Here's who we lose

[Harry]

7	Jareid Combs	DE	6-3	258	SR	Minneapolis, MN	Iowa Central CC
16	Chad Davis	DB	5-10	181	SR	Richmond, TX	Bush HS
37	Connor Davis	WR	5-10	193	SR	Grapevine, TX	Texas Lutheran
56	Malik Dilonga	DE	6-4	264	SR	Cedar Hill, TX	Trinity Christian School
92	Trey Enterline	DS	6-3	225	SR	Arlington, TX	Martin HS
17	Cortney Finney	LB	5-11	220	SR	Bay City, TX	Trinity Valley CC
21	James Gray	DB	6-0	190	SR	Atlanta, GA	Fort Scott CC
73	Garrett Gunter	OL	6-4	293	SR	Spring Branch, TX	Trinity Valley CC
97	Demonte Hood	DT	6-0	303	SR	Arlington, TX	Kansas State
84	Eric Keena	P	6-2	175	SR	Keller, TX	Sunrise Mountain HS
59	Trey Keenan	OL	6-5	272	SR	Argyle, TX	Texas Tech
5	Alec Morris	QB	6-3	233	SR	Allen, TX	Alabama
64	Sam Rice	OL	6-4	297	SR	Coppell, TX	SMU
30	Jarrian Roberts	DE	6-2	252	SR	Clarksville, TX	Clarksville HS
19	John Schilleci	DB	6-0	201	SR	Denton, TX	Guyer HS
32	Fred Scott	LB	5-11	233	SR	Kennedale, TX	Kennedale HS
11	Thaddeous Thompson	WR	6-2	202	SR	Cibolo, TX	Scottsdale CC
31	Kenny Buyers	WR	5-11	185	RS SR	Hurst, TX	L.D. Bell HS

[MeanGreen_MBA]

Some of this will be tough to replace. All appreciated greatly however

[Harry]

Biggest area of loss appears to be OL as we lose Rice and Keenan.  Next is defensive end with Combs, Dilonga and Roberts.  Fred Scott and Courtney Finney are big losses at LB.  Obviously losing Keena is huge but we always seem to be able to reload there.

[Wag Tag]

Do we know how many Freshman and who burned their red shirt?

[UTSA Fan]

How many scholarships are available? If the roster was light to begin with then losing them...

[Harry]

Here is the list of true freshman some of which are preferred walk-ons:

94	Sam Aguilera	P/K	6-5	200	FR	Fort Worth, TX	W.E. Boswell HS
74	Chandler Anthony	OL	6-7	280	FR	Tuttle, OK	Tuttle HS
80	Will Boyd	WR	6-3	185	FR	Arlington, TX	Pantego Christian Academy
8	Rico Bussey, Jr.	WR	6-2	175	FR	Lawton, OK	Eisenhower HS
10	Mitch Cason	QB	6-2	183	FR	Flower Mound, TX	Marcus HS
27	Kam Duhon	WR	5-11	170	FR	Southlake, TX	Southlake Carroll
20	Spencer Edwards	WR	6-0	170	FR	Rockwall, TX	Rockwall HS
6	Mason Fine	QB	5-11	170	FR	Locust Grove, OK	Locust Grove HS
57	Shane Gerths	LB	6-1	205	FR	Celina, TX	Celina HS
82	Deion Hair-Griffin	WR	5-10	165	FR	Fort Worth, TX	Arlington Heights HS
50	LaDarius Hamilton	DE/LB	6-3	240	FR	Corrigan, TX	Corrigan-Camden HS
59	Hayden Harrison	LB	6-2	220	FR	Wollforth, TX	Frenship HS
32	Michael Lawrence	WR	5-10	165	FR	Sweetwater, TX	Sweetwater HS
42	Corey Mann	LB	6-0	195	FR	Decatur, TX	Temple HS
34	Elijah McIntyre	WR	6-0	184	FR	Arlington, TX	Grace Preparatory Academy
40	Trever Merrell	RB	5-10	195	FR	Davis, OK	Davis HS
47	Dakota Michaels	WR	6-1	185	FR	Lucas, TX	Lovejoy HS
39	Jameel Moore	DB	5-10	160	FR	Cedar Hill, TX	Cedar Hill HS
4	Khairi Muhammad	DB	5-11	170	FR	DeSoto, TX	DeSoto HS
60	Doro Omerhi	OL	6-4	290	FR	Pearland, TX	Pearland HS
94	JoJo Ozougwu	DE	6-3	205	FR	Alief, TX	Taylor HS
93	Blake Patterson	K	6-2	195	FR	Round Rock, TX	Cedar Ridge HS
88	Jason Pirtle	WR	6-2	195	FR	Locust Grove, OK	Locust Grove HS
57	Bernie Santos	OL	6-3	326	FR	Argyle, TX	Guyer HS
44	Nick Smith	RB	5-10	175	FR	Arlington, TX	Martin HS
96	Tim Ursery	DS	6-2	238	FR	Great Mills, MD	Great Mills HS
39	Braydon Watson	WR	5-11	175	FR	Waco, TX	Celina HS
83	Tyler Wilson	WR	5-11	170	FR	Arlington, TX	Martin HS

