2008 Fb Committments

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1. Athlete Willie Taylor

Dallas Hillcrest, 5-10, 159, 4.5. Soph WR, Jr. QB, Jr Stats: 191 rushes for 739 yards and 7 TD's, 128 of 248 passes completed with 18 interceptions for 1,634 yds and 19 TD's. Soph 1st team all district, Jr. 1st team all district. Chose North over offers from A$M and Tulsa and was also being recruited by OKSt, W. Virginia.

Source of commit obtained from Scout.Com free web site

2. DL/OL Troy Franklin

Celina, 6-5, 270, 5.33, expressed interest in NT by attending and watching NT FB scrimmage, Bench reps 24, 25 inches, shuttle 4.65, Soph: 1st Team All District 13-2A, soph stats: 76 tackles, 10 seacks and 1 interception. Jr. 1st Team All District 9-3A @ DT, Considering , Notre Dame, OK, OKSt, Purdue, A$M, TT, NT and Tulsa. Offers from Tulsa and North Texas. NT was not in original listing which was based on his coming to NT scrimmage. Other change is listing Tulsa and North Texas.

Source of commit obtained from Scout.Com free web site

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3. Safety Darian Williams, Vernon HS Jr. 5-10, 170, 4.5, Soph 2nd Team All district, Jr. 1st Team All District 6-3A at Safety, Soph Stats: 60 tackles, Jr. Stats: 135 tackles Chose NT over TCU, Tulsa, and Arizona.

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courtesy rivals.com

4. WR/safety Kenny Barrett (6-4, 190, 4.6) - Mart High School, 2006 1st team all district 22-2A, 3 time pick for the all Brazos Valley FB Team, 3 time pick Brazos Valley All District Team, TOP 20 receiver by TXFB, made 3 receptions for TD's in state final game last year, Jr. Stats: 600 yds receiving and started as Safety.

Chose North Texas over Arkansas, Oklahoma State, A&M, Baylor, LaTech, TCU and NT

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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5. Lance Dunbar

All-purpose back

Haltom City (TX) Haltom HS

Ht: 5-foot-9

Wt: 185 lbs

Class: 2008 (High School)

Speed: 4.5

Jr. Stats: 207 rushes for 1,100 yds and 13 TD's, 48 receptions for 714 yds and 2 TD's, Jr. First Team All District 5-5A Lance was a transfer to Haltom HS from New Orleans De La Salle. Lance chose NT over offers from Virginia, Oklahoma State, and Colorado.

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6. QB Riley Dodge, SLC, 5-11, 180, 4.4, Jr. Stats: passed for 5,303 yds and 67 TD's, Sr. Stats: completed 281 of 433 passes for 4,184 yds and 54 TD's, Rushed 174 times for 1,119 yds and 13 TD's. 1st Team 5A All State, named offensive 5A player of the year. 3* Ranked by Rivals, ranked #58 in top 100 players in 2006 by Rivals.

Chose NT over offers from UT, Missouri, Tulsa, SMU, Rice, signed with UT, decommitted

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#7. WR Desmond Brigham, Caddo Mills, 6-2, 175, 4.48, Jr. Stats: 42 pass receptions for 742 yds and 7 tD's , 1st team All District 12-2A @WR, TX FB Mag "consider him one of the top small school players in the State" Rivals has him ranked 5.4 # 15th WR in Texas. Won 2nd place in state track meet high jump with 6' 9 " jump, Jr. HM 2A all state Chose NT over offers from Arkansas, Iowa State, Missouri , LaMonroe

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#8. WR Forrest Rucker, Hearne HS, 6-6-225 4.6 (TX FB has him as a TE/DE) Scout has him as 1st Team All District, 2nd Team All State, Offers from NT and Baylor

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#9. C Nick Leppo, SLC, 6-3, 265, 5.04, Bench 315, Squat 450, GPA 3.0 1st Team All district 5-5A as Jr, MVP offensive line at FW Rivals camp with over 300 prospects, 2008 FW*Telegram top area 50 player) Interest from OK St, TT, and TCU...offer and commitment to NT.

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#10. LB Brandon Akpunku, Cedar Hill 6-0, 200, 4.6 MG coaches became interested after scouting him in spring practice and game. He attended NT's senior camp this summer. Fresno Statee and Michigan had begone to show interest but NT was the only offer at this time.

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#11. S Jeremy Phillips, Waller HS, 6-4, 195, 4.6, Despite missing 3 games with a foot injury his Jr. stats: passing 34 of 67 for 481 yds and 7 TD's with 4 interceptions, 53 rushes for 448 yds and 3 TD's, Coaches son, Waller runs a triple option offense.. recruited as Safety by NT

Offers from NT, Duke, Army, Baylor and Rice

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#12. OL Coleman Feeley, Austin Anderson HS, 6-4, 280, 5.35, GPA 3.09 Considering TCU, A$M, TT, UT and NT

Between his soph yr on the JV and his Jr. year he grew 3 inches and gained 75 lbs working out hard during the summer. He is about a year younger than his classmates....at the start of his Jr. year he was only 15. He feels his undersized year on the JV learned techniques that help his overcome his size disadvantage and that now comes in handy on the varsity level.

Feeley made the all-combine team at a Rivals event with nearly 1400 athletes participating

"Im actually fairly interested in North Texas" he said, "I think Todd Dodge is going to turn them around real quick." TX FB Mag preseason All 5A Region 4 team. Coleman is 1sts team OL

UNT is one of Coleman's top choices

OFFER BY NORTH TEXAS

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#13. 3* S Kylee Hill, NEO A&M (JC) 5-10, 190, 4.5 Rivals

OFFER BY NORTH TEXAS

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#14. 3* CB James Hamilton, Cedar Hill, 5-10, 180, 4.5 Jr. year played CB and special teams...made 29 tackles, Sr. year played QB 247 rushes for 1,921 yds and 22 tD's, completed 76 of 136 passes for 1,021 and 12 TD's with 5 interceptions

Chose North Texas over offers from SMU, UTEP, Kentucky, LaLaf and NMex ST.

