Marcus Kehoe: Possible UNT FB Walk-on?

[Harry]

Kehoe fulfills D-I dream at UNT

Although the ceremony was postponed until next week to accommodate several football teammates, Marcus Kehoe couldn't wait another day to make it official — he was a Division I athlete.

Privately signing and faxing a national letter of intent to pole vault at North Texas, the Lampasas senior joined the National Signing Day congregation on Wednesday.

"As a kid, you always have that goal to become a Division I athlete, and growing up I always thought that was going to be in football for me," said Kehoe, who rushed for 1,141 yards and 16 touchdowns this past season. "But I still ended up getting the chance to compete at the Division I level, and that's what it came to. That's the kind of competition I want to be apart of."

Kehoe finished with the fourth-best height (15-feet) at the 3A state track and field meet last May, a mere six inches from reaching the medal stand.

Ultimately choosing the Mean Green over UT-San Antonio, Kehoe said he was most impressed by the caliber of coaching at UNT.

"Derek Mackel jumped 13-feet in high school and went to college and jumped 18-1 — he's somebody that's got a tenacious mentality and wants to be the best," Kehoe said. "That's definitely something I want to associate with."

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[NorthTexan95]

Is the kid going to play football or just pole vault? Either way, welcome to the Mean Green!

[Harry]

He's got a track scholly but I was thinking they might let him try out for football as well.

[UNTLifer]

Love his comment on why he chose North Texas.

[buff64]

He's got a track scholly but I was thinking they might let him try out for football as well.

It seems to me that I was informed that if a athlete on a non-football scholly joined the football team the ship had to become a fooball ship or be revoked.