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25 minutes ago, Big Z said:

Probably no longer with the program. We are stacked at the WR position 

Stacked if we stay healthy. Losing Johnson could be big considering how high profile of a recruit he was

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1 hour ago, MGNation92 said:

Stacked if we stay healthy. Losing Johnson could be big considering how high profile of a recruit he was

That is my primary concern. Our top recruits have not been staying on the team or making a huge impact on the field for the SL years. 

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It seems this year Seth has taking a page from Grant's recruiting book - GO after the players who you believe will fit your system and don't focus on ratings. Time will tell.

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The Caleb Johnson loss is extremely noteworthy if true.  Had one of the most impressive offer lists of any UNT commit ever.

He posted this just over a month ago and has been active with other UNT players on twitter so this seems like a very recent development.. @Brett Vito or @BillySee58 any update on Caleb Johnson?

 

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9 hours ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I don’t recall a coach at UNT who has more of his highest rated recruits leave.  Littrell’s retention of the top recruits has been quite disappointing.

I don't recall a coach at UNT who has had to deal with NIL and outright player poaching to this degree more.  Not intended as a "defense" but it is a fact of college coaching life now.

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1 hour ago, Texas Stranger said:

I don't recall a coach at UNT who has had to deal with NIL and outright player poaching to this degree more.  Not intended as a "defense" but it is a fact of college coaching life now.

And yet he seems to be doing little to actually solve this problem other than signing D4 kids. Once again being reactive and not proactive

 

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11 hours ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I don’t recall a coach at UNT who has more of his highest rated recruits leave.  Littrell’s retention of the top recruits has been quite disappointing.

Would love to see your seemingly long list of highly rated recruits who have left, here's what I came up with.

In the '21 class we have lost 2 (possibly 3 depending on Johnson) of the 10 highest rated commits.  One landed at Sam Houston State and the other appears to be at a juco.

In the '20 class we have lost 3 of our 10 highest rated commits.  One has landed at a juco and two do not appear to be playing anywhere currently.

In the '19 class we have lost 4 of the 10 highest rated commits.  One was kicked off the team for assault, one is currently not playing anywhere and two have left to go to UCLA.

In the '18 class we lost 7 of the top 10 commits. One went to Stephen F. Austin, one went to West Florida, one went to Eastern New Mexico, one went to Kansas,  and three do not seem to be playing anywhere.

So to recap we have lost 16 of our 40 highest rated recruits over the last four classes. Of those 16, 7 are no longer playing football, 6 transferred down out of Division 1, and only three actually went to another FBS program. 

Do those really seem like big and significant losses to you?

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46 minutes ago, MGNation92 said:

And yet he seems to be doing little to actually solve this problem other than signing D4 kids. Once again being reactive and not proactive

 

It will be interesting t see how this years approach works. I have nothing to base it on, but am more and more convinced the lower 3* ratings mean very little as the 3-stars seem to be given out like candy. Seth seems to be focusing on kids who he and the coaches feel fit their system and have a desire to play.

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22 hours ago, MGNation92 said:

Stacked if we stay healthy. Losing Johnson could be big considering how high profile of a recruit he was

Grades issue considering the timing?

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22 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

It seems this year Seth has taking a page from Grant's recruiting book - GO after the players who you believe will fit your system and don't focus on ratings. Time will tell.

That’s what he’s been doing . Always said “guys that fit our system “ 🙄

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1 hour ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Thanks for the info.  So what are the odds of his coming back, and when would he be able to come back?  Spring semester?

I say good chances to come back next year, but who knows what happens over a long course.

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4 hours ago, UNT18Grad said:

Have to wonder if grades are what led to those big time offers drying up coming out of high school.  Hope he can get it all pulled together.

I don't think they did dry up.  It's just that all those big-time offers were for him to play defense; we were willing to offer him as a WR.

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2 hours ago, Glory to the Green said:

I assumed we had academic advisors and tutors trying to the help them? 

We absolutely do. When someone doesn’t make grades, they made no attempt. 

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