Abdul Muhammad

#27 · S · SR · SMU5′8″ · 184 lb · Dallas, TX · South Oak Cliff

Nextvs Virginia TechFri Nov 6 · 7 pm ET

Abdul Muhammad is a safety at SMU who has played in 1 of SMU's 8 games this season, most recently Sep 12.

SMU is 6-2.

Fourth year in the same secondary at SMU. One game to point at: 2 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UC Davis — Week 2, 2026.

2 tackles · 0 sacks

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	SMU	2	2	1.0	--
2025	SMU	8	7	0.0	--
2024	SMU	7	2	0.0	1
2023	SMU	6	4	0.0	--
Career		23	15	1.0	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 56-10vs UC Davis	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 2 tackles

Signature game

Week 2 · 2026

W 56-10

vs UC Davis

1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles · 2 solo tackles

Dominant 46-point win at home against UC Davis.

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Rhett Lashlee — 37-12 over that span.

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced

2026SMU6-2HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 14. Show the ratings

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

14Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score production

Tackles for loss#1400 / 2515 · 37th pct

1.0

Sacks#1116 / 2515 · 28th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Pass share

49.4%

268 pass / 275 run

Plays / game

67.9

8 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

288 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

2 tackles in 1 game

Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.

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Abdul Muhammad

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

2 tackles in 1 game

Four seasons at SMU

2023 3 games