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Read our coverage of the
men's basketball team
Dodge has high hopes for his second recruiting class
Continued from page 1
The nine defensive backs
are what the head coach and
newly hired defensive coordi-
nator Gary DeLoach are most
excited about.
Last year's Mean Green
defense ranked toward the
bottom of every major defen-
sive category in Division I-A
football.
Newly converted defensive
back James Hamilton, who was
a quarterback while playing
for Cedar Hill High School,
earned high praise from his
new head coach.
"He's one of the best foot-
ball players I've seen in a long
time," Todd Dodge said.
With such departures as
defensive leaders Maurice
l lolman, Aaron Weathers and
Jeremiah Chapman to gradua-
tion, the new look for the 2008
NT defense will feature plenty
of underclassmen.
Because DeLoach was hired
two weeks ago with a detailed
recruiting plan from the other
coaches already in place,
he had little say about the
incoming defensive recruits.
Recruiting coordinator
Chuck Petersen said DeLoach
was pleased with all of his
head coach's choices.
"[DeLoach] didn't come in
and say, 'I don't want this guy' or
'I want somebody else,"' Petersen
said. "He was committed to the
kids we were committed to."
On the offensive side, Haltom
High School running back
Lance Dunbar and Arlington
Martin High School running
back Jeremi Mathis will help
NT fill the rushing vacancy left
by graduating senior Jamario
Thomas.
"We nailed it exactly with
these running backs in what we
wanted," Todd Dodge said.
Looking to upgrade an
already promising spread
offense, he discussed the
depth among the incoming
receivers.
Forrest Rucker from Iíearne
High School averaged 15.2
yards per catch last season.
Todd Dodge was particularly
impressed with Rucker's speed
off the line of scrimmage.
"[Rucker] is one of those
guys who is open before the
ball is even snapped," he
said.
Receiver Willie Taylor from
Hillcrest High School also
drew considerable praise
from his new head coach, who
likened his skills to that of
Casey Fitzgerald, the Mean
Green's most valuable player
last season.
Many of the 26 incoming
players played in state champi-
onships, with most of them on
the winning side, which Todd
Dodge said he hopes will boost
NT for years to come, espe-
cially after the Mean Green
finished 2-10 in 2007.
"All they've ever done is
win," he said. "They've seen
something special happening
here even though we've had
disappointments last year."
What Todd Dodge enjoyed
most about National Signing
Day wasn't the additions of
new talent but rather the
scholarships the university
is able to give to the student
athletes.
"We tell our players through
the recruiting process that
because of their God-given
ability and hard work and
parents' and coaches' support
of them through the years,
that we're basically able to
give a $100,000 gift to their
family today," he said. "And
that's very special for those
families."
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