[DeepGreen]

I missed seeing Kenny Buyers playing in our defensive secondary.  And who could forget Kenny and his sidekick Laramie Lee from two years ago.  Those guys were tackling machines!

[UNTLifer]

From that list and my faulty memory, I would say the following played this year.

Bussey Jr., Fine, Hamilton, McIntyre, Moore, Muhammad and Wilson.

[aztecskin]

11 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

From that list and my faulty memory, I would say the following played this year.

Bussey Jr., Fine, Hamilton, McIntyre, Moore, Muhammad and Wilson.

Duhon, Lawrence, LDH, Boyd?, Jo Jo also played a bit too. 

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

excited to see Jason Pirtle move those chains on the 3rd and 5's that we will encounter next year.

[ForneyGreen]

49 minutes ago, Harry said:

Biggest area of loss appears to be OL as we lose Rice and Keenan.  Next is defensive end with Combs, Dilonga and Roberts.  Fred Scott and Courtney Finney are big losses at LB.  Obviously losing Keena is huge but we always seem to be able to reload there.

Defensive End is the position that stands out to me with SR losses.  We need to get our remaining DE's healthy (e.g. Tillman Johnson).  Interested to see what Kevin Dillman can do as a DE in the Spring.

Overall, I think we have a pretty strong JR class coming up, so not overly worried about our SR losses.

A big thanks to all of the seniors for their hard work and dedication to the Mean Green!

[SilverEagle]

Didn't I read earlier in the season that one of the high profile freshman WR's was dismissed from the team? 

[Harry]

Here are the redshirt freshman on the roster:

15	Caleb Chumley	TE	6-5	240	RS FR	Longview, TX	Pine Tree HS
93	Julius Combes	DT	6-1	313	RS FR	Washington, D.C.	DeMatha HS
86	Kevin Dillman	DE	6-4	249	RS FR	Ystad, Sweden	Guyer HS
34	Bryce English	DT	5-11	332	RS FR	DeSoto, TX	Kansas State
13	Kway Hill	DB	5-11	195	RS FR	Columbus, GA	LA Valley College
53	William LeMasters	LB	6-2	213	RS FR	Dallas, TX	Parish Episcopal HS
68	Chett Munden	OL	6-5	305	RS FR	Marshall, TX	Marshall HS
24	Taylor Robinson	DB	5-11	191	RS FR	Keller, TX	Central HS
84	Dennis Smith	WR	5-9	170	RS FR	San Antonio, TX	Sterling College
87	Kelvin Smith	TE	6-2	252	RS FR	Spring, TX	Dekaney HS
70	R.D. Wegmann	OL	6-3	265	RS FR	Wichita Falls, TX	Rider HS
77	Elex Woodworth	OL	6-4	284	RS FR	Mesquite, TX	Horn HS

[GrandGreen]

This was a relatively strong senior class for NT and they will be missed.  I still wonder if moving Buyers to the offense was a good decision.   I think he would have excelled at that hybrid db lb position NT used this year.  

