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When the North Texas Mean Green come to Austin on Saturday to face off against the Texas Longhorns in the 2014 season opener, there won't be a lot of recognizable names on head coach Dan McCarney's squad. So let's take a look at five players Horns fans should get to know before the game. Quarterback Josh Greer The Navarro College transfer who succeeded Miles Onyegbule at quarterback for Arlington High, Greer wasn't named the starting quarterback for the Mean Green until Monday. The 6'5, 220-pounder took a circuitous route to Denton, having chosen UAB over North Texas during his recruitment as a member of the 2012 class. Considered a pro-style prospect, Greer was a consensus two-star prospect who left Birmingham quickly and didn't manage to earn any more stars during his year in Corsicana, even though he won the SWJCFC championship in throwing for 256 yards and a touchdown. After arriving during the spring, Greer beat out an older player in Andrew McNulty and Austin-area product Dajon Williams, who was simply too inconsistent with little seasoning out of Pflugerville Connally. Since the North Texas offense tried to spread defenses out horizontally, look for the Mean Green coaches to ask Greer to make some simple passes to start out the game, while biding some time to take a shot or two. read more: http://www.burntorangenation.com/football/2014/8/28/6077249/texas-longhorns-north-texas-mean-green-players-to-watch

Read more: http://www.underdogdynasty.com/conference-usa/2014/8/19/6043779/three-north-texas-guys-you-should-know

7: Snaps inside its own 3-yard line on the same possession that North Texas (6-3) stopped Rice in the fourth quarter. The Mean Green were called for defensive holding after apparently stopping the Owls on fourth-and-goal from the 6. The next set of downs ended with a fourth-down sack by Lairamie Lee to help preserve a 28-16 victory. Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/11/03/go-figure-fresno-state-michigan-state-north-texas/3412901/

I know he had the pick six last night but besides that, game in game out is there a more consistent defensive player on this squad? He really has impressed me this season and is without question the hardest hitter on the team. I think he's one of the main reasons this defense is playing so well.

He played fantastic tonight and deserves some recognition for it. Insider information: He really got the Defense fired up tonight. He was quite scary on the sidelines. Like "Jon Favreau in the Replacements" scary.