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#15. S John Shorter, Richardson Lake Highlands, 5-11, 177, 4.5, top returning tackler for his HS, 1st Team All District 9-5A @ DB, Offers from NT, SMU, and Iowa State, Tulsa Considering OKST, MiddleTenn

College Choice UH but not committed,

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#16. CB Adryan Adams, NEO CC, 6-1, 185, RS soph, soph stats: 42 tackles, 2 interceptions and 13 pass breakups...stats before playoff game with Kilgore

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

Scout.com has him as a 4* players

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#17. CB JC Rivals 3* Justin Edwards, Eastern Arizona JC, 6-1, 185, 4.5, originally signed and evidently played for Iowa as CB. HS Naamaan Forest in Dallas, chose Iowa over offers from SMU, TT, TCu, Ks, Tulsa, and Ole Miss.

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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#18. Athlete CB DaWaylon Cook, Dallas Samuel, 6-2, 187, 4.5..3* by Rivals, Played QB in HS but could play WR or DB in College, DMN top 100 area # 51.

Solid Commit to TCU as Athlete over KState, Utah, West Virginia ...Decommitted

Committed to North Texas

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19. DT Joe Hawthorne, Arlington Martin, 6-4, 250, 4.8

Jr. Stats: 15 tackles, 3 for losses, 1 Sack, Offers NT, Baylor UTEP, La Tech, Northwestern, La Monroe and Virginia Military Institute

Up date tidbit Dec 25th

2nd team All District 7-5A @DT as Sr.

A&M and Baylor have caught his late attention. Both of his parents went to NT, "he likes what Dodge is doing and how he is building the FB program

Chose NT over TCU, UTEP, VMI, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Buffalo, LoMonroe.

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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20. CB Royce Hill (#6), Cypress Ridge, 5-11, 170, 4.52 Soph Stats: 30 tackles, 2 interceptions, 8 PBUs and 1 FR

Jr. Stats: 24 tackles, 3 interceptions,

Jr. 2nd Team All District CB 71-5A despite missing 4 games

20078 Houston Touchdown Club Defensive candidate, Runs 4X4 relay team in tract, Bench 225, Squat 360, Houston Chronicle top 110

Co-Captain of 2007 team.

Rivals rated him the # 30 CB in the country.

Chose North Texas over Rice, SMU, Tulsa, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Purdue, and A&M

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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21. P K Jeremy Knott, NEO/Tulsa Union 6-4, 184 Soph 2nd team NJCAA All American, Averaged 39.3 yds per punt, dropped 16 inside the 20 yd line in 2006, 35 of 37 PAT's, kicked 12 of 14 Field goal with a long of 53 yds as freshman.

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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22. RB Jeremi Mathis, Arlington Martin, 6-1, 205, 4.5 Jr. Stats: 150 carries for 800 yds and 9 TD's, Sr. Stats: 1,457 yds and 18 TD's, Sr. 1st Team All District 8-5A, named to the DMN 2007 HS Game Time All Area 2nd Team , FW*Telegram top area 50, DMN top area 100 # 93

Runs 200, 400 and relays in track

Offers from NT, Air Force, SFA, Tulsa being recruited by TCU, Purdue, Middle Tenn and SMU

I saw him play when Arlington Martin played Arlington Bowie....a great runner, good pick up by NT

COMMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS

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23. Tevinn Cantly, Arlington Lamar, 6-4, 292...In last year grew from 6-2, 220 TE to 6-4, 292 DL, age 17 as of today.

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# 24, SDE 3* JC Alonzo Horton Northwest (Miss) JC 6-4, 260, 4.65 Made official visit at NT Dec 14th,

HS stats Sr. 146 tackles and 13 sacks, Jr. stats, 95 tackless with 32 for loss and 23 sacks. 5-A all state, all-city, superprep preseason All American, Rivals top 25 OLB, etc

signed with Auburn out of HS, redshirted his freshman year in 2005 didn't play in 2006 ...(grades) signed with Jackson State AA, wound up with NW Miss CC, committed to Ole Miss, decommited when coach left. (I hope I got the sequence correct info came from many sources) His aunt died in Katrina and he was told his two brothers also, but later found out his brothers were alive...all this while at Auburn.

Offers from NT, KState, and Southern Mississippi. Scout.com shows offers also from Memphis, Ole Miss, Troy

Ranked # 91 by Rivals among JC's

#4 Ranked Recruit in the entire state of Louisiana by Scout.com coming out of high school.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/...tory?id=1844326

A tremendous athlete, plays defensive end in high school and led the state in sacks as a junior. Could play defensive end or outside linebacker in college.

Coach's Comments: "He was unblockable last year for us at defensive end. He was just too quick for offensive linemen. I'm think he led the state in sacks as a junior." - Jerome Woods Horton: "I use the fact that I'm lighter than most OLs to my advantage. I use my speed to get him (my opponent) to lean to one side, then I use their weight against then so they lose their balance. I want to be like the Michael Jordan of my team. I want to get them to play on the same level of intensity as me--and get it done. I want to be able to improve the team by improving myself and then making them play at my level.

Committed to North Texas

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OT 3*JC Nate Jenkins, Pearl River CC, Miss 6-4, 335, 5.3

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OG Gabe Hollivay, Istawamba CC, Miss, 6-3, 320 Non rated, Jackson Miss Ledger (paper) Top 25 JC prospect

ICC 1st Team All State, Chose NT over Memphis