DALLAS – Yamir Knight doubled his season touchdown total against Virginia Tech, catching three of Kevin Jennings’ four scoring passes in SMU’s 51-28 win.
Knight finished with six catches for 103 yards, scoring from 46, 13 and 5 yards and earning ACC weekly recognition. Through nine games, he has 50 catches for 626 yards.
The first touchdown came immediately after Marques White recovered a fumble. Kevin Jennings found Knight on the next snap, extending SMU’s lead to 20-7 with 6:09 left in the first half. Knight scored twice more after halftime as the Mustangs pulled away.
His work has come within a receiving group that also produced a 50-yard touchdown from Jalen Cooper against Virginia Tech. Yannick Smith has 268 receiving snaps, Knight 245 and Cooper 235 in PFF’s 2026 participation figures. Those counts measure snaps in the passing game, rather than passes thrown to each receiver.
Knight also has 126 run-blocking snaps. His receiving production is the most visible part of the job, but he remains involved when Jennings hands off.
Wake Forest has allowed 2.7 yards per rush and 15.9 points per game entering Saturday’s 11 a.m. visit to Gerald J. Ford Stadium on ESPN. Knight reaches that game with six receiving touchdowns, three of them from the previous week.
Photo: SMU Athletics. SMU vs. Virginia Tech, Nov. 6, 2026.
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