CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME 5: VS. VIRGINIA TECH OCT. 4, 2014 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. 12:30 P.M.

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1 GAME 5: VS. VIRGINIA CH OCT. 4, 2014 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. 12:30 P.M. GAME INFO CENR North Carolina Record: 2-2 (0-1 ACC) Rank: Not ranked Last Game: lost to Clemson, 50-35, Sept. 27 Head Coach: Larry Fedora (Austin College 85) Fedora s Overall Record: 51-31, seventh year Fedora s Record at UNC: 17-12, third year Virginia Tech Record: 3-2 (0-1 ACC) Rank: Not ranked Last Game: Beat Western Michigan, 35-17, Sept. 27 Head Coach: Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech 69) Record at Virginia Tech: (28th season) Overall Record: (34th year) Broadcast Information Kickoff: 12:30 p.m. ACC Network: Tim Brant, play-by-play; Dave Archer, analyst; Rachel Baribeau, sideline Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Ethan Albright, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports Network is available on UNC s official athletic website, GoHeels.com. Online Information: GoHeels.com (North Carolina); HokieSports.com (Virginia Tech) UNC Social Media Hub Hashtag: #GoHeels, #BeatVT, #UNCvsVT Instagram: TarHeelFootball Facebook: YouTube: UNCTarHeelsAthletics UNC Quick Facts Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Enrollment: 18,370 (undergraduate) Founded: 1789 Nickname: Tar Heels School Colors: Carolina Blue & White Stadium (capacity): Kenan Stadium (63,000) Surface: Natural Grass Conference: Atlantic Coast Chancellor: Carol Folt Athletic Director: Bubba Cunningham n AT A GLANCE: North Carolina looks to even its record in conference play when the Tar Heels welcome Virginia Tech to Kenan Stadium for a 12:30 p.m. kickoff on the ACC Network. The Tar Heels (2-2, 0-1 ACC) are coming off a loss at Clemson. Virginia Tech (3-2, 0-1 ACC) defeated Western Michigan last week in Blacksburg, Saturday s game is the only home contest in a difficult four-game stretch that has seen the Tar Heels fall at ECU and Clemson in the previous two weeks. Following Saturday s Virginia Tech game, the Tar Heels play at No. 8 Notre Dame. Carolina s remaining opponents boast a mark. Carolina leads the ACC and is 22nd in the country in scoring offense, averaging 40.8 points per contest. Last week, Carolina posted 35 points against one of the league s best defenses. Carolina has scored 76 points over the last two weeks. Quarterback Marquise Williams rebounded from a slow start at Clemson to complete 24 of 38 attempts for 345 yards and four touchdowns. Freshman tailback Elijah Hood had 13 carries for 71 yards and is now the Tar Heels leading rusher through four games. Defensively, Carolina held Clemson to less than 100 yards rushing, but struggled defending the pass, allowing more than 400 yards through the air. n MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY: The University of North Carolina athletic department has teamed with UNC campus ROTC units - Air Force, Army and Navy - to honor all current and former members of the United States military at the Carolina vs. Virginia Tech football game in Kenan Stadium on October 4, Tributes to U.S. military personnel will be made throughout the game. The field will have a special paint scheme and Carolina s uniforms will have a patriotic element. Carolina Athletics is offering all current and former military personnel and emergency service personnel (police, fire, EMS, etc.) $35 tickets for the Virginia Tech game. To purchase tickets please visit the ticket page on GoHeels.com and enter the promotional code: FB14-MILITARY or call the Ticket Office at QUICK HITS Carolina is 2-1 in all-time Military Appreciation Day games with wins over Rutgers (2011) and Idaho (2012) and a loss to ECU (2013). Carolina is 2-0 at home this season and 0-2 on the road. QB Marquise Williams needs one touchdown to move into 10th place all-time at UNC in career scoring passes. Williams has 2,788 career passing yards and is 181 yards shy of eclipsing Matt Baker for 13th place at UNC. In the second half vs. Clemson, Williams was 15 of 23 for 307 yards and three touchdowns. Quinshad Davis has 17 career touchdown catches. He is one shy of Art Weiner for third place