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Historic 2025, complete 2026 wipe; Jackson/White floor vs chemistry/D unknowns
American · 2026
North Texas
2025 record 12–2 7–1 conference
Postseason AAC Championship L 34–21 vs Tulane; New Mexico Bowl W 49–47 vs San Diego State
Head coach Neal Brown Year 1
Scheme Brown play-caller
B−
Portal #4 (volume); overall #12 = most portal-dependent
C−
Names fill two-deeps; almost none proven in Denton; LT depth thin on the depth chart
Market odds
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Recruiting ranks
Overall #12 60 commits · 140.9 pts
Portal #4 49 commits· avg 84.41
Roster notes
Zero returning starters after Morris → Oklahoma State took staff + Mestemaker, Hawkins, and WR Wyatt Young
Tayven Jackson (Tennessee / Indiana / UCF)
Jahiem White (WVU; knee surgery 2025)
Corri Milliner (UAB)
Portal-built around Udoka Ezeani (UTEP); returners Brayden Knox / Terrell Washington are the thin holdover DL
Key offense
- 01 Tayven Jackson QB
- Tennessee → Indiana → UCF → NTX
- 2025 (regular season) UCF: 200/315, 2,151 yds, 10 TD, 8 INT
- 54 carries, 85 yds, 3 rushing TD rush in 10 starts
- 02 Jahiem White RB
- West Virginia (reunites with Brown). 2023: 842 yds
- 2024: 844 yds. 2025 (regular season): season-ending knee Week 2 at Ohio
- 24 carries, 133 yds, 3 rushing TD through 2 games (RMU + Ohio). Reported ready for fall camp
- 03 Corri Milliner WR
- UAB → NTX
- ranked among UAB’s top-3 receivers each of the last two seasons
Key defense
- 01 Udoka Ezeani EDGE
- Missouri State → Butler CC → Boise State → UTEP → NTX
- 2025 (regular season) UTEP: 46 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks, 2 FF
- HM All-CUSA
- 02 Brayden Knox DE
- 2025 (regular season): 19 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack in 10 G — top returning DL tackler
- 03 Terrell Washington DT
- 2025 (incl. bowl): played all 14 games
- 13 tackles, 1.0 TFL — experience over production after the DL portal exodus