Sr., QB,...Completed 24 of 33 passes for 344 yards and four touchdowns and added a rushing TD in a 65-35 win at North Texas. - American Athletic Conference Football

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QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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09/19/20 - Shane Buechele, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

Shane Buechele threw three of his four touchdown passes in the first quarter and SMU cruised to a 65-35 win over North Texas on Saturday night. Buechele completed 24 of 33 passes for 344 yards with no interceptions and added a 2-yard touchdown run. The senior moved into fourth on SMU's career list with seven 300-yard passing games and into fifth at the school with 39 career TD passes. North Texas went three-and-out on the game's opening possession and then on SMU's first play from scrimmage Buechele hit Rashee Rice for a 50-yard gain. Three plays later Reggie Roberson Jr.'s 15-yard touchdown catch made it 7-0 with 12:33 less than 2 1/2 minutes into the game.

Buechele hit Danny Gray for a 62-yard touchdown about three minutes later and Kylen Granson's 7-yard scoring reception gave the Mustangs a 21-0 lead with 3:27 left in the quarter. SMU (2-0) is 33-6-1 all-time against the Mean Green, but is just 2-4 playing at North Texas. Roberson finished with nine receptions for 103 yards and Rice had five catches for 102 yards. The teams combined for 1,200 total yards, including 710 by SMU. UNT (1-1) went three-and-out five times, failed two convert to fourth downs and committed two turnovers. - AP College/SMU Football

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QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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09/15/20 - Richard McBryde, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

The 2020 college football season is throwing everything a little out of whack. The reality, though, is that the season is going to have a significant impact on what happens in the years to come. The NCAA granted what is basically a free year of eligibility to all fall sports athletes. That means every football player will technically be allowed to add on a year. For all intents and purposes, 2020 doesn't count. "I think there's been some players that have already told us that they intend to come back," said coach Sonny Dykes. "Then there's some that I think just want to see how the year goes...I think there's just so much football that needs to be played and there's so many things that can play out." So that brings SMU to players like Richard Moore and Richard McBryde. Both are sixth-year linebackers. Theoretically, both will will be contributors, but neither appear surefire NFL locks. So, that presents an interesting scenario. - Dallas Morning News

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ILB Richard McBryde, Southern Methodist
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09/14/20 - Chris Naggar, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

SEPT 14 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Naggar, SMU, Sr., K, Arlington, Texas,...Naggar, a transfer from Texas, accounted for seven points to provide the winning margin in SMU's 31-24 victory at Texas State in the Mustangs' season-opener. He kicked a 32-yard field goal with 2:20 left to give SMU a 10-point lead, while he went 4-for-4 on PATs in his Mustang debut. - American Athletic Conference Football

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K Chris Naggar, Southern Methodist
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09/14/20 - Shane Buechele, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

SEPT 14 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Shane Buechele, SMU, Sr., QB,...Completed 26 of 36 passes for 367 yards and a touchdown in a 31-24 win at Texas State. - American Athletic Conference Football

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QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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09/12/20 - Velton Gardner, rSr/2024, Southern Methodist + More +

Pooka Williams is the undisputed star of the Kansas football offense. If you ask some of the Jayhawks, though, the preseason All-Big 12 running back has more than just a backup or sidekick in Velton Gardner. Even though Gardner is entering his sophomore season having not yet carried the ball more than five times in a KU game, at least one of his teammates views Gardner as the co-star in Williams' magic show. Senior receiver Andrew Parchment considers the KU duo one of the best running back combinations in the country. "That's 1A and 1B," Parchment proclaimed earlier this week. A bit of an afterthought in KU's offensive game plan many weeks in 2019, Gardner was expected to be the team's third-string back as a true freshman.

But once Khalil Herbert decided to redshirt and ultimately left the program, Gardner, a three-star Dallas athlete in KU's 2019 recruiting class, got a jumpstart on his college career. All of Gardner's carries came in the final eight games of the season, as he finished with 26 rushing attempts, 138 yards, 5.3 yards per carry and two touchdowns. "Velton takes a lot from Pooka, but Pooka takes a lot from Velton, as well," Parchment said. "They're a very good mix and match together, because I don't feel like we lose anything when Velton's in the game and I don't feel like we lose anything when Pooka's in the game. And it gets very scary when both of them are in the game." - Lawrence Journal World

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RB Velton Gardner, Southern Methodist
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09/06/20 - Reggie Roberson Jr., rSr/2022, Southern Methodist + More +

Roberson Jr. was arguably the best WR the team had through the first seven games of last season. In his final full game, he had eight catches for 250 yards and three touchdowns against Temple. He had 803 receiving yards in seven-plus games. Roberson Jr. probably could have been in the NFL right now if he had chosen to do so. Instead, he'll come back for another year with the Mustangs and his foot injury healed. - Dallas Morning News