all-time at UNC. Four different Tar Heels have led the team in rushing through the first four games - Brunson (Liberty), Williams (SDSU), Morris (ECU) and Hood (Clemson). Carolina is 16th in the nation in turnover margin and 11th in interceptions. Over the last 17 games, Carolina has scored 10 nonoffensive touchdowns (five punt returns for touchdowns, three interception returns for touchdowns, two kickoff returns for touchdowns). Fifteen different Tar Heels have caught a pass this season led by Ryan Switzer with 19. Thirteen different players have scored a touchdown this season. Tailback Romar Morris and wide receiver Mack Hollins lead the team with three scores each. The Tar Heels have scored on 17 of 18 red zone possessions this season with 14 touchdowns and three field goals. Twenty of Nick Weiler s 29 kickoffs have gone for touchbacks. Last year, he had 19 for the season. Weiler has made all three of his field goal attempts this season. Punter Tommy Hibbard continues to have an outstanding season. He is averaging 40.8 yards per punt. Ten of his 26 punts have been inside the opponents 20-yard line. T.J. Logan leads the ACC with a 26.5 kickoff return average. SMART FAST PHYSICAL n WILLIAMS FIRST START CAME AGAINST VT: Quarterback Marquise Williams first career start came last year against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Filling in for Bryn Renner, who was out with an injury, Williams played well in a hostile environment. He completed 23 of 35 for 277 yards with two touchdowns 1

2 2014 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DAY DA OPPONENT SI RESULT, TIME, TV SPECIAL EVENT/NO SMART FAST PHYSICAL Saturday Aug. 30 Liberty Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 56-29, ESPN3 n Down in third quarter, Carolina wins in first-ever meeting with the Flames. Sat. Sept. 6 San Diego State Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 31-27, ESPNews Monogram Day/Family Weekend n Safety Tim Scott intercepts a pass in the end zone as Carolina holds on for the victory. Sat. Sept. 20 East Carolina at Greenville, N.C. L, 70-41, ESPNU n Tar Heels allow school-record 70 points, 789 total yards and 39 first downs in loss. Sat. Sept. 27 Clemson * at Clemson, S.C. L, 50-35, ESPNU n Williams throws for 345 yards and four touchdowns in the loss. Sat. Oct. 4 Virginia Tech * Chapel Hill, N.C. 12:30 p.m., ACC Net Military Appreciation Day n Behind Giovani Bernard s career-high 262 yards rushing, Carolina downed the Hokies, 48-34, in the last meeting in Chapel Hill in It was Fedora s first ACC victory. Sat. Oct. 11 Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind. 3:30 p.m., NBC n Making its 12th trip to South Bend, Carolina is searching for its first victory at Notre Dame. UNC s last visit came in Sat. Oct. 18 Georgia Tech * Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA NCHSAA Day n Carolina will look to end a perplexing five-game skid when it plays host to the Yellow Jackets during UNC s fall break. Sat. Oct. 25 Virginia * at Charlottesville, Va. TBA n Carolina has won two straight at Virginia, including a thumping on Thursday night in Sat. Nov. 1 Miami * at Miami Gardens, Fla. TBA n Carolina has historically played well on the road against the Hurricanes, including an win in Fedora s first season in Sat. Nov. 15 Pittsburgh * Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA Homecoming n Carolina is 3-0 against the Panthers at home, including wins in 1974, 1979 and Thur. Nov. 20 Duke * at Durham, N.C. 7:30 p.m., ESPN n Carolina and Duke will meet in an ESPN Thursday night game for the first time in school history. Sat. Nov. 29 NC State * Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA Rams Club Day/Senior Day n For the first time in school history, Carolina closes the season at home against the Wolfpack. Sat. Dec. 6 ACC Championship Game Charlotte, N.C. 7:45 p.m. (ESPN) or 8 p.m. (ABC) n Tar Heels seeking first appearance in ACC title game. 2

