North Texas quarterback DaMarcus Smith is no longer a part of the program. Head coach Seth Littrel confirmed on Thursday the leading passer for the Mean Green last fall has move don from the program. No reason for his departure was given for his departure from the program.
Smith was the leading passer for North Texas last year after taking over the offense. Appearing in 10 games, Smith completed 46.7 percent of his passes for 1,010 yards and eight touchdowns with five interceptions. A junior, Smith was expected to be the top quarterback in the spring and favored to have the starting job heading into fall. With Smith no longer in the picture, North Texas will return just one player who has attempted a pass and open the spring with three quarterbacks currently on the roster.
“We have some ideas of what we want to do at quarterback,” Littrell said, according to the Denton Record-Chronicle. “The first thing we will do is evaluate what we have in that room. The second thing is we will recruit quarterbacks each and every year.”