BillySee58

Gee I can’t wait till I go to hight school!

In 2009 Darius Carey had a standout true freshman season racking up 509 receiving yards. Not sure what the record was before that but here are the top true freshmen seasons in terms of receiving yards since, by my research: 378 - Miles Coleman 2024 363 - Landon Sides 2023 295 - Wyatt Young 2024 281 - Jaelon Darden 2017 253 - Carlos Harris 2012 240 - Deonte Simpson 2019 151 - Darvin Kidsy 2013 146 - Tyler Wilson 2016 97 - Rico Bussey 2016 These guys on our roster are in really good company being atop some real ballers on this list. NFL guys, 1,000 yard seasons, etc. Two takeaways here are that you can make an impact early here, especially at receiver, and that even in the transfer portal it’s still important to sign top high school talent as they seems to be the guys more likely to remain loyal when they otherwise would have good stock in the transfer portal/NIL market.

Morris said they put Mestemaker on scholarship during the bowl week media availability.

This is where I am. I think we’re looking pretty solid across the board offensively. Maybe some questions at tackle but we added a multi-year starting left tackle from a MAC program. 7 guys from the Sam Houston defensive two-deep including 5 starters should give us a fast track on the installation of the defense and raise our floor there. My biggest question is who will step up and be the all-conference caliber guys to take us to the next level. Haven’t had enough of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksRHn8K2osI We are joined again by Adam of Mean Green Nation to talk Texas State and transfers.

I think the offense we see will have more designed QB run plays and some fun stuff sprinkled in to keep the weight off Mestemaker and make his life as easy as we can. Calling at least one Wyatt Young pass this game. But yeah, hope we can lean on them in the run game.

Looks like they have been hit harder than us in terms of volume. Really we’re only down 3 guys and if Blair and Duncan are back, I’d say our o-line has upgraded from our last few games with Mercer. Also sucks to lose Morris but he was a shell of his pre Tulane injury self those last few games.

Than a bowl game we’re about to play in, in Dallas against an in-state opponent that we have historically played more than anyone besides SMU? 8 of the top 17 threads in this forum have NIL and/or transfer portal related thread titles with a handful of the other 9 eventually getting hijacked with NIL/transfer portal discourse. Could we make this forum actually about the UNT football program again? Of course transfer portal and NIL is very relevant and discourse on it is necessary, but it has completely overtaken this forum to the point where it’s hard to find actual discourse about the team itself and not just in the offseason.

Why? Those guys actually have a path to getting on the field or already are. Cash didn’t have a path to getting on the field here. No QB is going to stay to backup a guy with the same amount of remaining eligibility.

Merry Christmas to @aztecskin indeed! And everyone else too!

Yup. Will be interesting to see how it plays out. For now I have everyone’s eligibility listed in this depth chart based on if the rules continue to count JUCO seasons towards the traditional 5 seasons to play 4.

Updated for adding Sam Houston’s leading receiver Simeon Evans, offensive lineman Ugonna Nnanna who started about 9 games in his career at Virginia, and offensive lineman Jaymon Lamb who started at tackle for SFA this season.

I think technically Breylon Charles goes from being a Junior this season to now being a sophomore next season eligibility wise. Also O-lineman Julio Madero and D-lineman Demetrie Morgan who we just signed would be freshmen eligibility wise next season.

Honestly I have Young down there because I’m expecting him to transfer. I believe he took UNT stuff off his socials and he came here because of Caponi. Hopefully it ends up being a fit from both sides because I agree that he would be a player for us, and the other secondary spots have been well addressed.

Yes, will definitely be more attractive than ever. Still, I think you can beat out JUCOs for the vast majority of kids as a school like North Texas. FCS and DII will have more trouble. Either way, definitely will incentivize getting your freshmen on the field as a four-year school.