I think lbs and wrs are the biggest recruiting needs, but NT needs depth at almost every position.  Got to get those numbers up, but it is going to be hard.   I count returning scholarship players at only in the low forties and even adding a full 25 class is not going to get the numbers close to were they need to be.  

[Wag Tag]

Excited about Mason, Hamilton, and Bussey! Look forward to English in the middle of the d line!

[GMG24]

5 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

This was a relatively strong senior class for NT and they will be missed.  I still wonder if moving Buyers to the offense was a good decision.   I think he would have excelled at that hybrid db lb position NT used this year.  

I think lbs and wrs are the biggest recruiting needs, but NT needs depth at almost every position.  Got to get those numbers up, but it is going to be hard.   I count returning scholarship players at only in the low forties and even adding a full 25 class is not going to get the numbers close to were they need to be.  

I'm going to politely disagree on LB. I think Ejiya and Garner fill those spots nicely.  You still have Wheeler back and Peters looks like an sec OLB hopefully this next year he'll play like one, is it Calvin Minor's time to step up and make plays? The dude also looks the part.  I also like Zach Bishop the transfer from OBU.  Then you have some young guys your Corey Mann type kids and Hamilton unless they leave him on the DL. 

[Harry]

Here's the reality of the situation.  Because of Mac's failings in recruiting and Dodge's before that, we have become a team which is very reliant on juco talent.  Not saying this is necessarily a bad thing as KSU has done that for years at a high level.   The problem with it is you are having to rebuild your team every couple of years and often times juco players do not work out right away if at all.

Take a look at the top tacklers in the Heart of Dallas Bowl:

32	Scott, Fred	6	5	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7	Combs, Jareid	6	4	10	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
18	WHEELER, Joshua	6	2	8	1.0/2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
17	FINNEY, Cortney	5	3	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
21	Gray, James	6	1	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
36	Baulkman, Dee	3	3	6

Combs, Wheeler, Finney, Gray, Baulkman -- all had big performances.  You want to lower that percentage of juco players but it is hard to do if you are also trying to win right away.

High school players at our level take time to develop and the best programs redshirt most of them.

 

[UNT Mean Green]

1 hour ago, Harry said:

7	Jareid Combs	DE	6-3	258	SR	Minneapolis, MN	Iowa Central CC
16	Chad Davis	DB	5-10	181	SR	Richmond, TX	Bush HS
37	Connor Davis	WR	5-10	193	SR	Grapevine, TX	Texas Lutheran
56	Malik Dilonga	DE	6-4	264	SR	Cedar Hill, TX	Trinity Christian School
92	Trey Enterline	DS	6-3	225	SR	Arlington, TX	Martin HS
17	Cortney Finney	LB	5-11	220	SR	Bay City, TX	Trinity Valley CC
21	James Gray	DB	6-0	190	SR	Atlanta, GA	Fort Scott CC
73	Garrett Gunter	OL	6-4	293	SR	Spring Branch, TX	Trinity Valley CC
97	Demonte Hood	DT	6-0	303	SR	Arlington, TX	Kansas State
84	Eric Keena	P	6-2	175	SR	Keller, TX	Sunrise Mountain HS
59	Trey Keenan	OL	6-5	272	SR	Argyle, TX	Texas Tech
5	Alec Morris	QB	6-3	233	SR	Allen, TX	Alabama
64	Sam Rice	OL	6-4	297	SR	Coppell, TX	SMU
30	Jarrian Roberts	DE	6-2	252	SR	Clarksville, TX	Clarksville HS
19	John Schilleci	DB	6-0	201	SR	Denton, TX	Guyer HS
32	Fred Scott	LB	5-11	233	SR	Kennedale, TX	Kennedale HS
11	Thaddeous Thompson	WR	6-2	202	SR	Cibolo, TX	Scottsdale CC
31	Kenny Buyers	WR	5-11	185	RS SR	Hurst, TX	L.D. Bell HS

 

13 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

I'm going to politely disagree on LB. I think Ejiya and Garner fill those spots nicely.  You still have Wheeler back and Peters looks like an sec OLB hopefully this next year he'll play like one, is it Calvin Minor's time to step up and make plays? The dude also looks the part.  I also like Zach Bishop the transfer from OBU.  Then you have some young guys your Corey Mann type kids and Hamilton unless they leave him on the DL. 

