JuCo players vital to North Texas football

Skipper · September 13, 2017

Over 20 players on the North Texas football team have gone through the junior college system on their path to get to a Division I school. When head coach Seth

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wardly · September 14, 2017

When you are unable to recruit high school players the only place to go is JUCO.

Aldo · September 14, 2017

1 minute ago, wardly said:

When you are unable to recruit high school players the only place to go is JUCO.

When you are left with FCS-number of players on scholarhsip, you need to make up the difference in the short term somehow.

wardly · September 14, 2017

6 minutes ago, Aldo said:

When you are left with FCS-number of players on scholarhsip, you need to make up the difference in the short term somehow.

I agree, except if we can't recruit high school players better in the future than we have in the past then JUCO's become the norm, like TROY.

UNTLifer · September 14, 2017

3 hours ago, wardly said:

When you are unable to recruit high school players the only place to go is JUCO.

Nick Smith, LaDarius Hamilton, Rico Bussey Jr. , Deon Hair-Griffen, Mason Fine, Khairi Muhammed, Cade Pearson, Tre Siggers, Greg White, Cam Johnson, Kody Fulp, Tyreke Davis, Evan Johnson, Jaelon Darden, etc... may disagree with you.

MeanGreenTexan · September 14, 2017

42 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Nick Smith, LaDarius Hamilton, Rico Bussey Jr. , Deon Hair-Griffen, Mason Fine, Khairi Muhammed, Cade Pearson, Tre Siggers, Greg White, Cam Johnson, Kody Fulp, Tyreke Davis, Evan Johnson, Jaelon Darden, etc... may disagree with you.

Well, tap the brakes on the bolded guys above, especially Hair-Griffin. These guys have not contributed much of anything.

wardly · September 14, 2017

4 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Nick Smith, LaDarius Hamilton, Rico Bussey Jr. , Deon Hair-Griffen, Mason Fine, Khairi Muhammed, Cade Pearson, Tre Siggers, Greg White, Cam Johnson, Kody Fulp, Tyreke Davis, Evan Johnson, Jaelon Darden, etc... may disagree with you.

How many of them were offered D 1A scholarships by anyone other than UNT?

Caw Caw · September 14, 2017

Kansas State made a hell of a program investing in JuCo players.

BTG_Fan1 · September 14, 2017

1 hour ago, wardly said:

How many of them were offered D 1A scholarships by anyone other than UNT?

Off the top of my head.. All of them besides Evan Johnson, fine, Muhammad, Griffen.. Had other D1 offers...

Edited September 14, 2017 by BTG_Fan1

BTG_Fan1 · September 14, 2017

Nick Smith- Cal, SMU, Utah State, Purdue http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Nic-Smith-35650/RecruitInterests

LaDarius Hamilton- Texas State, ULA http://247sports.com/Recruitment/LaDarius-Hamilton-72458/RecruitInterests

Rico Bussey Jr. , Army, Air Force, Wyoming, New Mexico State, ULM, ULA, ArkState, Navy http://247sports.com/Recruitment/LaDarius-Hamilton-72458/RecruitInterests

Cade Pearson- Wyoming

Tre Siggers- Texas Tech, Louisville, New Mexico, http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Tre-Siggers-86815/RecruitInterests

Greg White- Ohio, Tulane http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Gregory-White-84344/RecruitInterests

Cam Johnson- New Mexico, Army, East Carolina, Air Force, Fresno State http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Cameron-Johnson-91033/RecruitInterests

Kody Fulp - ULM http://247sports.com/Player/Kody-Fulp-92788?Institution=20775

Tyreke Davis- SMU, Frenso State, http://247sports.com/Player/Tyreke-Davis-78806?Institution=20898

Jaelon Darden- Va Tech, UNLV, Memphis, ULM, Southern Miss http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Jaelon-Darden-89382/RecruitInterests

Ben Gooding · September 14, 2017

11 minutes ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

Nick Smith- Cal, SMU, Utah State, Purdue http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Nic-Smith-35650/RecruitInterests

LaDarius Hamilton- Texas State, ULA http://247sports.com/Recruitment/LaDarius-Hamilton-72458/RecruitInterests

Rico Bussey Jr. , Army, Air Force, Wyoming, New Mexico State, ULM, ULA, ArkState, Navy http://247sports.com/Recruitment/LaDarius-Hamilton-72458/RecruitInterests

Cade Pearson- Wyoming

Tre Siggers- Texas Tech, Louisville, New Mexico, http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Tre-Siggers-86815/RecruitInterests

Greg White- Ohio, Tulane http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Gregory-White-84344/RecruitInterests

Cam Johnson- New Mexico, Army, East Carolina, Air Force, Fresno State http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Cameron-Johnson-91033/RecruitInterests

Kody Fulp - ULM http://247sports.com/Player/Kody-Fulp-92788?Institution=20775

Tyreke Davis- SMU, Frenso State, http://247sports.com/Player/Tyreke-Davis-78806?Institution=20898

Jaelon Darden- Va Tech, UNLV, Memphis, ULM, Southern Miss http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Jaelon-Darden-89382/RecruitInterests

These are the best players in the underclassmen ranks. If they didn't have offer sheets we'd be f'd.

Of the 2 classes SL has signed, the highest rated players have shown the most promise and have gotten the most PT or PT at all.

This fan base is doomed. No wonder we are so bad for so long. It's disgusting to watch 2011-2014 all over again. I thought I lived those years of my life already. People will talk in circles about this topic forever, but the results have not wavered an inch.

Arkstfan · September 14, 2017

Linemen are the hardest signing you make. RB's WR's LB's DB's you can see a player in high school and project where he will be in a year and you only worry about work ethic, staying eligible and adjusting to the speed of the game.

Linemen generally you need to project what a year of red shirt plus another year or two of sub work will get you. Freeze, Malzahn, and Harsin flat missed nearly all of their line signings. When Anderson arrived we had to hit juco hard to survive but thing is there are some OL guys out there who are redshirting a year of juco or hustling to get their associates fast and starting to see more OL guys ready to come out of juco with 3 to play 3 and even occasionally 4 to play 3. Tend to be much safer signings.