One of the infamous statements about the state of the UNT football program last season came late in the year when head coach Dan McCarney said that he and his staff didn’t feel comfortable running a nickle package due to the fact the team didn’t have enough defensive backs it was comfortable rolling out there in a game.
I bring it up because times have changed.
UNT brought in a key cornerback recruit or two and continued to develop a walk-on now on scholarship who is getting a long look in fall practice. We will have a story on that former walk-on in tomorrow’s paper and on our website here in a few minutes.
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