Defensive End will be the toughest, just because there's not a ton of talent waiting in the wings.  As @GMG24 said LaDarius Hamilton will likely play with this hand in the dirt from here on out and should be an anchor. Call it what you want, but Coach LeBlanc did one heck of a job with the D-Line this year. He figured out the proper personnel fits and had a nice rotation plan during games. He should be able to piece something together that's likely improved from this year, even with new (more athletic) faces. 

Receiver, Offensive Line, and Linebacker should be improved overall.Losing James Gray at Safety will sting, but Muhammed made some nice contributions this year as a true Freshman. Enterline, Keena, Schilleci, and Buyers were all excellent Special Teams players. 

Kudos to all of the Seniors, who endured quite the roller coaster ride in their playing careers in Denton, as they helped to lay the foundation for the program to build on for sustained success. 

[GMG24]

46 minutes ago, ForneyGreen said:

Defensive End is the position that stands out to me with SR losses.  We need to get our remaining DE's healthy (e.g. Tillman Johnson).  Interested to see what Kevin Dillman can do as a DE in the Spring.

Overall, I think we have a pretty strong JR class coming up, so not overly worried about our SR losses.

A big thanks to all of the seniors for their hard work and dedication to the Mean Green!

Don't forget we get Fleusche back for another year, no ones motor runs hotter than his in practice or on the field.  Dude loves the game. 

Raveon next season?? ????

[southsideguy]

4 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Don't forget we get Fleusche back for another year, no ones motor runs hotter than his in practice or on the field.  Dude loves the game. 

Raveon next season?? ????

Flexsche was a senior this year i think, I remember his mom being on the field on senior day, going to miss his cheering section.

[Wag Tag]

41 minutes ago, UNT Mean Green said:

 

Defensive End will be the toughest, just because there's not a ton of talent waiting in the wings.  As @GMG24 said LaDarius Hamilton will likely play with this hand in the dirt from here on out and should be an anchor. Call it what you want, but Coach LeBlanc did one heck of a job with the D-Line this year. He figured out the proper personnel fits and had a nice rotation plan during games. He should be able to piece something together that's likely improved from this year, even with new (more athletic) faces. 

Receiver, Offensive Line, and Linebacker should be improved overall.Losing James Gray at Safety will sting, but Muhammed made some nice contributions this year as a true Freshman. Enterline, Keena, Schilleci, and Buyers were all excellent Special Teams players. 

Kudos to all of the Seniors, who endured quite the roller coaster ride in their playing careers in Denton, as they helped to lay the foundation for the program to build on for sustained success. 

English will anchor! Hamilton will ply DE like this year but 15lbs heavier! DL coach did do a great job!

[All About UNT]

49 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Don't forget we get Fleusche back for another year, no ones motor runs hotter than his in practice or on the field.  Dude loves the game. 

Raveon next season?? ????

Doubt it. 

[GMG24]

1 hour ago, southsideguy said:

Flexsche was a senior this year i think, I remember his mom being on the field on senior day, going to miss his cheering section.

According to his page on meangreensports he's a RS Jr.  Unless I am missing something? 

[jtm0097]

33 minutes ago, All About UNT said:

Doubt it. 

I thought someone mentioned that he was walking on next season. I am highly skeptical as well. 

[4MYMGE]

16 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

According to his page on meangreensports he's a RS Jr.  Unless I am missing something? 

 Flusche was a RS Jr this season.