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    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Land Commitment from Transfer RB Ty Chandler
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • 4 days ago
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Land Commitment from Transfer RB Ty Chandler

    In just its second year of existence, the NCAA transfer portal has added a completely new element to the college football offseason that ...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Harris Barton Named to College Football Hall of Fame
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Harris Barton Named to College Football Hall of Fame

    The 2021 College Football Hall of Fame Class was officially announced on Monday with plenty of ACC flavor, including one former Tar Heel....
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    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Another Veteran to the Transfer Portal
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 8
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Another Veteran to the Transfer Portal

    For the fourth time this week, the Tar Heels have received the news that one of their current players was entering the transfer portal. S...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Tomon Fox Returning in 2021
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 7
    • 1 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tomon Fox Returning in 2021

    In his press conference on Monday, Mack Brown revealed that senior Tomon Fox was weighing his options on whether or not to use his availa...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Receiver to the Transfer Portal
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 6
    • 1 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Receiver to the Transfer Portal

    Tuesday was a big day of attrition for the Tar Heels, as they saw one player declare for the NFL Draft and two other players enter the tr...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Dazz Newsome Declares for the NFL Draft
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 6
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Dazz Newsome Declares for the NFL Draft

    The Tar Heels are in the midst of decision season around their program, as current players on the roster are determining their futures. O...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heel Defensive Line Depth Growing a Little Bit Thinner
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 5
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heel Defensive Line Depth Growing a Little Bit Thinner

    The Tar Heels offseason got underway on Sunday following the conclusion of the season with the loss in the Orange Bowl to Texas A&M. Alth...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Garrett Walston to Return; Tomon Fox Deciding
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Jan 4
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Garrett Walston to Return; Tomon Fox Deciding

    The Tar Heels season came to a conclusion on Saturday and the attention now shifts to the decisions of some important seniors who will ha...
    276 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Three Tar Heels Earn All-American Recognition
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Three Tar Heels Earn All-American Recognition

    The Associated Press released their 2020 All-American teams on Monday morning and for the first time since the 2015 season it has some Ta...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Javonte Williams Adds His Name to Those Sitting Out Orange Bowl
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Javonte Williams Adds His Name to Those Sitting Out Orange Bowl

    The Tar Heels offense that takes the field next Saturday for the program’s first Orange Bowl appearance ever won’t quite be as powerful a...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose OT to the Transfer Portal
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose OT to the Transfer Portal

    Earlier this afternoon, the Tar Heels lost one of their offensive tackles to the transfer portal. As first reported by Tar Heel Illustrat...
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    Heel Tough Blog: All-ACC Teams Revealed; Javonte Williams Spurned First Team Honors
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: All-ACC Teams Revealed; Javonte Williams Spurned First Team Honors

    On Tuesday morning the ACC revealed it’s official All-ACC teams for the 2020 football season. Despite the Tar Heels landing the most firs...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Two Tar Heels Officially Enter the Transfer Portal
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Two Tar Heels Officially Enter the Transfer Portal

    The main news of the day on Monday was the announcement that three Tar Heels will sit out the bowl to prepare for the NFL Draft, but that...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Three Tar Heels Announce They'll Forego the Orange Bowl, Enter Draft
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Three Tar Heels Announce They'll Forego the Orange Bowl, Enter Draft

    Following the Tar Heels win over the Miami Hurricanes, there was some speculation that a group of players would sit out the team’s upcomi...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Heading to Orange Bowl to Face Texas A&M
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Heading to Orange Bowl to Face Texas A&M

    Following the senior day overtime loss to NC State back on November 24, 2018, the Tar Heels were tasked with finding a new head coach and...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Which Tar Heel Semifinalist Has the Best Chance to Take Home an Award?
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Which Tar Heel Semifinalist Has the Best Chance to Take Home an Award?

    Many of college football’s most prestigious awards announced their watch lists on Monday and the Tar Heels four guys who are finalists fo...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Reportedly Set Home-and-Home With Purdue
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Reportedly Set Home-and-Home With Purdue

    It was a news packed day around Tar Heel athletics and one of the pieces of news that many may have completely missed was the fact that t...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Three Seniors to Return for 2021
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Three Seniors to Return for 2021

    The 2020 football season has been a weird one to say the least. In the offseason, the NCAA put in a rule that allowed any player to recei...
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    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Another Defensive Back to the Transfer Portal
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Tar Heels Lose Another Defensive Back to the Transfer Portal

    You read that headline right: the Tar Heels have had yet another member of their defensive backfield enter the transfer portal as of Thur...
    836 views0 comments
    Heel Tough Blog: Readjusted Schedule Could Help Tar Heels
    Anthony Pagnotta
    • Nov 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heel Tough Blog: Readjusted Schedule Could Help Tar Heels

    For the second time this season, the Tar Heels have had an adjustment made to their 2020 schedule. On Monday afternoon, it was announced ...
    266 views0 comments
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