Louisville started fast against SMU, but a film breakdown highlights both offensive gains and defensive lapses. Kendrick Raphael found room against a light box, while the Cardinals stopped a fourth-down play by quarterback Kevin Jennings.
Anwar O’Neal’s return at left tackle moved Lance Robinson to center, putting Louisville’s original spring-practice starting line together for the first time this season. The review says Robinson and Eryx Daughtery pushed a defender back four yards to open a lane for Keyjuan Brown; a counter design also helped Isaac Brown run outside.
On a fourth-down play, Antonio Watts contained Jennings, got a hand on the ball as he targeted a tight end in the flat, and TJ Capers made the tackle. The reviewer also credits Lincoln Kienholz with avoiding a free rusher and throwing on the run, while faulting DJ Waller for leaving his zone and allowing an SMU tight end to run past him.