3 NORTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Enrollment: 18,370 (undergraduate) Founded: 1789 Nickname: Tar Heels School Colors: Carolina Blue & White Stadium (capacity): Kenan Stadium (63,000) Surface: Natural Grass Conference: Atlantic Coast Chancellor: Carol Folt Athletic Director: Bubba Cunningham COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach Larry Fedora Fedora s Overall Record: 51-31, seventh year Fedora s Record at UNC: 17-12, third year Offensive Staff Co-Offensive Coordinator/s: Gunter Brewer QBs/Recruiting Coordinator: Keith Heckendorf Assistant HC for Offense/s: Seth Littrell Co-Offensive Coordinator/OL: Chris Kapilovic RBs/Special Teams Coordinator: Larry Porter Graduate Assistant: Andrew Mitchell Graduate Assistant (STs): Jonathan Rutledge and two interceptions. He also led the Tar Heels in rushing with 56 yards on 18 attempts. Virginia Tech won n SERIES NOS VS. VIRGINIA CH: This is Carolina and Virginia Tech s 37th overall meeting, and 11th straight since the Hokies joined the ACC. Virginia Tech leads the overall series, Five of the six ties were scoreless. The last tie was a score in In the most recent game in Chapel Hill, Carolina rolled up 533 yards of offense, including 339 on the ground, in a win. Tailback Giovani Bernard rushed for a career-high 262 yards and scored on a 62- yard run. Virginia Tech was held to just 40 yards rushing. The Hokies actually scored first, but Carolina s Sean Tapley returned the next kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown. Three of the last six meetings have been decided by a field goal. Four of the last seven have been decided by a touchdown or less. Carolina and Virginia Tech met at least twice in every decade from the 1890s to the 1940s. The teams met 25 times from and 14 of those times at least one team did not score. Tar Heel great and College Football Hall of Fame member Charlie Choo-Choo Justice made his collegiate debut against Virginia Tech in a tie on September 28, 1946, in Kenan Stadium. Only seven of the first 25 meetings between North Carolina and Virginia Tech were played on one of the two campuses. Six of those seven games were in Chapel Hill. The other 18 were played at neutral sites, including Charlotte, N.C., Danville, Va., Winston-Salem, N.C., Roanoke, Va., Richmond, Va., Raleigh, N.C., and Norfolk, Va. SMART FAST PHYSICAL Defensive Staff Defensive Coordinator/s: Dan Disch Defensive Line: Keith Gilmore Assoc. HC for Defense/Safeties: Vic Koenning Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Ron West Graduate Assistant: Cameron O Neal Graduate Assistant: Tommy Richardson Strength & Conditioning Head S&C Coach: Lou Hernandez Assistant S&C Coach: Quinn Barham Assistant S&C Coach: Zack Womack Grad. Assistant S&C Coach: Simon Haake Grad. Assistant S&C Coach: Taylor Harper SUPPORT STAFF Administrative Assistants Exec. Assistant to Larry Fedora: Melinda Anderson Administrative Assistant: Joanna Evans Administrative Assistant: Courtney Farrington Administrative Assistant/Recruiting: Ryan Mills Administrative Assistant/Coaches: Teresa Vanderford Communications Assistant A.D. for Communications: Kevin Best Assistant Communications Director: Bobby Hundley Equipment Staff Equipment Manager/Business Ops: Dominic Morelli Assistant Equipment Manager: Jason Freeman Assistant Equipment Manager: Mark Yaekel Operations Associate A.D./Football: Corey Holliday Director of Football Operations: Joe Haydon Operations Assistant: Clay Browning Director of S-A Development: Ron Brewer Football Center Chef: Jerry Greenwood Director of Kenan Football Center: James Spurling Player Personnel Director of High School Relations: Jason Tudryn Director of Player Personnel: Rory Pommerening Dir. of Student-Athlete Development: Ron Brewer Sports Medicine Head Athletic Trainer for Football: Kenny Boyd Staff Athletic Trainer: Yuri Jean-Baptiste Staff Athletic Trainer: Luke Ross Video & Technology Director of Video & Technology: Chris Luke IT Services: Andrew Gibson Assistant Video Director: Darryl Sanders Special Projects/Graphics: Jordan Sain n GAME TIME NO: Saturday will be Carolina s first 12:30 p.m. kickoff this season. The four previous games this season have started at 3:30 p.m. or later. Carolina has played three night games in a season for the first time since Carolina has not played four night games in a season since n CAROLINA VS. CLEMSON POSTGAME NOS: North Carolina fell to 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in the ACC with a loss to Clemson. The loss marks the third straight season in which the Tar Heels have lost their conference