![]() Sonny Dykes did not hesitate to note Bentley will continue to be listed as SMU’s second running back on the depth chart. The other side is SMU also wants Bentley to be the offense’s hidden gem. Part of this is because SMU sees Bentley as the offense’s dynamic, change-of pace, player. Yet, despite all this, Bentley has operated in relative obscurity. “I will say, I have never averaged 17 yards in a game.” “I’m kind of glad I got the seven touchdowns… I don’t worry too much about the numbers though,” Bentley said after the 50-7 drubbing of SFA on Saturday. In short order, he has been SMU’s best player on the field whenever he has his number called. He has compiled 380 yards rushing on 36 carries. Throughout the first three weeks, the 5-foot-10 back has tied the program record for number of touchdowns through the nonconference schedule, seven. ![]() The redshirt freshman has gone from second on the depth chart in fall camp to one of the offense’s most explosive threats. ![]() And that feels apropo for the story arc Bentley IV has followed throughout the first month of the season. Maybe, they say, the rest of the world will find out as his first season with SMU comes into clearer focus.īut, for now, the nickname remains a mystery. The reason for this is unknown to those outside the confines of Bentley’s inner circle. “We call him ‘Doo,'” Shane Buechele said jogging off the field after one of Bentley’s touchdowns. Instead, the 184-pound lighting rod goes by a different moniker. UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas - Inside the hallways of SMU football, the name Ulysses Bentley IV does not register.
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