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WR Reggie Roberson Jr., Southern Methodist
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09/06/20 - Richard McBryde, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

Last season was a weird one for McBryde, who joined the team toward the end of training camp. Then, in the fourth game of the season, he was moved into a starter's role when Richard Moore went out with a season-ending injury. He ended up leading the team with 98 tackles, anchoring the defense in the middle of the field. The Auburn transfer got a sixth year of eligibility, and could theoretically come back for a seventh next season. - Dallas Morning News

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ILB Richard McBryde, Southern Methodist
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09/05/20 - Shane Buechele, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

Shane Buechele threw for 367 yards and a touchdown and SMU held on despite two second-half turnovers to win its first game at Texas State, 31-24 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams. Buechele threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Roberson Jr. in the third quarter that gave the Mustangs the lead for good, 24-21 late in the third quarter. TJ McDaniel ran for 130 yards and a 9-yard touchdown early in the third quarter for the Mustangs. Ulysses Bentley IV had two touchdown runs from 6 and 12 yards in the second quarter and finished with 49 yards rushing. Roberson finished with six catches for 99 yards. Rashee Rice added five catches for 101 yards for the Mustangs.

Brady McBride was 21-of-39 passing for 227 yards and two touchdowns in his first start at Texas State. McBride tossed a 3-yard TD pass Jeremiah Haydel, who made a spectacular one-handed diving catch in the corner of the end zone in the second quarter. The Bobcats played without tight ends due to quarantine restrictions and had offensive linemen fill the position. Calvin Hill ran for 100 yards and Brock Sturges added 95 yards rushing and a 4-yard touchdown run for Texas State. - SMU/AP College Football

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QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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09/03/20 - Danny Gray, Sr/2022, Southern Methodist + More +

Gray flipped to SMU from TCU on the early signing day in December, and he appears to be shaping up to be the go-to guy on a roster looking for someone to fill the shoes of James Proche. "The guy that's kind of been the most solid player this entire fall camp has been Danny Gray," Dykes said. Danny's going to have a great year, he's just a really uniquely talented football player, works incredibly hard. "[He's] probably the fastest college football player I've ever seen." Gray is a transfer from Blinn College, and he attended Madison High School in Dallas. There's plenty of good wide receivers returning in Reggie Roberson Jr., Rashee Rice, Keke Burns, Austin Upshaw and Calvin Wiggins. - Dallas Morning News

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WR Danny Gray, Southern Methodist
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08/28/20 - Shane Buechele, rSr/2021, Southern Methodist + More +

2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Shane Buechele, SMU,...Buechele threw for 3,929 yards and 34 touchdowns in 2019, both SMU records. His passing TD total, passing yards per game (302.2) and points responsible for (222) all led the league. Buechele posted three games of 400+ yards and registered 4,034 yards of total offense, which ranks second in a season for a Mustang. Heading into the season, Buechele ranks in the top 10 on active career FBS lists for completions (2nd, 710), passing yards (2nd, 8,565), total offense (2nd, 8,928), TD passes (3rd, 64), passing yards per game (5th, 237.9), total TDs responsible for (5th, 70) and completions per game (6th, 19.72). - SMU Football

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QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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08/28/20 - Reggie Roberson Jr., rSr/2022, Southern Methodist + More +

2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Reggie Roberson Jr., SMU,...Roberson, Jr. finished second on the team with 43 receptions for 803 yards and added six touchdowns in 2019. The senior currently ranks seventh among FBS active career leaders in yards per catch at 16.2. He started the first eight games before being sidelined with an injury. - SMU Football

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WR Reggie Roberson Jr., Southern Methodist
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08/26/20 - Justin Osborne, rSr/2025, Southern Methodist + More +

When Justin Osborne left Auburn and entered the transfer portal in early August, it was because he wanted to be closer to home. With the threat of COVID-19, and his father raising Justin's 16-year-old sister on his own, he didn't like the idea of being a 10.5-hour car ride away from Dallas. What the new SMU offensive lineman didn't know when he made the decision to transfer was just how seriously COVID-19 would impact his family, just days after returning home.

His father, Bob Osborne, a truck driver, contracted the disease. Justin would take care of his father - them both wearing masks. But it got to the point where Bob's breathing was so heavily impacted that he was hospitalized about 10 days ago. "I was praying and hoping that he could pull through it and get better soon," Justin said. "...Me and him have a real close relationship, and I'm always going to be there for him just like he's always going to be there for me. "If he needed something, I'm right there with it." - Dallas Morning News

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