Tag: UNC

Maye ACC Preseason Player of Year, leads three Tar Heels on Preseason All-ACC team

Quarterback Drake Maye, last season’s ACC Player of the Year, leads three Carolina players on the preseason All-ACC team announced Wednesday on UNC’s first day of practice and is the Preseason Player of the Year. Joining the 6–4, 230-pound redshirt sophomore are 6–2½, 200-pound Kent State junior transfer wide receiver Tez Walker and 6–2½, 235-pound senior linebacker Cedric Gray. The Tar Heels’ three selections were the third-most after seven for league favorite Clemson and four for Florida State.

Maye would consider returning for 2024 season, says he never was going to transfer

CHARLOTTE — The prevailing assumption of the college football world, including Carolina coach Mack Brown, is that quarterback Drake Maye’s redshirt sophomore season as a Tar Heel will be his last. Not so fast, says the Heisman Trophy candidate and likely high pick in the 2024 NFL draft if he chooses to enter it. He says he’d consider returning for his redshirt junior season, particularly if UNC falls short of its goals.

ESPN’s first on-site ‘GameDay’ of season will be before UNC’s opener in Charlotte against South Carolina

North Carolina will appear on the football version of ESPN’s College GameDay for the third time when the show will air from Charlotte before the Tar Heels’ Sept. 2 season-opener against South Carolina. It will be the Tar Heels’ first appearance on the show since Sept. 4, 2010, before they lost to LSU in their season opener in Atlanta.

UNC and Kansas to play home-and-home men’s basketball series

Carolina and Kansas will play a home-and-home men’s basketball series, with games in the 2024–25 and 2025–26 seasons. The series starts in 2024–25, with the Tar Heels visiting Lawrence, Kansas, for the second time in program history and the first time since 1960. When the Jayhawks come to the Smith Center during the 2025–26 season, it will be their first visit.

Wrexham goaltender Foster shares his steamy Chapel Hill experience, marvels at UNC’s facilities

A sweltering night at Kenan Stadium didn’t go so well for Wrexham goaltender Ben Foster, but he enjoyed his time in Chapel Hill. He gives you the sights and sounds from his perspective in an interesting nearly 15-minute video. Chelsea won the friendly 5–0 but Chapel Hill and Carolina appears to have won over Foster, although the 40-year-old veteran clearly didn’t like the heat.