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Cedar Hill quarterback James Hamilton and Richardson Lake Highlands safety John Shorter had plenty of options when it came time to decide where they wanted to play college football.

In the end, none of those options were quite as appealing as staying close to home and playing for North Texas. Hamilton and Shorter visited UNT over the weekend and orally committed to become a part of the Mean Green's 2008 recruiting class after taking a night to finalize their decisions.

Oral commitments are non-binding. The first day a recruit in the Class of 2008 can sign national letter of intent is Feb. 6.

"I liked the location of the school, the coaches and the players treated me really well on my visit," Hamilton said. "North Texas is close to home, which helped a lot. I wanted to be somewhere where my family could come see me play and I can go home. I am close with my family."

Hamilton (5-10, 180) rushed for 1,921 yards and 22 touchdowns and in addition to throwing for 1,021 yards and 12 touchdowns on the season. He was a first-team selection as a quarterback on the All-District 8-5A team and is also No. 53 on The Dallas Morning News' Area Top 100 list.

Hamilton is projected to play safety for the Mean Green, a position he hasn't played in several years.

"I was a regular at safety my freshman year," Hamilton said. "I love playing defense and bringing energy to the field."

Hamilton was offered scholarships by Kentucky, Tulsa, Rice, SMU, UTEP, Washington State and Louisiana-Lafayette.

Shorter was an All-District 9-5A selection last season and had offers from SMU, Tulsa and Iowa State. Middle Tennessee also showed interest. Shorter is listed at No. 85 on the Morning-News' Area Top 100.

"I think it will be a good place for me because it is a family environment," Shorter said. "The coaches treat their players with respect and it is close to home. My parents visited with me over the weekend and loved it."

The addition of Hamilton and Shorter gives UNT 16 oral commitments for its 2008 class, including seven players projected to play on defense, where the Mean Green struggled last season. UNT finished last nationally with an average of 45.1 points allowed per game last season.

Hamilton said deciding what school to attend was a tough one.

"I have tremendous respect for the coaches from all the schools that recruited me," Hamilton said. "I had a good relationship with all of them."

In the end it was a chance to build their relationships with the UNT coaches while staying close to home that put the Mean Green over the top with Hamilton and Shorter.

BRETT VITO can be reached at 940-566-6870. His e-mail address is bvito@dentonrc.com.

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...and jeremy phillips too.

True, but Hamilton and Williams have 4.5 speed whereas Phillips is a tad slower. I'm hoping that Phillips can put on about 25 pounds and be a great linebacker like his brother at TCU. He could be the second coming of Brad Kassell.

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Hamilton makes our 3rd 3 star recruit, thats the most we have had since 2001 (how far back rivals shows)

I like that we are getting some dbs, the quick dbs will help us compete with the bigger more athletic teams

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