Several missing from Saturday practice

[PonyPride]

At least three Mustangs — left tackle Kelvin Beachum, Jr., kicker/punter Matt Szymanski and cornerback Bennie Thomas — were absent from Saturday's practice.

The reason: they were among the seniors receiving their degrees as part of the SMU graduation ceremony.

[indianmustang]

congrats

[BUS]

Hello parents of recruits.
Another great reason to have your child come to SMU.

[FriscoChuck]

I thought Kevin Beacum was a junior or so it states on the roster. Will he not be returning next year?

[BUS]

May graduate now and then get Masters degree like Mitch Enright did.

[Dutch]

Beachum is a great young man, met him on several occasions. a true asset to have as an alumni representing our university.

[Junior]

great job, guys!

[Otto]

Congratulations, guys!

[soccermom]

Have to say when I sawthe title of this thread I had a bad feeling..............but, such GREAT news! Congratulations to all!

[ponyscott]

Thats really cool to see.....its a very valuable piece of paper! Thats is really cool about Beachum and how he will be able to get a post graduate degree too. Congrats to all and a great reason to miss practice!

[mustangxc]

Great to see winning does not mean dropouts!!! Congrats to these men on their efforts on and off the field.

[BeatNavy]

Congrats to these young men!

Two Army players graduated & were commissioned on Friday -- DT Mike Gann and RT Jason Johnson. December graduation dates are relatively rare for USMA, and I think this is the first time we will have two Second Lieutenants playing for us.

(We definitely had one in the 1988 Sun Bowl and I think we had one in the 1984 Cherry Bowl)