@greg3smith- Instagram Yesterday, the Tar Heels lost a promising piece to the transfer portal, but it appears that may no longer be the case. As first reported by Inside Carolina on Thursday morning, the Tar Heels are expected to retain defensive back Greg Smith after he entered the transfer portal yesterday. He still has three years of eligibility remaining at the college level. Smith, who transferred in from Florida last offseason, will return to Chapel Hill after a redshir

Lance King- Getty Images Over the weekend, the Tar Heels lost two impactful defensive players to the portal and on Wednesday the team lost another promising young player on that side of the ball. As first reported by Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports/Rivals, Tar Heel defensive back Greg Smith is entering the transfer portal. He will have three years of eligibility remaining wherever he lands. Smith, who transferred in from Florida last offseason, is leaving Chapel Hill after just o

Jaylynn Nash- Getty Images The Tar Heels have been doing some significant work in the transfer portal in the past week, as they have landed 10 commitments, including some at important positions of need. Even though they have addressed certain positions, there are still some areas that they need to add more to before this portal cycle closes. Here is a look at how we would use the seven scholarship spots that we believe remain for the Tar Heels. 1 Offensive Lineman The Tar Hee

Bob Donnan- Imagn Images In the midst of all the portal commits and portal entries, there was a big re-signing for the Tar Heels that took place as well on Sunday. As the football program announced earlier this afternoon, the Tar Heels have agreed to a new deal with defensive tackle Isaiah Johnson to keep him in Chapel Hill for this upcoming season. Like with the other players who have re-signed, the terms of the deal are not made public at this time. Johnson, who transferred

@donovan.klp- Instagram After a couple of days full of bad news along the defensive line, the Tar Heels have just landed a big commitment at edge rusher. As announced by the Tar Heel football program on Sunday afternoon, the team has picked up a commitment and signed Richmond transfer edge rusher Donovan Hoillette. He will have one year of eligibility remaining. Holiette, who measures in at 6’4, 245 lbs., is coming off of a five year stint with Richmond where he played in 40

Katherine Gawlik- Icon Sportswire Defensive tackle was the one spot on the Tar Heels’ roster that felt secure coming into the offseason, but after the last two days, that is no longer the case. After losing CJ Mims to the transfer portal on Saturday, the team got the news on Sunday that fellow defensive tackle D’Antre Robinson is leaving the team, as well, and heading to the transfer portal. He will have two years of eligibility remaining at the college level wherever he land

Ben Jackson- Getty Images/Justin Ford- Getty Images Entering Sunday, the Tar Heels had just two scholarship tight ends with any college playing experience on the roster, but that changed quickly. It started overnight in the wee hours of the morning when the team landed Ohio State transfer Jelani Thurman and continued later in the morning when Texas transfer Jordan Washington committed to the program. Thurman will have two years of eligibility remaining, while Washington has t

Gus Stark- LSU Athletics When the Tar Heels lost kicker Guytano Bartolomeo to the portal earlier this week, it became important that they brought in another kicker to compete with true freshman David Green. On Saturday, the team did just that in the form of an LSU transfer kicker that earned second team All-SEC and Freshman All-SEC honors in 2024. As announced by the football program on Saturday evening, the Tar Heels have signed Aeron Burrell to be a part of their kicker roo

John Byrum- Icon Sportswire The Tar Heels were in need of at least one more commitment along the offensive line and they have just picked up another commitment. As first reported by Pete Nakos of On3 Sports/Rivals, the Tar Heels have picked up a commitment from Clemson transfer IOL Rowan Byrne. He will have four years of eligibility remaining. Byrne, who measures in at 6’5, 295 lbs., transferred from Clemson after spending just one season with the program. This season, he saw

Lance King- Getty Images The one position that the Tar Heels felt most comfortable about coming into this offseason was the defensive tackle spot because of the four-man rotation that the team used there this season expected to return. On Saturday, though, the team lost one of those four to the portal. As first reported by Steve Wiltfong and Pete Nakos of On3 Sports/Rivals, Tar Heels defensive tackle CJ Mims has entered his name into the transfer portal according to his reps.

