Heel Tough Blog: 2026 Projected Depth Chart Heading Into Fall Camp

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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.

# 5 Kaleb Jackson, Jr.

# 7 Benjamin Hall, Jr.

#27 Jaylen McGill, So.

#20 Crew Davis, Fr.

#23 Charleston French, Jr.

#26 JoJo Troupe, RFr.

WR-Z

# 1 Jordan Shipp, Jr.

#11 Nathan Leacock, Jr.

#82 Keeyun Chapman, Fr.

#16 Zamaurious Robertson, Fr.

WR-X

# 4 Mason Humphrey, Sr.

#83 Carnell Warren, Fr.

#81 Kymistrii Young, Fr.

#17 Nyqir Helton, Fr.

WR-SL

# 2 Trech Kekahuna, Jr.

#14 C.J. Sadler, Fr.

#86 Madrid Tucker, RFr.

#24 Jaden Jefferson, Fr.

# 6 Dayton Sneed, Jr.

TE

#45 Jelani Thurman, Jr.

#80 Jordan Washington, So.

#19 Jaxxon Warren, So.

#84 Shamar Easter, Jr.

#87 Carson Sneed, Fr.

#88 Deems May III, Sr.

#85 Dream Rashad, Fr.

LT

#77 Trey Blue, RFr.

#66 Jordan Hall, Jr.

#55 Brandon Homady, RFr.

#74 Nick Fiumara, Fr.

LG

#75 Andrew Threatt, Sr.

#70 Byron Nelson, RFr.

#51 Peter Pesansky, So.

#65 Zion Smith, Fr.

C

#56 Christo Kelly, Gr.

#54 Jonah Rodriguez, Jr.

#57 Will Conroy, Fr.

RG

#68 Aidan Banfield, Jr.

#52 Rowan Byrne, RFr.

#79 Anthony Hall, Fr.

#67 Dujuan Davis, Fr.

RT

#72 Eidan Buchanan, So.

#71 Jacqawn McRoy, So.

#73 J.B. Shabazz, Fr.

#60 Cristian Alvarez, Fr.

Defense

EDGE

# 9 Melkart Abou Jaoude, Sr.

#25 Joseph Mupoyi, Jr.

#92 Jimmy-Phrisco Alo-Suliafu, Fr.

#89 Emmanuel Nwaiwu, RFr.

NT

# 0 Isaiah Johnson, Sr.

#14 Tarvorise Brown, Jr.

#56 Viliami Moala, Fr.

#93 Trashawn Ruffin, Fr.

DT

#91 Leroy Jackson, So.

#90 Xavier Lewis, So.

#94 David Jackson III, Fr.

#96 Nicco Maggio, RFr.

#97 Trey Giddens, RFr.

EDGE

# 5 Donovan Hoilette Jr., Gr.

#11 Jaylen Harvey, So.

#95 Daniel Anderson, So.

#35 Ashton Blatt, Fr.

#29 Zavion Griffin-Haynes, Fr.

MLB

#10 Peyton Seelmann, Jr.

#44 Jake Bauer, RFr.

#54 Timir Hickman-Collins, So.

#33 Tyler Houser, RFr.

#43 Lantz Pascal, RFr.

#36 Jayden Griffin-Haynes, Fr.

WLB

#15 Derek McDonald, Gr.

# 8 Jonathan Agumadu, So.

#12 Calvin Thomas, Fr.

#26 DQ Forkpa, Fr.

#42 Jordan Avinger, Fr.

BCB

#18 Jaiden Patterson, Jr.

#21 Kenton Dopson III, Fr.

#23 Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins, So.

#19 Reggie Love II, Jr.

#32 Jermaine Anderson, RFr.

FCB

# 3 Ade Willie, Sr.

# 4 Jalon Thompson, Jr.

#31 Julian Peterson, Fr.

#20 Xavier Jackson, Fr.

#27 Graham Reintjes, RFr.

NB

# 2 Kaleb Cost, Sr.

# 6 Tre Miller, Jr.

#30 Jaziel Hart, Fr.

FS

#16 Coleman Bryson, Sr.

# 7 Peyton Waters, So.

#17 Jakob Weatherspoon, Fr.

#34 David Davis, Fr.

BS

# 1 Greg Smith, So.

#24 Javion Butts, RFr.

#28 Jamarrion Gordon, Fr.

#38 Julian Burns, Fr.

Special Teams

PK

#92 Arron Burrell, Jr.

#97 David Green, Fr.

P

#93 Jacob Horvath, Jr.

#91 Adam McCann-Gibbs, Fr.

LS

#48 Gannon Burt, Jr.

#40 Roman Wazni, Fr.

H

#93 Jacob Horvath, Jr.

#91 Adam McCann-Gibbs, Fr.

KR

#27 Jaylen McGill, So.

# 7 Benjamin Hall, Jr.

PR

#21 Kaleb Cost, Sr.

#14 C.J. Sadler, Fr.