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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: North Texas
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  Jaelon Darden continues to play well and sophomore wide receiver Deonte Simpson keeps coming on for UNT. Darden caught his sixth touchdown pass of the season and had 13 catches for 104 yards against Southern Miss. Simpson added five catches for 113 yards and a touchdown. Those two receivers will continue to help UNT excel in the passing game. - Denton Record

Sr/2021 WR Jaelon Darden, North Texas
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  Austin Aune made his first start for North Texas in its game against Southern Miss on Saturday at Apogee Stadium. The former Argyle standout enjoyed a few good moments, make a couple of mistakes and left it all with an empty feeling after the Golden Eagles knocked off the Mean Green 41-31 at Apogee Stadium. "To me it's all wins and losses," Aune said. "I don't care if we run for 500 yards and get zero passing yards. I want to get the ball to our playmakers and win football games." UNT didn't come close to that goal on a night when it was shorthanded across the board due to injuries and the impact of positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing. UNT announced before the game that it would be without seven players, including starting linebackers Tyreke Davis and Kevin Wood. UNT needed its offense to carry the team without those players. Aune threw for 339 yards and two touchdowns. It just wasn't enough for the Mean Green to pull out the win. Aune played in each of the Mean Green's first two games of the season. Aune enjoyed a breakout performance in UNT's loss to SMU on Sept. 19, throwing for 276 yards and two touchdowns. That performance earned him the starting job on a night when Bean didn't play. - Denton Record

rJr/2023 QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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  The list of teams Jaelon Darden has played for, or was expected to join, during his football journey points toward a restless soul. The Houston native played at two high schools, was forced to sit out part of his senior season after transferring, and committed to three colleges, including one that pulled his scholarship offer. Darden never found a long-term home until he landed at North Texas, where he's become a cornerstone for the Mean Green. The senior is in his third year as a starter, ranks second in program history with 24 career touchdown catches and has emerged as a team leader as well as one of the more productive players in college football in a pandemic-impacted season.

Darden leads the nation in touchdown catches with five heading into the Mean Green's Conference USA opener against Southern Miss (0-3, 0-1) on Saturday at Apogee Stadium, despite the fact UNT (1-1) has played just two games. "The journey has been hard, but then again, it wasn't with the things I have been through," Darden said. "They didn't faze me at all. I just took it on the chin and ran with it." - Denton Record

Sr/2021 WR Jaelon Darden, North Texas
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  The feeling heading into the season was that UNT has some serious depth at its skill positions. Nothing that transpired in the Mean Green's win over HBU dispelled that notion. UNT's top players all showed up in a big way, including Jaelon Darden (three touchdown catches) and DeAndre Torrey (85 rushing yards). What was even more encouraging was the fact that so many of UNT's younger players fared well when they had the opportunity. Oscar Adaway came on late to rush for 118 yards and two touchdowns. Deonte Simpson and Kealon Jackson each had three catches. Adaway and Jackson are redshirt freshmen, while Simpson is a sophomore. - Denton Record

Sr/2021 WR Jaelon Darden, North Texas
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  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Jaelon Darden, North Texas,...Darden, a 2019 first team all-conference selection by the league's 14 head coaches, led the Mean Green in every major receiving category and was among the nation's most productive receivers. He finished with 76 receptions for 736 yards and 12 touchdowns. His 12 receiving scores ranked 12th in FBS (his 12 touchdowns were three more than anyone else in the conference), and he ranked 21st in the country in receptions per game (6.3). - North Texas Football

Sr/2021 WR Jaelon Darden, North Texas
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  SEPT 7 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: North Texas junior LB KD Davis recorded a team-high nine tackles (seven solo), one sack, a tackle for loss and two quarterback hurries in North Texas' 57-31 season-opening win over HBU. The Ennis, Texas, native anchored a defense during its first game under new defensive coordinator Clint Bowen. The Mean Green defense only allowed 89 yards on the ground during the course of the game and allowed a pair of late HBU scores after the game had been decided. - Conference USA Football

rSr/2023 ILB KD Davis, North Texas
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  Jason Bean threw three touchdowns and ran for another one in his first start for North Texas, and the Mean Green set a school record with 721 total yards in a 57-31 win over FCS team Houston Baptist on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Jaelon Darden had three TD catches, scores of 33 and 19 yards from Bean and a 6-yarder thrown by former minor league outfielder Austin Aune in his UNT debut a day before his 27th birthday. Oscar Adaway added TD runs of 35 and 47 yards.

