UTEP football inked 17 new student-athletes to their roster for the 2017 season on National Signing Day, which took place Feb. 1. Out of the 17 new comers, only three of the players were rated 3-star athletes or better.
However, Kugler does not care for the number of stars by his recruits or the ratings they receive coming out of high school. He looks for who they are as a person first and what their character says about them before he even thinks about putting on their highlight films.
“I know that everybody in this day and age gets caught up in the star system and recruiting services and recruiting rankings.