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This staff appears to value JUCOs, so that tells me they may not be as concerned about having good young depth across the board at all times. That being said, when looking at last class and this current class, here's where we are lacking in the underclassmen department on our roster. QB - Obvious one. Our QB last class was Chumley, who all indications are he won't finish his career there. At the very least he's a guy you need to bring good competition around to make him earn any spot he gets. Fine was not announced as a scholarship commit like the others, so it looks like that hole is unfilled for this class. RB - Nic Smith was a huge pickup. However, we didn't sign an RB last class. Maybe we get one more if we can pull a good one like Deandre Cook at the last minute, but if not I think we just roll with Smith and look at maybe getting two next class. WR - I think we're done here unless we could still maybe flip Keenen Johnson. TE - Littrell really didn't use TEs much at North Carolina. Our current TEs consist of three who were not highly recruited (as tight ends) in high school and have yet to play a snap in an undecided game here. The fact that he has gone after so many JUCOs yet no JUCO TEs despite that fact tells me Littrell isn't too concerned about getting a whole lot out of his tight ends. OL - JUCO OL Cody Hayes seems like the obvious one here. After him I think we could benefit from one interior high school OL to go along with high school offensive tackle Chandler Anthony. DL - Still without a high school DL, however, Ozougwu and English both may have all 4 years of playing eligibility left. I think we could really use another high school DE. The only one we signed last year left, in Eli Howard, and the class before that we also only signed one (Tillman Johnson. LB - Another spot we neglected last class (outside of McNair at the last minute) and still don't have a high school commit at. With only two LBs and one hybrid in the base package, maybe depth isn't as vital here. However, I really think we could use at least one high schoo LB this class. DB - Safety was, surprise, another position we neglected last class as far as high schoolers. I really think we need a high school safety this class, as the last high school safety we signed was Kishawn Mcclain. I think we're good at corner for now. K/P - Probably not a scholarship guy but maybe a PWO to groom a punter for when Keena leaves after this year.

Does anyone else find it odd that we do not have one recruit on the board yet from East Texas? I would be surprised to not see us land one from there this year especially with all the fine work Tommy Perry has done out there in recent years. Perhaps it is a down year for East Texas or not a good match for what we are looking for?

UNT commit making biggest impact in 2016?

With the mid term juco signing day nearing, and our staff still being determined I though this would be a good time to discuss the direction of our recruiting in this inaugural Littrell class. Personally, when I see a guy like Miles get All C-USA freshman honors, it makes me think that in the right circumstances could build a good class just focusing on high school players in the DFW area and Texas/Oklahoma. That is how you build a solid foundation. It will come with initial growing pains and perhaps not as much initial winning. Mac went with lot of juco's in his last year and there were good examples of some of them panning out, like James Gray. Others were busts. Given the timing of our hire, it would seem to me that we would be better off just going after high school talent this year unless a great juco player drops in our lap. Obviously transfers are a different story. My hope is we can land a graduated QB from another program who is immediately eligible to play and participates in spring practices.

It was a pretty eventful weekend in UNT athletics, primarily on the basketball front, but the No. 1 program in the Big Three (football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball) also reached a key point in the offseason. This weekend was the first of the UNT football programs two junior days. Junior days are when a whole lot of prospects are evaluated and subsequently prioritized and put on the board. A couple of UNT assistants, including defensive line coach Kevin Patrick (who was particularly productive when it came to the 2015 class, by the way) mentioned that there were about 225 players who showed up. read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/02/the-sunday-leftovers-with-a-look-at-unt-junior-day.html/