opener. QB Marquise Williams tossed four touchdown passes, giving him eight for the season and 24 for his career. He is one shy of the top 10 in school history (25 by Charlie Justice and Rod Elkins). Williams completed 24 of 38 passes for 345 yards and now has 2,788 for his career. He passed Jack Cummings (2,668 from ) and Rod Elkins (2,707 from ) for 14th place in school history. Quinshad Davis scored his second receiving touchdown of the year, a two-yard catch late in the third quarter. Davis now has 17 career touchdown receptions, good for sole possession of fourth place in school history. He is one shy of Art Weiner (18, ) for third place. Ryan Switzer caught three passes for 87 yards and a 75-yard catch-and-run for his first touchdown of the season. Mack Hollins caught two passes for 30 yards and an acrobatic 17-yard touchdown in the second quarter. For the season, Hollins has 11 catches for a team-high 277 yards and three touchdowns. TB Elijah Hood rushed 13 times for a career-high 71 yards and a touchdown. The 71 yards are the most by a Tar Heel individual runner in S Sam Smiley had his first career interception in the third quarter. Carolina has intercepted at least one pass in every game this season. Defensive linemen Dajaun Drennon, Nazair Jones and Justin Thomason each had sacks, the first of the year for all three players. The sacks for Drennon and Jones were the first of their respective careers. The Tar Heel defense finished with seven tackles for loss, including two each for Jones and Junior Gnonkonde. n CREATING TURNOVERS: The Tar Heels have forced 11 turnovers this season. UNC has intercepted seven passes and returned two of them for touchdowns. The Tar Heels recovered four fumbles in the win over Liberty. Carolina ranks 14th in the nation in turnovers gained, 11th in interceptions and 16th in turnover margin. Last year, Carolina was 71st in the nation in turnovers gained. Carolina has intercepted at least one pass in each of the first four games. LONGEST PASS PLAYS IN UNC HISTORY (ANY STADIUM) 97 yards from TJ Yates to Jheranie Boyd vs LSU (in Atlanta, Georgia Dome), yards from Mark Maye to Randy Marriott at Georgia Tech, yards from Marquise Williams to Mack Hollins vs. San Diego State, 2014 LONGEST PASS PLAYS IN UNC HISTORY (KENAN STADIUM) 91 yards from Marquise Williams to Mack Hollins vs. San Diego State, yards from Marquise Williams to Eric Ebron vs. Miami,

4 SMART FAST PHYSICAL n QUISE AT QB: Junior Marquise Williams leads the Tar Heels in passing yards and is second on the team in rushing yards. This season, he has completed 77 of 121 attempts (.636) for 896 yards and eight touchdowns. Williams has now thrown for 2,788 yards. He now ranks 14th all-time at UNC and is 180 yards shy of Matt Baker in 13th place. Williams had one of his best days as a passer against Clemson, completing 24 of 38 attempts for 345 yards and four touchdowns. It is just the second time in his career he has thrown for more than 300 yards. The four touchdowns are the second-highest single-game total in his career. He had five against ODU in He earned a helmet sticker from the ESPN college broadcast crew for his play in the win over San Diego State. The Charlotte, N.C., native completed 20 of 29 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns and was Carolina s leading rusher with 12 carries for 64 yards. It was the second time in as many games that he threw a pair of touchdown passes. n DAVIS CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Junior wide receiver Quinshad Davis has two touchdown catches this year an 11-yarder against SDSU and a 2-yarder against Clemson. Davis passed Dwight Jones ( ) for fourth in school history with 17 career touchdown receptions. Only Hakeem Nicks (21 from ), Octavus Barnes (19 from ) and Art Weiner (18 from ) have more. Davis has 122 career catches, which ranks just outside the top 10 at UNC. He is seven catches shy of 10th place (Barnes, 129). Davis became just the third player in UNC history to have double digit touchdown receptions when he posted 10 in Only Dwight Jones (12 in 2011) and Nicks (12 in 2008) have had more in a single season. n HOLLINS MAKING AN IMPACT: A year ago, Mack Hollins was a special teams captain as a walk-on freshman. This year, the Rockville, Md., native