UNT DB Marcus Trice Story: Mean Green Blog

[Harry]

We are closing in on the beginning of two-a-days pretty quickly, and as the days run down, I will be continuing a series of blog posts on key players for UNT this season. There are some that come to mind right off the bat — Derek Thompson was the first name on the list. Others are a little easier to overlook.

Marcus Trice is one of those players.

There was a lot of excitement when he transferred to UNT from Oklahoma, but months have gone by since. He sat out last year as a transfer and practiced with the team.

He had better be ready to go because he is going to have to be a key piece of UNT’s secondary that will be largely new heading into the 2012 season. UNT’s defensive backs were something of a punching bag last year, and at times those guys deserved to take some of the blame in a couple of losses.

The idea that UNT’s secondary was terrible a year ago was a little overplayed, though, in my opinion. UNT ranked third in Sun Belt Conference play with an average of 215.0 passing yards allowed a game.

Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2012/07/key-players-for-2012-part-1-marcus-trice.html/