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Patrick Engel

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Contributor @SMUMustangsOn3 | Former Notre Dame beat reporter | @SMU and @MedillSchool alum
Chicago, IL Joined June 2012
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Patrick Engel @PatrickEngel_
On the other side of SMU special teams: Kicker Brendan Baird missed his first career FG attempt Sept. 26.

Since then, he's made 8 in a row, including four from 40+ yards. He also has an FBS-best 94.6% touchback rate on kickoffs.
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Yamir Knight has returned 16 punts this year. Six have of those been impacted by penalties, which have wiped out 226 return yards.

Saturday’s wiped-out 60-yarder that would’ve given MSU 1st-and-goal felt like the most impactful and critical on3.com/teams/smu-must…
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Patrick Engel @PatrickEngel_
Yamir Knight has returned 16 punts this year. Six have of those been impacted by penalties, which have wiped out 226 return yards.

Saturday’s wiped-out 60-yarder that would’ve given MSU 1st-and-goal felt like the most impactful and critical on3.com/teams/smu-must…
www.on3.com 'Stangs Snaps and Stats: How SMU has cost itself points with punt-return penalties SMU penalties have nullified more than 200 punt return yards this season.
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Louisville buried SMU with 3 long TD runs in the second half.

Since then, SMU has given up 0 rushing TDs to RBs and just 2 overall. In the last 15 quarters, its longest run allowed to an RB is 10 yards.

The run defense now looks like a strength on3.com/teams/smu-must…
www.on3.com ‘Stangs Snaps and Stats: SMU has turned its previously porous run defense into a weapon SMU appeared to have serious run defense problems after its Sept. 19 loss to Louisville. The four games since have showed it has turned into a strength.
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SMU QB Kevin Jennings has not thrown an interception in his last 116 pass attempts, the longest streak of his career.

He has gone three straight starts without an INT, which has not happened since his first three games after supplanting Preston Stone in Sept. 2024.