is an integral part of the Tar Heels offense. In three games, Hollins has 11 catches for 277 yards and three touchdowns. His 91-yard touchdown catch from Williams vs. SDSU is the longest by a Tar Heel in Kenan Stadium history. It was also the third-longest pass play at any venue in school history. He made his first two career receptions for 40 yards, including a 33-yard touchdown in the third quarter vs. Liberty. The 33-yard catch-and-run down the left sideline was the go-ahead score that gave Carolina a lead with 5:55 to play in the third quarter. Against Clemson, Hollins caught two passes for 30 yards and an acrobatic 17-yard touchdown in the second quarter. n THORPE S COMEBACK: Junior T.J. Thorpe has broken his right foot three times during his career. He missed the entire 2012 season after injuring it in training camp. He broke the foot again in February, 2013, missing all of spring practice. He played in 2013 and finished with 24 catches for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Expected to be a major contributor this season, Thorpe broke the foot for the third time on the second day of training camp this year. Thorpe missed the first two games, but returned to action against East Carolina where he caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Switzer. A week later, he had a 41-yard catch-and-run touchdown on a tunnel screen pass from Marquise Williams. He has two catches for 93 yards and two touchdowns this year. n RUN GAME: Four different Tar Heels have led the team in rushing in each of the first four games. Freshman Elijah Hood rushed for 71 yards and scored a touchdown against Clemson. Junior Romar Morris was Carolina s leading rusher with nine carries for 46 yards and two touchdowns at ECU. QB Marquise Williams led the team with 63 yards on the ground vs. San Diego State and reserve tailback Charles Brunson had a team-high 54 yards in the Liberty win. Carolina is averaging rushing yards per game this season. Ryan Switzer tied an NCAA single-season record and established an ACC record with five punt return touchdowns as a true freshman in He set the mark with an 86-yard score in the third quarter of Carolina s Belk Bowl victory over Cincinnati. It was the longest return of his career and the fourth-longest in school history. Chad Owens of Hawaii set the NCAA record with five in Switzer is now just three shy of the NCAA career record of eight held by Texas Tech s Wes Welker ( ) and Oklahoma s Antonio Perkins ( ). Switzer owns the career punt return touchdown mark at UNC, passing Johnny Branch ( ) and Charlie Justice ( ) who each had four. Switzer finished 2013 with a single-season school-record 502 punt return yards, besting Bosley Allen's mark of 421 from He also set the UNC single-season record for punt return average at 20.9 (24 for 502 yards). The previous mark of 17.5 was set by Charlie Justice in 1948 (19 for 332). Switzer s five punt return TDs all came in the final five games of the year. His first was on an 85-yard return vs. Virginia on Nov. 9. A week later against Pitt, he returned two punts for touchdowns. He had a 65-yarder in the second quarter and a 61-yarder in the fourth quarter with 4:46 remaining that proved to be the winning score. The next week at Kenan Stadium vs. ODU, he scored on a 64-yard punt return. He was held out of the end zone in a loss to Duke, but returned an 86-yarder against Cincinnati for the record. Switzer tied the NCAA record for consecutive games with a punt return touchdown at three. He scored four times on punt returns in three straight games against Virginia, Pitt and ODU. The only other player in NCAA history to score in three consecutive games on punt returns was David Allen of Kansas State in 1998 (63 yards vs. Indiana St., Sept. 5; 69 yards vs. Northern Ill., Sept. 12; 93 yards vs. Texas, Sept. 19). Switzer tied the school record for most punt return touchdowns in a game with two against Pittsburgh. The only other player in UNC history to score twice on punt returns was defensive tackle Andre Purvis who recovered two blocked punts in the end zone against Tulane in Statistically, both of those recovered punts are recorded as punt returns. Switzer led the nation with five punt return touchdowns and 502 punt return yards. 4