Bailey Zappe was 39-of-62 passing for 480 yards and three touchdowns for Houston Baptist. The senior led all FCS quarterbacks last season with 357 completions, and was second with 317.6 yards passing per game and 35 TDs. The Huskies, in only their eighth season since starting the program, have only three games scheduled after the Southland Conference decided not to play league games this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. They face their first-ever Power Five opponent next week at Texas Tech, then go to C-USA team Louisiana Tech on Sept. 26. - North Texas/AP College Football

Sr/2021 WR Jaelon Darden, North Texas
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  2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): KR Deion Hair-Griffin, R-Jr., North Texas,...Hair-Griffin was the national leader in kick return average at 40.8 yards per return in 2019 and earned second team all-conference recognition from C-USA's 14 head coaches. Hair-Griffin had one kick return for a touchdown, which was a 96-yard score in the season-opener against Abilene Christian on 8/31. That 96-yard return tied for the ninth-longest return in program history. Hair-Griffin had five returns in 2019 of 50-plus yards, four of which are of 60 or more yards (96, 71, 63, 61 and 50). - North Texas Football

rSr/2022 WR Deion Hair-Griffin, North Texas
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  2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): K Ethan Mooney, Jr., North Texas,...Mooney earned all-conference honorable mention status following his sophomore season, his first as the Mean Green's kicker. He finished the season 16-20 on field goals and converted on 43-44 extra points during the 2019 season. Mooney kicked a career-long 51-yard field goal and also hit three field goals of 40 or more yards. Mooney also was the primary kickoff specialist as well, averaging 52.0 yards per kickoff with 10 touchbacks. - North Texas Football

rSr/2023 K Ethan Mooney, North Texas
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  2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): DL Dion Novil, Sr., North Texas,...Novil is coming off the most productive season of his career on his way to all-conference honorable mention honors. He finished with 61 total tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks at nose tackle in 2019 for the Mean Green. Throughout his career in Denton, Novil has appeared in 29 games, posting 98 tackles, 20.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks. - North Texas

rSr/2022 DT Dion Novil, North Texas
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  2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): WR Jaelon Darden, Sr., North Texas,...Darden, a 2019 first team all-conference selection by the league's 14 head coaches, led the Mean Green in every major receiving category and was among the nation's most productive receivers. He finished with 76 receptions for 736 yards and 12 touchdowns. His 12 receiving scores ranked 12th in FBS (his 12 touchdowns were three more than anyone else in the conference), and he ranked 21st in the country in receptions per game (6.3). Darden tied for the most three-touchdown games by any receiver in the country with two. - North Texas Football

Sr/2021 WR Jaelon Darden, North Texas
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  2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): TE Jason Pirtle, R-Sr., North Texas,...Pirtle entered last season as the backup tight end after transitioning from wide receiver and turned in an all-conference honorable mention performance in 2019. He posted 17 catches for 263 yards and five touchdowns during the 2019 season. Pirtle is a big-play threat from the tight end spot, and averaged 15.5 yards per reception, which ranked second on the team. He's continued to build out his frame in the offseason and is up to 232 pounds entering his senior season as the Mean Green's starting tight end. - North Texas Football

rSr/2022 FB Jason Pirtle, North Texas
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  North Texas has landed a host of transfers who have helped pave the way for the program's rise during Seth Littrell's four seasons as coach. The Mean Green added another player who will look to follow in that path Sunday night, when former Oklahoma State offensive lineman Jacob Farrell announced on Twitter that he is transferring to UNT. Farrell, who is 6-foot-6 and 313 pounds, was highly recruited coming out of Sulphur (Oklahoma) High in 2018. He was rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports, which listed him at No. 55 in its composite rankings of the top tackle prospects in the class. - Denton Record

rJr/2023 OT Jacob Farrell, North Texas
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  2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: WR Jaelon Darden, North Texas,...Darden, a 2019 first team all-conference selection by the league's 14 head coaches, led the Mean Green in every major receiving category and was among the nation's most productive receivers. He finished with 76 receptions for 736 yards and 12 touchdowns. His 12 receiving scores ranked 12th in FBS (his 12 touchdowns were three more than anyone else in the conference), and he ranked 21st in the country in receptions per game (6.3). - North Texas Football

Sr/2021 WR Jaelon Darden, North Texas
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  2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Deion Hair-Griffin, North Texas, senior, wide receiver/special teams,...Hair-Griffin is very active within the Denton community and plays a major role within North Texas' athletics' SAAC organization (Student Athlete Advisory Committee). He was the national leader in kick return average at 40.8 yards per return in 2019 and earned second team all-conference recognition from C-USA's 14 head coaches. Hair-Griffin had one kick return for a touchdown, which was a 96-yard score in the season-opener against Abilene Christian on 8/31. That 96-yard return tied for the ninth-longest return in program history. Hair-Griffin had five returns in 2019 of 50-plus yards, four of which are of 60 or more yards (96, 71, 63, 61 and 50). - North Texas Football

rSr/2022 WR Deion Hair-Griffin, North Texas
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