North Texas Recruiting Outlook

North Texas:

• Creighton Barr, Marcus (Flower Mound, TX), OC, 6-3/262
• James Gray, Fort Scott C.C. (Fort Scott, KS), S, 6-0/200
• DaMarcus Smith, Butler C.C. (El Dorado, KS), PRO QB, 6-1/210
• Thaddeous Thompson, Scottsdale C.C. (Scottsdale, AZ), WR, 6-1/207
• Brian Ochs, Butler C.C. (El Dorado, KS), OC, 6-4/305
• Cortney Finney, Trinity Valley C.C. (Athens, TX), ILB, 5-11/220
• Dakota Smith, Trinity Valley C.C. (Athens, TX), ILB, 6-4/225
• Kevin Dillman, Guyer (Denton, TX), ATH, 6-4/220  
• D'Aundrey Bradley, Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, TX), WR, 6-1/175  
• Ashton Preston, Santa Fe (Edmond, OK), CB, 5-10.5/179  
• Paul Banks, Navarro College (Corsicana, TX), CB, 6-1/175  
• Rodney Bendy, John Tyler (Tyler, TX), WR, 6-4/190  
• Nate Brooks, Whitehouse (Whitehouse, TX), CB, 5-11.5/153  
• Taylor Robinson, Keller Central (Fort Worth, TX), CB, 5-10.5/169  
• Chett Munden, Marshall (Marshall, TX), OT, 6-5/280  
• Jareid Combs, Iowa Central C.C. (Fort Dodge, IA), WDE, 6-4/250  
• Kelvin Smith, Dekaney (Houston, TX), TE, 6-3/230
• R.D. Wegmann, Rider (Wichita Falls, TX), DT, 6-2.5/264
• Jerbrell Lipscomb, Navasota (Navasota, TX), CB, 5-8/184
• Eli Howard, Central (San Angelo, TX), SDE, 6-4/250
• Elex Woodworth, Horn (Mesquite, TX), OG, 6-3/250

The Mean Green head into national signing day with the 98th ranked class in the nation according to 247 sports. North Texas is ranked 10th in the stacked Conference USA recruiting battle. 21 players make up the class with 15 of those commits coming from in-state Texas schools while 4 other states make up the 21 players. The Mean Green is looking to make this class an important one with 8 players coming from the JUCO ranks ready to compete for playing time immediately.

2014 was a tough year for the Mean Green as they went 4-8 on the season and a disappointing 1-4 versus fellow Texas programs. Their only win versus an in-state college was a dominant win over SMU early in the season. UNT must figure out how to play on the road as they were unable to secure a single road win on the season, going 0-6 outside the confines of Denton. The Mean Green look to prove that a nine-win season in 2013 was not a fluke in trying to break .500 this fall.

Returning Starters (6 or more starts in 2014):
Offense (5):
Kaydon Kirby (12 starts, OL), Carlos Harris (12 starts, 70 catches, 863 yards, 3 TD, 92 rushing, 1 TD, WR), Darvin Kidsy (6 starts, 15 catches, 148 yards, WR), Marcus Smith (9 starts, 15 catches, 238 yards, 6 TD, TE), Andrew McNulty (6 starts, 1,295 passing, 6 TD, 54 rushing, 2 TD, QB),

Defense (6):
Austin Orr (6 starts, 21 tkl, 3 tfl, 2 sacks, 2 ff, DL), Sir Calvin Wallace (9 starts, 20 tkl, 3 tfl, 1 sack, 2 fr, DL), Chad Polk (11 starts, 25 tkl, 8.5 tfl, 5.5 sacks, 3 pbu, 3 pd, 1 ff, Honorable mention All-CUSA, DL), Fred Scott (12 starts, 54 tkl, 2.5 tfl, LB), Kenny Buyers (12 starts, 55 tkl, 3 tfl, 2 INT, 3 pbu, 5 pd, DB), Sed Ellis (6 starts, 23 tkl, 1 tfl, 1 fr, 1 blocked kick, LB)