After two transfers, North Texas’ Jalen Guyton matures as offensive threat

[Harry]

Jalen Guyton has dedicated his life to football. He grew up in a town where state champions are the closest thing to royalty and played multiple games in an NFL stadium.

“I have a new type of respect for football,” Guyton said. “I kind of look at life in terms of football. Today is a football game that I got to overcome. This week is a football game. It’s a metaphor for life.”

Currently at North Texas (2-2, 1-0 Conference USA), his third college in three years, Guyton is trying to hang onto his NFL dream. A four-star recruit out of Allen (Texas) High school, Guyton committed to Notre Dame and redshirted his first season. On Dec. 18, 2015, two weeks before the Irish faced Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl, Guyton was suspended for disciplinary reasons and left the program.

After a one-year stint at Trinity Valley (Texas) Community College, Guyton returned to Division I football and enrolled at North Texas. Guyton has started all four games and is second on the team with four touchdowns.

“I don’t see (North Texas) as an endgame,” Guyton said. “Right now, I’m focused on being the best football player, student, teammate I can be.”

read more:  http://dailyorange.com/2017/09/two-transfers-north-texas-jalen-guyton-matures-offensive-threat/

 

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

Interesting source for the story... 

[SilverEagle]

7 minutes ago, SteaminWillieBeamin said:

Interesting source for the story... 

That's what I thought. Since when did Syracuse fans care about a recruit from Texas?

[Mean Green 93-98]

My Mom wrote for the Daily Orange when she went there.  I don't get why they would write this story, but it's by far the most in-depth I've seen on him.

[MeanGreenTexan]

8 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

My Mom wrote for the Daily Orange when she went there.  I don't get why they would write this story, but it's by far the most in-depth I've seen on him.

I agree.   That's kinda sad.

[C Vo]

My guess is the student who wrote the article attended Allen HS!

 

[hickoryhouse]

Who cares about the source.  It's a great story with some fantastic insight into one of our own.  I'm glad he is here and didn't choose to go the West Virginia or a Marshall route.