The Miners signed their largest recruiting class under head coach Dana Dimel with 39 new student-athletes set to join the program in 2023.
Thirteen of those 39 put the pen to paper on National Signing Day and Dimel said he expects many to jump into key roles for their team come this fall.
"There's probably only three to four guys that I think are going to be guys that would want to redshirt this year, in order to develop," said Dimel. "The other 34 guys could come in and help us right away."
Two players from the Borderland will stay home and wear the orange and blue next year, Parkland offensive lineman Tyrone McDuffie III signed with the miners back in December. And Wednesday, Pebble Hills wide receiver Jalile Bost accepted a preferred walk-on spot with the Miners.
"It kind of happened late so they just didn't talk to me and gave me a preferred walk-on, so I took it," said Bost. "It's home. I really wanted to go UTEP, so it made me excited."
The full list of 39 is below:
- Da’Shawn Adams WR 6-0 180 Fr. Brookshire, Texas/Royal High School
- AJ Barton OL 6-5 280 Fr. Garland, Texas/Lakeview Centennial High School
- Chase Bibler DL 6-4 260 Jr. Fresno, Calif./Fresno City College
- Jalile Bost WR 5-11 155 Fr. El Paso, Texas/Pebble Hills High School
- Elijah Boyd TE 6-4 250 So. Fairfield, Calif./Contra Costa College
- Kenny Byrd LB 6-0 225 Jr. York, S.C./Northeast Mississippi CC
- Stefan Cameron CB 5-11 185 Jr. St. Louis, Mo./Foothill College
- Joshua Dye RB 5-11 202 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz./Willaims Field High School
- Josiah Dye DB 6-1 185 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz./Willaims Field High School
- Nate Dyman LB 6-2 223 Jr. Missouri City, Texas/Blinn College
- Judah Ezinwa TE 6-3 240 So. Fontana, Calif./Mt. SAC (San Antonio College)
- Mike Franklin RB 6-2 225 Jr. Daphne, Ala./Contra Costa College
- Javoni Gardere WR 6-0 195 r-So. Dublin, Calif/Diablo Valley College
- Qu’Ran Gossett RB 5-11 215 Fr. Santa Barbara, Calif./Bishop Diego High School
- Jake Hall LB 6-2 230 Jr. San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Orange Coast College
- Jayce Hunter DB 6-0 185 Jr. Mission Viejo, Calif./Saddleback College
- Kadarion Johnson DL 6-1 300 Jr. Houston, Texas/Kilgore College
- Ezell Jolly RB 5-9 180 Fr. Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point High School
- Joey Lightfoot DL 6-3 305 Fr. College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated
- Dimitri Madden DL 6-3 287 Jr. Lewisham, London, England/NMMI
- Tyrone D. McDuffie III OL 6-4 300 Fr. El Paso, Texas/Parkland High School
- Oscar Moore S 6-1 208 Jr. Eaton, Texas/Kilgore College
- Seth Mouser QB 6-5 200 Fr. Bastrop, Texas/Bastrop High School
- AJ Odums CB 5-11 175 Jr. Houston, Texas/New Mexico
- Josh Phillips LB 6-3 220 Jr. Grenada, Miss./Mississippi Gulf Coast
- TangiTangi Pongia OL 6-3 290 Jr. San Diego, Calif./ Cisco College
- Viontay Robinson DL 6-1 262 Jr. Waco, Texas/Navarro College
- Lantz Russell DB 6-3 220 Jr. Riverside, Calif./Mt. SAC (San Antonio College)
- Nick Scalise OL 6-6 308 Jr. El Dorado Hills, Calif./Sierra College
- Dre Spriggs WR 6-2 180 r-So. San Antonio, Texas/UTSA
- RaQuan Thompson DL 6-3 320 Jr. Killeen, Texas/Blinn Junior College
- Jaquan Toney OL 6-4 301 Jr. Huntsville, Ala./Northeast Mississippi CC
- Daryon Triche RB 5-9 190 r-So. Cedar Hill, Texas/Sam Houston
- Jake Utley OL 6-6 315 Fr. College Station, Texas/College Station High School
- Kanious Vaughn DE 6-2 223 So. San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback College
- Marcus Vinson TE 6-4 255 So. Duncanville, Texas/Kilgore College
- Matt Wann DE 6-2 235 Jr. Fullerton, Calif./Santa Ana College
- Jackson Weng WR 6-2 210 Fr. Orange, Calif./Orange Lutheran High School
- Jaleal Williams-Evans DB 6-1 200 So. Berkeley, Calif./City College of San Francisco
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