North Texas loses pair of starters to transfer portal

The transfer portal continues to chip away star players from G5 programs across the state as North Texas starters Jyaire Shorter and Larry Nixon III declared on social media. Shorter, a junior wide receiver from Killeen Ellison, caught 11 touchdown passes on 23 receptions a year ago. He averaged 27.3 yards a catch. Nixon is a linebacker who finished with 105 tackles last year, second on the team behind KD Dixon. 

North Texas is heading into the 2023 season with a first-year head coach in Eric Morris. The Mean Green fired Seth Littrell a year ago after reaching the C-USA championship game. They now play in the American Athletic Conference.