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[Coach Andy Mac]

Big win over smut last night.  Just a quick look at their roster shows they like all other top G5’s are juco and P5 transfer heavy.

https://gotigersgo.com/roster.aspx?path=football

At this point it’s very clear:  all of the best G5 teams, teams that dominated us like SMU, Houston, Utah State all built their program through landing top transfers and jucos.  Will North Texas join them or continue to focus on developing primarily high school players?   Has any G5 become elite level with a predominately high school prospect recruiting focus?

[BillySee58]

41 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

Big win over smut last night.  Just a quick look at their roster shows they like all other top G5’s are juco and P5 transfer heavy.

https://gotigersgo.com/roster.aspx?path=football

At this point it’s very clear:  all of the best G5 teams, teams that dominated us like SMU, Houston, Utah State all built their program through landing top transfers and jucos.  Will North Texas join them or continue to focus on developing primarily high school players?   Has any G5 become elite level with a predominately high school prospect recruiting focus?

Western Michigan started 13-0 in 2016 off of primarily players who signed their out of high school. Pretty sure UCF’s recent run was similarly put together. 

Also, last time I checked I think about 13 to 14 of SMU’s starters this year signed there out of high school.

It really isn’t that complicated. You get 25 scholarships every recruiting class. Sign about 17-22 high school kids a year, then use the rest on JUCO and D1 transfers depending on your team needs.

A big reason we don’t have a great senior class this season is because we signed so many jucos and D1 transfers early on in he Littrell era. Signing guys like Alec Morris, Bryce English, Darius Turner, and Dee Baulkman in 2016 helped bolster our initial 2-deep, but in retrospect we sure could’ve used those spots at this point on solid high school o-linemen, d-linemen, secondary players, etc.