Rich Barnes- Imagn Images As we talked about last night, linebacker was still a position of need for the Tar Heels, but they addressed that on Saturday afternoon. As first reported by Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports/Rivals, the Tar Heels have landed a commitment from Syracuse LB Derek McDonald following his visit to campus back on Monday. He has one season of eligibility remaining. McDonald, who measures in at 6’4, 230 lbs., is coming off a successful five year stint with the Syr

Bryant Bennett- Getty Images It’s no secret that the Tar Heels are in need of more help at the linebacker position and that remains true after the news that they received on Friday evening. As first reported by Chris Hummer and Matt Zenitz of 247Sports, Tar Heel linebacker Mikai Gbayor has entered the transfer portal. He will have one year remaining wherever he lands if he can get a waiver from the NCAA. Gbayor spent just one season with the Tar Heels after transferring from

Wesley Hitt- Getty Images After weeks of speculation that Bobby Petrino was going to be the Tar Heels next offensive coordinator, the football program made his hire official on Friday afternoon. Petrino comes to Chapel Hill from his second stint with the Arkansas Razorbacks where he started as the offensive coordinator before taking over as the interim head coach this season. Last year, as the offensive coordinator, the Razorbacks averaged 30.9 points, 459.5 yards of total of

@the_jacqawn_mcroy- Instagram The Tar Heels have been in need of more help along the offensive line and on Friday morning the team made another down there. As first reported by Andrew Jones of TarHeel247, the Tar Heels have landed a commitment from Arkansas transfer OL Shaq McRoy, who will reunite with new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino. He should have three years of eligibility remaining. McRoy, who measures in at 6’8, 344 lbs., spent this past season with Arkansas afte

Dan Squicciarni- NurPhoto After a quiet last 36 hours in the transfer portal for the Tar Heels, the team has picked up its latest portal commitment and it is one that fills a need that popped back up this season when they lost one of their commits to another school. As first reported by Inside Carolina, the Tar Heels have landed a commitment from Lehigh transfer wide receiver Mason Humphrey. He will have one year of eligibility remaining. Humphrey, who measures in at 6’4, 215

@peytonseelman.n- Instagram The Tar Heels haven’t made many additions in this portal cycle that have excited but the one they made on Tuesday night sure did. As first reported by Inside Carolina, Richmond transfer LB Peyton Seelmann has committed to the team following a visit to campus that concluded on Monday. He has two years of eligibility remaining. Seelmann, who measures in at 6’1, 225 lbs., spent the last two seasons in Richmond, playing in 25 games across the two seaso

Bryan M. Bennett- Getty Images On Tuesday morning, the Tar Heels re-signed the leader of their defense and now the team has done the same with the leader of the offense. As announced by the football program on Tuesday, the team has re-signed with the team for the 2026 season. The full details of the deal are not currently being reported to the public. Shipp, who has two years of eligibility remaining, is coming off of a sophomore season where he led the Tar Heels in every maj

Bryan Bennett- Getty Images There is a steady flow of commitments coming into the Tar Heel football program right now but there is also a slower stream of players exiting the program. As first reported on Tuesday by Inside Carolina, the Tar Heels are losing freshman kicker Guytano Bartolomeo to portal. He will have four years of eligibility remaining wherever he lands. Bartolomeo will depart Chapel Hill after just one season with the program where he did not see a single snap

Tommy Gilligan- Imagn Images The Tar Heels are off and rolling with commitments from the portal today and one of those targets to commit is a former Power 4 starting corner who is wrapping up his trip to Chapel Hill on Tuesday. As first reported by Andrew Jones of TarHeel247, the Tar Heels have added a commitment in the transfer portal from Michigan State transfer DB Ade Willie as he concluded his official visit to the school this morning. He has one year of eligibility remai

University of North Carolina While the Tatr Heels continue to add to the roster for next season via the transfer portal, they are also working to retain key players from last year’s roster, and today they secured the return of pass rusher, Melkart Abou-Jaoude, who enjoyed a stellar 2025 campaign, after transferring in last year.  He totaled 47 total tackles last year, including 12 tackles for loss, along with 10.5 sacks, which led the ACC, on his way to earning conference hon