@jaidenpatterson_- 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 shut down our look at the defensive side of the football with a look at the room that probably boasts the biggest question marks heading into the season, the defensive backs. The team has to repla

Jim Dedmon- Imagn Images After a relatively quiet offseason off the field as compared to last year, UNC announced in a release this morning that general manager Michael Lombardi has been placed on paid administrative leave, effective immediately. The decision does not come from the athletic department or the football program, but rather UNC Vice Chancellor for Communications and Marketing Dean Stoyer. According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, the leave stems from a HR complaint by a

Evan Hinshaw- UNC Athletics 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 with a look at a linebacker room that had to undergo a good bit of change this offseason after some significant departures. Two transfers are expected to start for the team again this seas

Thursday was the start of NFL training camps around the league, meaning 30 former Tar Heels will begin their pursuit of spots on 53-man roster across the 32 teams. To get you ready for preseason football, here’s where we think each player stands heading into their respective camps and if we believe they end up making a roster this year. Eric Canha- Imagn Images Locks (9) WR Josh Downs- Indianapolis Colts LB Cedric Gray- Tennessee Titans RB Omarion Hampton- Los Angeles Charger

@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

Jim Dedmon- Imagn Images On Friday, the Tar Heels made their yearly venture to ACC Kickoff in Charlotte as Coach Bill Belichick, defensive end Melkart Abou-Jaoude, center Christo Kelly and wide receiver Jordan Shipp spoke to the media throughout the day. While there may not be nearly as much buzz as there was last year around the head coach and the program as a whole, there were still plenty of storylines that cropped up throughout the day. Here’s a look at the most intriguin

@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 finish our look at the offensive side of the ball with the position room that brings the most question marks on the entire team, the offensive line. Heading into the season, there is very little in ter

@uncfootball- Instagram With the Tar Heels just 47 days away from kicking off the 2026 season in the Aer Lingus Classic against TCU, fall camp is just on the horizon. On Monday, the team announced when they will open training camp later this month. Per a release from the program earlier this afternoon, they will begin camp on Thursday, July 30th in Chapel Hill, which is 30 days from the opener. The team will begin camp with a mandatory seven-day period where they will not be

@jjshmunny- 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 position room that might just be the best on this side of the ball this season, the tight ends. No room has received more praise this offseaso

@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

@millennium_football- Instagram After committing to Bill Belichick and the Tar Heels back in early June, one of the team’s 3✮ interior offensive line commits has flipped to another school. As he announced via social media on Monday evening, 2027 3✮ IOL Lauifi Tosi has flipped his commitment from UNC to Stanford following a renewed push from the Cardinal over the course of the past month. This decommitment doesn’t come as much of a shock. Shortly following his commitment to Ch

@demonjunee- 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 a look at the running back room, one that hopes to provide more consistency than a year ago. The leader of the room still feels like it is going

@milesoneilll- 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 begin with one of the more interesting position groups again this season: the quarterbacks. When the Tar Heels first started looking at quarterbacks in the transfer portal, there was hope that the tea

@chadwillis5k- Instagram While things may have quieted down a bit on the 2027 recruiting front with official visits coming to an end, the Tar Heels still remain one of the hotter teams on the trail. On Wednesday evening, the Tar Heels completed another flip, as 2027 3✮ WR Chad Willis switched his commitment from Cincinnati to UNC. The flip comes after Willis took an official visit to Chapel Hill back on the weekend of June 19th where the Tar Heels did enough to hold off what

@wi1s0n- Instagram The Tar Heels have started to add some significant headliners to the 2027 class and they did so once again on Friday afternoon. As he announced via live stream on social media, 2027 4✮ LB Theo Wilson has committed to UNC over offers from LSU, Louisville and Virginia. Wilson officially visited Chapel Hill back on the weekend of June 12th, where the Tar Heels took a significant lead for him, something that they held onto despite his last minute decision to o

@thejaidenlindsay- Instagram With three recent commitments for the Tar Heels on the interior of the offensive line, there was some thought that the team might be full there in this class. As Monday proved, that wasn’t quite the case. As he announced via social media earlier this evening, 2027 3✮ IOL Jaiden Lindsay has flipped his commitment to Bill Belichick and the Tar Heels from Colorado following an official visit to Chapel Hill over the weekend. That visit followed an off

@AmarePatterson- Twitter The Tar Heels lost a commitment from 3✮ slot receiver Skylar Robinson on Friday and it took them just one day to replace him. As he announced via live stream on the CBS Sports College Football YouTube channel, 2027 4✮ WR Amare Patterson has committed to the Tar Heels over fellow finalists Georgia, Georgia Tech and South Carolina. The Tar Heels became a serious contender for Patterson immediately following his offer back on May 26th. That weekend, he w

@skylarrobinson7- Instagram After being committed to UNC for a year and a half, 2027 3✮ WR Skylar Robinson has officially decommitted from the program. The report came from Inside Carolina on Friday afternoon, but was something that has been expected for a while. His commitment back in January 2025 came on the heels of his brother transferring into the Tar Heel program through the portal. After one season with the program where he appears in just one game, his brother, Jason

@showtime.nas- Instagram The Tar Heels hot streak just continues to get hotter exiting their penultimate official visit weekend of the summer. As first reported by Inside Carolina, 2027 3✮ CB Nazir Pitchford has flipped his commitment to UNC from Kansas following a visit to Chapel Hill over the weekend. The flip comes exactly one week after he committed to the Jayhawks following his official visit there last weekend. Pitchford, the No. 892 overall prospect and No. 92 cornerba

@tn1_ant- Instagram The Tar Heels are one of the hottest teams on the 2027 recruiting trail after a huge Sunday of commitments. After landing 4✮ EDGE Brayden Booth and 3✮ DL Kaiden Robinson-Vickers, the Tar Heels have now added a commitment from one of their top wide receiver targets in the class as of this evening. As first reported by Inside Carolina, 2027 3✮ WR Anthony Williams committed to the Tar Heels on Sunday evening following an official visit to campus last weekend.