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Heel Tough Blog: 2026 Projected Depth Chart Heading Into Fall Camp
Jaylynn Nash- Getty Images Thursday is the start of fall camp for the Tar Heels as they get prepared for an extremely important season for Bill Belichick and his staff in Chapel Hill. Heading into the first practice of the fall, here is our projected depth chart for the season opener against TCU. Offense QB # 9 Billy Edwards Jr., Gr. # 8 Miles O’Neill, So. # 3 Travis Burgess, Fr. #10 Au’Tori Newkirk, RFr. #18 Andres Miyares Jr., So. #15 DJ Mazzone, So. RB # 0 Demon June, So.

Anthony Pagnotta
7 days ago3 min read


Heel Tough Blog: 2026 Position Previews- DL
@uncfootball- Instagram With official visits done for the summer, it is time to turn our attention back to the 2026 team. We’ll do so by giving you our in-depth position previews for this season where we do a deep dive on each position room as we wait for fall camp to start. We continue by shifting over to the defensive side of the football where we’ll take a look at a unit that provides some nice promise for this upcoming season, the defensive line. Everything in this room b

Anthony Pagnotta
Jul 215 min read


Heel Tough Blog: 2026 Position Previews- WR
@1k.shipp- Instagram With official visits done for the summer, it is time to turn our attention back to the 2026 team. We’ll do so by giving you our in-depth position previews for this season where we do a deep dive on each position room as we wait for fall camp to start. We continue our look at the offensive side of the ball with the team’s wide receiving corps, which is set to be much more explosive and productive than a year ago. Everything in this room starts with junior

Anthony Pagnotta
Jul 104 min read


Heel Tough Blog: VCU Preview (NCAA Tournament - First Round)
Chris Seward - AP It’s game day for Carolina Basketball, as they open NCAA Tournament play tonight against VCU, as the Tar Heels are hoping to advance to the second round for the first time since the 2024 Big Dance. The Tar Heels enter tonight’s game having suffered back-to-back losses after a 5-1 start without Caleb Wilson, who is sidelined for the remainder of the season, after breaking his thumb in a freak injury while dunking the basketball. The two-game losing streak is

Joshua Marlow
Mar 194 min read


Heel Tough Blog: UNC Earns #6 Seed in South Region
@UNC_Basketball During Sunday’s Selection Show, the Tar Heels learned their 2026 NCAA Tournament fate, earning a #6 seed in the South Region. The Tar Heels will play VCU on Thursday, in Greenville, South, the same place Carolina started their run to the 2017 national championship. The VCU Rams made their way to the Big Dance after winning the A-10 Tournament. According to the NCAA Tournament selection committee, had the Rams not won the A-10, they would not have been in the N

Joshua Marlow
Mar 151 min read
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