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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: North Texas
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  Roderic Burns came through in a big way when UNT needed him most last season. The Mean Green lost Jyaire Shorter and Tommy Bush to injury after both played in just two games. Burns helped fill the void while leading UNT in receptions (58), receiving yards (802) and receiving touchdowns (4). Shorter and Bush are both expected to be back by the time UNT opens the season with a game at UTEP on Aug. 27. Missouri transfer Jay Maclin will also play a key role. Burns should be among the Mean Green's best players no matter what happens with that trio. - Denton Record

rSr/2024 WR Roderic Burns, North Texas
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  There hasn't been a UNT player in years who is as big of a lightning rod as Austin Aune. UNT's nontraditional quarterback is a former minor league baseball player, a dad and is 28. Aune lost the starting job heading into last season before winning it back. He went on to throw for 1,991 yards and nine touchdowns. UNT brought in transfers JD Head and Stone Earle to compete with Aune in spring practice. Neither came close to knocking Aune out of the lineup.

The Mean Green could still find a late transfer, but the bottom line is Aune steadily improved last season and continued that growth in spring practice. The former Argyle standout will be a much better player heading into what he has said will be his final year of college football than he was to start last year. That alone puts UNT well ahead of where it was a year ago. - Denton Record

rJr/2023 QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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  Mazin Richards felt like he had something to prove after emerging as one of the best defensive ends at the Division II level the last two years. The former Eastern New Mexico standout will get that opportunity at North Texas. Richards entered the NCAA transfer portal this spring after being named the Lone Star Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year. New Mexico State and a host of teams that compete at the Football Championship Subdivision level quickly offered a scholarship to Richards, who passed on those opportunities to commit to North Texas on Sunday.

"I was going to visit Tarleton and a couple of other FCS schools, but when I got on campus at UNT, it felt like home," Richards told the Denton Record-Chronicle on Sunday. "The opportunity to play at the FBS level in front of my family and 30,000 fans was something I couldn't turn down." Richards, who is 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, has two seasons of eligibility remaining. He played at Burleson Centennial, where he set program records for sacks in a game (four), a season (13) and a career (17). Richards landed at a Division II school because he was undersized as a 200-pound defensive end. He quickly matured once he got to the college level and became an impact player at Eastern New Mexico. - Denton Record

rSr/2024 OLB Mazin Richards, North Texas
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  After starring at Highland Park High School and then transferring from Oklahoma, Morris was the backup before starting two games late in the season when Duggan was hurt. Morris flashed major upside, throwing for 461 yards and accounting for 531 yards total offense in a 30-28 upset of Baylor. Dykes said the two quarterbacks should have a decent idea of where they stand based on the practice reps this spring. He's not ready to anoint a starter just yet. "For us, the quicker we can get it figured out, the better because we can tailor the offense to fit their skill set," Dykes said. "We're just not quite there yet." Dykes admitted that he's always been a believer in the coaching axiom that if you have two starting quarterbacks, you don't have any.

He also knows things can change quickly. When he was head coach at Cal, future NFL first-round pick Jared Goff went from fourth-string to a starter in his freshman season. The spring game is another chance, Dykes said, for his quarterbacks to make an impression going into summer, a valuable opportunity to take the next step. "That's the biggest thing that you want at that position, you want consistency," Dykes said. "You've got to have a guy who can go out and execute your offense at a high level game in, game out. It doesn't have to be the biggest, it doesn't have to be the strongest, doesn't have to have the biggest arm. - Dallas Morning News

rJr/2026 QB Chandler Morris, North Texas
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  Austin Aune thought long and hard about his future after North Texas' loss to Miami (Ohio) in the Frisco Football Classic last fall. Aune spent six seasons playing minor league baseball, a semester at Arkansas and three seasons at UNT before finally grabbing the starting quarterback job for an extended period last season. The former Argyle standout considered walking away after his daughter, Palmer, was born earlier this year. The chance to build on a five-game winning streak to cap the regular season last fall led him to come back, with one caveat. "I have two years of eligibility left, but this for sure will be my last year playing football," Aune told the Denton Record-Chronicle on Wednesday as UNT prepared for the opening of spring practice on Friday. "I want to get in a full year of playing, have fun and try to win a conference title and a bowl game." Aune, 28, is juggling working toward that goal and caring for his infant daughter. (He had to duck out of a phone interview to change a diaper.) "Having a daughter changed our lives a lot, but it's so fun being a dad," Aune said. "The biggest thing is learning to function without a lot of sleep. Other than that, it's great. My wife [Kristin] and I team up to take care of her." - Denton Record

rJr/2023 QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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  2021 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): LB Rodney Dansby, HBU, Fr., Houston, Texas,...Freshman linebacker Rodney Dansby was a second-team selection after leading the Southland and is tied for second in the nation with 11.9 tackles per game. He is the sixth-straight HBU linebacker to lead the league in tackles. The Houston Bellaire High School product is a finalist for the Stats Peform FCS Jerry Rice Award, which honors the national freshman player of the year. He recorded double-digit tackles seven times, including each of the last six games and totaled 131 stops on the year. Dansby averaged 14.25 tackles in conference play and tied the school record with 19 at Southeastern. - Houston Baptist Football

