Free Press sports writers Nick Baumgardner and Orion Sang dissect Michigan's 45-20 win over SMU from all angles Sept. 15, 2018 in Ann Arbor. Nick Baumgardner and Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press
Free Press sports writer Nick Baumgardner looks at which Michigan football players helped and hurt their stock in Saturday's 45-20 win over SMU:
3 up
WR Donovan Peoples-Jones
Saturday was the best outing of the sophomore receiver's career. Not only did Peoples-Jones make a career-high three touchdown catches (matching the entire 13-game output of last season's wideouts in one game), but he showed the type of growth Michigan has talked about for months.