University of North Texas Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Jersey Number 12
Dylan Arnett
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-9 / 235
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, IL
- High School:
- DePaul College Prep
- Prev School:
- Cleveland State
Last Updated March 17, 2026
Career Highs
Points: 20 (2x)
Rebounds: 15, at Purdue Fort Wayne (1/30/25)
Assists: 5, vs Mt. St. Joseph (12/21/22)
Steals: 3 (4x)
Blocks: 4, vs Northern Ky. (3/6/25)
Minutes: 38, at Rice (2/4/26)
Honors
2025 Horizon League All-Conference Third Team
2025 Horizon League All-Defensive Team
2025-26
Team captain...Played in and started in all 33 games for North Texas...Averaged 7.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game...Had four double-doubles...Led the team in blocks with 32,,,Just the sixth player in program history to have 30+ blocks and 30+ steals in a single season..Scored in double figures 12 times...Scored a season-high 14 points three times...Grabbed a season high 13 rebounds on Nov. 30 in win versus Prairie View...Made a buzzer beating jump shot to beat Loyola Chicago on Nov. 9...Had 14 points and 12 rebounds in win at UTSA on Feb. 7...Had 12 points and 12 rebounds at Oregon State on Nov. 12...Scored 12 points versus Santa Clara on Dec. 17...Scored 14 points in 21 minutes in win at Temple on Feb. 15...Was 7-of-10 from the floor at Tulsa on Jan. 28...Was third on the team in assists with 44...Was fourth on the team in steals with 31...Joined the 800-point, 600-rebound club in win over Memphis on Feb. 12...Made his 100th consecutive start on Feb. 25 at Charlotte
2024-25 (Cleveland State)
Horizon League All-Conference Third Team...Voted to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team...Played and started in all 36 games... Averaged 11.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.3 blocks per game and shot 61.6 percent from the floor...Was one of just three players in the nation to have that stat line or better...Blocked 46 shots, which was the seventh most single season blocks in program history...More than doubled his scoring average from the previous season...Scored in double figures 22 times and scored a season high 20 points twice...Had 10+ rebounds eight times and a season high 15 rebounds on Jan. 30 versus Purdue Fort Wayne in a 68-58 win...Had five double doubles on the year...Had a season high four blocks in their Horizon League Tournament first round win over Northern Kentucky on March 6...Was 10-of-11 from the floor at Wright State on Feb. 27...Had eight offensive rebounds on Nov. 4 at Michigan
2023-24 (Cleveland State)
Played in and started all 36 games...Averaged 21.8 minutes per game...Averaged 3.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game...Shot 65 percent from the field...Recorded season highs in points (14) and field goals made (8) in regular season finale vs. IUPUI on March 2...Registered season-high 12 rebounds at Youngstown State in Horizon League Tournament on March 7...Recorded six double-digit scoring performances and two double-digit rebounding games...Logged his first career double-double on Feb. 3 at Oakland with 10 points and 12 rebounds
2022-23 (Cleveland State)
Played in 20 games...Averaged 4.7 minutes per contest...Registered a season high three points against Mount St. Joseph on Dec. 21...Had eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks against Mount St. Joseph on Dec. 21
High School
Named First Team All-State by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association to conclude his senior season in 2021-22...Received a 2022 Chicago Sun-Times All-City Third Team selection to go with First Team All-Catholic League honors...Led his team to a third-place finish at the Class 2A Illinois State Championships in 2022...His DePaul College Prep squad was ranked No. 1 in the state of Illinois for much of his time playing with the program...In 2020-21, Arnett was also named the Chicagoland Prep Hoops Sixth Man of the Year as a junior...Competed for the Illinois Wolves, where he won the Under Armour Association AAU Championships in 2021
Career Highs
Points: 20 (2x)
Rebounds: 15, at Purdue Fort Wayne (1/30/25)
Assists: 5, vs Mt. St. Joseph (12/21/22)
Steals: 3 (4x)
Blocks: 4, vs Northern Ky. (3/6/25)
Minutes: 38, at Rice (2/4/26)
Honors
2025 Horizon League All-Conference Third Team
2025 Horizon League All-Defensive Team
2025-26
Team captain...Played in and started in all 33 games for North Texas...Averaged 7.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game...Had four double-doubles...Led the team in blocks with 32,,,Just the sixth player in program history to have 30+ blocks and 30+ steals in a single season..Scored in double figures 12 times...Scored a season-high 14 points three times...Grabbed a season high 13 rebounds on Nov. 30 in win versus Prairie View...Made a buzzer beating jump shot to beat Loyola Chicago on Nov. 9...Had 14 points and 12 rebounds in win at UTSA on Feb. 7...Had 12 points and 12 rebounds at Oregon State on Nov. 12...Scored 12 points versus Santa Clara on Dec. 17...Scored 14 points in 21 minutes in win at Temple on Feb. 15...Was 7-of-10 from the floor at Tulsa on Jan. 28...Was third on the team in assists with 44...Was fourth on the team in steals with 31...Joined the 800-point, 600-rebound club in win over Memphis on Feb. 12...Made his 100th consecutive start on Feb. 25 at Charlotte
2024-25 (Cleveland State)
Horizon League All-Conference Third Team...Voted to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team...Played and started in all 36 games... Averaged 11.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.3 blocks per game and shot 61.6 percent from the floor...Was one of just three players in the nation to have that stat line or better...Blocked 46 shots, which was the seventh most single season blocks in program history...More than doubled his scoring average from the previous season...Scored in double figures 22 times and scored a season high 20 points twice...Had 10+ rebounds eight times and a season high 15 rebounds on Jan. 30 versus Purdue Fort Wayne in a 68-58 win...Had five double doubles on the year...Had a season high four blocks in their Horizon League Tournament first round win over Northern Kentucky on March 6...Was 10-of-11 from the floor at Wright State on Feb. 27...Had eight offensive rebounds on Nov. 4 at Michigan
2023-24 (Cleveland State)
Played in and started all 36 games...Averaged 21.8 minutes per game...Averaged 3.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game...Shot 65 percent from the field...Recorded season highs in points (14) and field goals made (8) in regular season finale vs. IUPUI on March 2...Registered season-high 12 rebounds at Youngstown State in Horizon League Tournament on March 7...Recorded six double-digit scoring performances and two double-digit rebounding games...Logged his first career double-double on Feb. 3 at Oakland with 10 points and 12 rebounds
2022-23 (Cleveland State)
Played in 20 games...Averaged 4.7 minutes per contest...Registered a season high three points against Mount St. Joseph on Dec. 21...Had eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks against Mount St. Joseph on Dec. 21
High School
Named First Team All-State by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association to conclude his senior season in 2021-22...Received a 2022 Chicago Sun-Times All-City Third Team selection to go with First Team All-Catholic League honors...Led his team to a third-place finish at the Class 2A Illinois State Championships in 2022...His DePaul College Prep squad was ranked No. 1 in the state of Illinois for much of his time playing with the program...In 2020-21, Arnett was also named the Chicagoland Prep Hoops Sixth Man of the Year as a junior...Competed for the Illinois Wolves, where he won the Under Armour Association AAU Championships in 2021
Broadcast Highlights vs Rice | Mean Green MBB
Thursday, March 05
MBB Postgame Press Conference | UNT vs. Rice
Thursday, March 05
Broadcast Highlights vs FAU | Mean Green MBB
Monday, February 23
MBB Postgame Press Conference | UNT vs. FAU
Monday, February 23


