Recruiting Teammates

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Recruiting teammates

New North Texas head coach Todd Dodge seems to be employing a tried and true tactic early in his tenure with the Mean Green -- recruiting teammates.

UNT has already received commitments from Colleyville Heritage teammates Breece Johnson and Evan Walker. The Mean Green has San Antonio Alamo Heights wide receiver Sam Dibrell in the fold and is also after his teammate Giovanni Vizza, a quarterback who offered a soft commitment to Nevada earlier this winter.

This weekend UNT will host the Lufkin trio of quarterback Jeremy Clayborn, linebacker A.J. Penson and defensive back Ralph Thomas.

Recruiting teammates can help a team's cause. It certainly seemed to help with Walker, who followed Johnson's lead in committing to UNT.

The Mean Green's staff is hoping its strategy will pay off again this weekend with the Lufkin trio. Thomas (Rice) Penson (Houston, Iowa State, UTEP) and Clayborn (Houston, Rice, Tulsa) all have offers on the table from other schools.

If one commits to UNT this weekend, the other two could follow, giving the Mean Green a huge haul from one of the state's top programs.