Jacolby Criswell has had one of the most unusual career paths of any player in North Carolina football history. He signed with the Tar Heels out of high school, spent three years in Chapel Hill, transferred away for one year, then transferred back for the 2024 campaign.
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Just in the last 14 years, though, the Tar Heels have produced the four best NFL quarterback prospects in the history of their program: (in chronological order) TJ Yates, Mitch Trubisky, Sam Howell and Drake Maye.
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One of the most highly recruited players on the UNC roster, Hampton was considered among the top five high school seniors in North Carolina and among the top 10 prep running backs in the nation in 2021, when he rushed for 1,948 yards and 39 touchdowns on 161 carries (12.1 yards per carry) for Cleveland High School in Clayton.
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While Harrell definitely showed his remarkable athleticism and running ability (17 carries for 74 yards before subtractions for sacks) against the Mountaineers, including raw speed and quick acceleration rarely seen from any UNC quarterback, he simply didn’t look comfortable on most passing plays.
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Carolina’s extremely experienced six-man rotation in 2023 reflected at least a little bit of quality offensive line depth, a relatively uncommon phenomenon in college football and an extreme rarity in Chapel Hill in recent decades.
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UNC Football head coach Mack Brown recently joined Chapelboro columnist David Glenn for an interview on the North Carolina Sports Network.
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On the same weekend when legendary North Carolina soccer coach Anson Dorrance announced his retirement, the university’s athletic program was at risk of a rarity: being shut out of gold medals at the Summer Olympics.
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame now includes 378 members. Even within that illustrious group, North Carolina’s own Julius Peppers is truly one of a kind.
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Nearly 1,000 National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes, representing more than 200 universities and more than 100 countries, are participating in the 2024 Summer Olympics in France
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When the Atlantic Coast Conference was the wealthiest college sports league in America, which was the case for most of the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, its member schools won a lot of national championships.
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