Anthony Pagnotta

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 former UNC front office employee. Thamel repor

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 replace some important pieces, starting with both start

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.OffenseQB# 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 McG

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 close out our look at the 2026 roster by dissecting a room that is a complete unknown heading into the season, the special teams unit.Kicker is a two-man battle at the start of fall camp. Right now, it appears that the two options here are prett

The quest to add a big man to the roster for the 2026-27 season hit an extra gear late last week, when a Colorado judge granted eligibility to student-athletes who had graduated after the 2026 academic year came to a close. That ruling came in response to the NCAA adopting the 5 for 5 model, allowing student-athletes the ability to play 5 seasons of collegiate sports, in a 5 year timeline. That ruling has since been clarified, granting eligibility to players that had already entered the transfer

With the start of the college football season less than a month away, certain award committees are starting to release their watch lists for this upcoming season. Among those doing so this week is the Bronco Nagurski Trophy committee, who named a Tar Heel edge rusher on their list on Tuesday.Following a breakout junior season with the program, Melkart Abou Jaoude has been named as a player to watch for one of the nation’s most prestigious defensive awards heading into this season.Last season Abo

With the injunction in Colorado from U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney last Friday, members of the 2022 class are receiving an extra year of eligibility in all sports. On Wednesday, the program announced that they will be taking advantage of this ruling to add a key weapon to this team this season.Placekicker Rece Verhoff will be returning to the Tar Heels for a second season after a productive 2025 season where he was an All-ACC honorable mention. After a solid three-year stint at Marshall,

For a second straight day, a Tar Heel has landed on a preseason award watch list for this season.On Wednesday, the John Mackey Award committee announced their watch list for the 2026 season and the Tar Heels junior tight end Jelani Thurman was amongst those mentioned.Thurman, who transferred from Ohio State earlier this offseason, comes to Chapel Hill following a solid career as a backup for the Buckeyes in the first three years at the college level. In the 34 games that he has played so far in

After being absent for the first day of fall practice last week, it was revealed on Thursday that Tar Heel defensive coordinator Steve Belichick will be on an indefinite leave of absence from the team.As his father, Bill, announced at the beginning of his presser earlier today, Belichick is currently away from the program due to medical reasons and there is no timetable for his return. When asked further about the situation, Bill said that he hopes to get him back “as soon as possible”.Steve Bel

The Tar Heels are about halfway through fall camp as they steam towards the opener against TCU in Dublin. With us in the competition portion of camp as Bill Belichick said on Thursday, there will be some important names that we will be monitoring in the notes we receive about practice. Here is a look at the ten names that we will be following closely heading up until the opener.Benjamin HallOne of the more interesting notes that came from the two days of training camp that the media was able to