The UTEP football team inked 17 student-athletes during National Signing Day on Wednesday.
Out of the 17 signees, four are junior college transfers and 13 are high school athletes. A total of seven offensive and 10 defensive players make up the roster of the 2017 signing class.
Sean Kugler once again recruited local talent signing five El Paso natives. In the five seasons since taking over as head coach of the Miners, Kugler has signed a total of 22 athletes from the Sun City (2013: four, 2014: two, 2015: four, 2016: seven, 2017: five). This will put UTEP at 35 El Paso natives on the roster, making one-third of the team homegrown talent.