National signing day has come and gone, and North Texas Coach Todd Dodge and his staff did far better than any Sun Belt staff with a 5-31 three-year record could expect, landing eight three-star recruits.
With all eight of the three-star recruits being defensive players and six of them coming in from JUCO ranks, this is the kind of haul that should translate into the immediate help UNT's coaching staff needed entering their make or break season.
This appeared to be another very good job by UNT recruiting coordinator Chuck Peterson and the Mean Green staff, although Coach Dodge credited the New Mean Green Stadium as being a major positive in recruiting and specifically gave his players credit with closing the deal with a number of recruits .
According to Rivals.com, UNT finished fourth in the Sun Belt by total points in the Rivals system but ended the day higher in some key areas. The average stars for UNT was 2.36 , which put them third in the Sun Belt...
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