Sr/2025 ILB Rodney Dansby, North Texas
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  2021 ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Isheem Young, Iowa State, So.,...Fourth on the team in tackles (56) and tied for the team lead with two interceptions. Led the team in takeaways with three and forced a pair of fumbles. Has 106 tackles, five forced fumbles and three interceptions in his career. - Iowa State Football

rSr/2025 SS Isheem Young, North Texas
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  2021 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (COACHES): DT: Roderick Brown, North Texas,...Brown, a 6-1, 285-pounder from North Forney HS, played in 10 games, missing back-to-back wins over Southern Miss and UTEP, and finished the regular season with 19 tackles, four tackles for-loss, three sacks and two forced fumbles. He had a season-high seven tackles and two tackles for-loss against Missouri. - North Texas Football

Sr/2025 DT Roderick Brown, North Texas
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): LS: Nate Durham, Jr., North Texas,...The five players who earned honorable mention status are: junior tackle Jacob Brammer, junior long-snapper Nate Durham, junior kicker Ethan Mooney, redshirt freshman defensive end Grayson Murphy and senior tight end Jason Pirtle. - North Texas Football

Sr/2022 LS Nate Durham, North Texas
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  2021 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (COACHES): OL: Gabe Blair, North Texas,...Blair, a 6-3, 303-pound local product from Texas powerhouse Denton Guyer HS, made his collegiate debut in the team's second game and made his first career start in Game 3 against UAB before starting the next nine games. He and his teammates up front helped pave the way for the nation's third-ranked rushing offense (245.2 ypg). - North Texas Football

Sr/2025 OG Gabe Blair, North Texas
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): K: Ethan Mooney, Jr., North Texas,...The five players who earned honorable mention status are: junior tackle Jacob Brammer, junior long-snapper Nate Durham, junior kicker Ethan Mooney, redshirt freshman defensive end Grayson Murphy and senior tight end Jason Pirtle. - North Texas Football

rSr/2023 K Ethan Mooney, North Texas
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): TE: Jason Pirtle, Sr., North Texas,...The five players who earned honorable mention status are: junior tackle Jacob Brammer, junior long-snapper Nate Durham, junior kicker Ethan Mooney, redshirt freshman defensive end Grayson Murphy and senior tight end Jason Pirtle. - North Texas Football

rSr/2022 FB Jason Pirtle, North Texas
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM (COACHES): LB: KD Davis, Jr., North Texas,...Davis, who led the Mean Green in tackles for the third straight season, was the first UNT player to eclipse the 100-tackle mark in a season since E.J. Ejiya totaled 121 in 2018. He finished the regular season with a conference-leading 107 tackles, 15.5 tackles for-loss (tied for second in C-USA), two fumble recoveries and five sacks. Davis helped the Mean Green start their season-ending five-game win streak to gain bowl eligibility with an eye-popping 18 tackles in the first of those five wins over Rice back on Oct. 30 - the most tackles for a UNT player in a game since at least 2000. - North Texas Football

rSr/2023 ILB KD Davis, North Texas
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DT: Dion Novil, Sr., North Texas,...Novil finished the regular season with 45 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for-loss and three sacks to go with an interception, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, a blocked punt and a blocked PAT. He had a season-high 10 tackles in a win over Rice. Mose has started 47 straight games, mostly at center for the past two seasons, and helped lead the way for the nation's No. 3 rushing offense (245.2 ypg) and the best for UNT since 1959. In the five-game winning streak, the UNT offensive line allowed just one sack. - North Texas Football

rSr/2022 DT Dion Novil, North Texas
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM (COACHES): OL: Manase Mose, Jr., North Texas,...Senior running back DeAndre Torrey, who worked his way into the North Texas record books in several capacities this season, earned second-team honors, along with junior center Manase Mose and senior defensive tackle Dion Novil. - North Texas Football

rSr/2023 C Manase Mose, North Texas
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