5 n O-LINE YOUTH: Landon Turner, North Carolina s most experienced offensive lineman with 19 career starts, did not play against ECU and Clemson. True freshman Jared Cohen made his first two career starts in Turner s place. The offensive line took another hit in the loss at ECU when right tackle Jon Heck (16 consecutive starts to begin his career) went down with an injury and did not return. He did not start against Clemson. n WALKER WINS IT: Sophomore cornerback Brian Walker was named Athlon s National Defensive Player of the Week after his performance in the Tar Heels win over San Diego State. The Charlotte, N.C., native picked off two passes and had 126 interception return yards, including a 100-yard return for a touchdown. He became just the third player in UNC history to return an interception 100 yards for a touchdown, joining Bob Gantt vs. William & Mary in 1950 and Reggie Love vs. Tulane in He became the 94th player in NCAA history to return an interception 100 yards since records were first kept in Walker finished with five tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss. Against ECU, Walker picked off a pass in the first half and returned it 23 yards to set up Carolina s first touchdown. He also recovered a blocked field goal and returned it 30 yards. n WALKER AWARDS: In addition to the Athlon s National Defensive Player of the Week honor, Walker was named the Jim Thorpe National Defensive Back of the Week and the Co-Defensive Back of the Week by the ACC following the SDSU game. The Thorpe Award is presented at the end of the season to the nation s top defensive back. n GREAT SCOTT: Senior safety Tim Scott sealed the win over San Diego State with a lunging interception in the end zone with just 14 seconds left in the game. The interception was Scott s eighth as a Tar Heel, which ranks just two behind several players for ninth place on the UNC career list. Scott has picked off at least one pass all four seasons in Chapel Hill. n WALK-ON WARRIORS: Carolina has received enormous contributions from several players who came to Chapel Hill without a scholarship. In the Liberty game alone, Jeff Schoettmer had a 19-yard interception return for touchdown, Dominquie Green recovered three fumbles and returned one for 20 yards, Mack Hollins had a 33-yard touchdown reception, Charles Brunson was the leading rusher and had a touchdown, punter Tommy Hibbard was outstanding in changing the field position and kickoff specialist Nick Weiler had eight touchbacks on nine kicks. All of those players came to Carolina as walk-ons. Carolina played 15 walk-ons or former walk-ons in the Liberty game, including three starters on defense. n SCORING ON DEFENSE: Carolina scored on an interception return in each of the first two games Carolina opens with two consecutive night games in this season. Jeff Schoettmer scored on a 19-yard pick-six against Liberty and Brian Walker scored on a 100-yard interception return vs. SDSU. Larry Fedora s teams have shown a penchant for scoring on interception returns during his head coaching career. In 2011, his Southern Miss squad set an NCAA record with eight touchdowns on interception returns. Four defensive Tar Heels - Dominquie Green (2013 vs. Virginia), Tim Scott (2012 vs. Georgia Tech), Jeff Schoettmer (2014 vs. Liberty) and Brian Walker (2014 vs. SDSU) have scored on interception returns in their careers. QUICK HIT AM NOS: n Three different Tar Heels threw touchdown passes against East Carolina. Wide receiver Ryan Switzer threw a 35-yard scoring pass to T.J. Thorpe, punter Tommy Hibbard connected on a 29-yarder with Eric Albright on a fake field goal and quarterback Mitch Trubisky had a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jack Tabb in the fourth quarter. n Against San Diego State, the Tar Heels had two plays of 90 yards or longer in one game for the first time in school history. Brian Walker BLY HEADED TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME Former North Carolina defensive back Dre Bly is one of 14 members of the 2014 College Football Hall of Fame class, announced in late May by the National Football Foundation. Bly will become the sixth player or coach from UNC, and first player since Don McCauley in 2001, to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame at the induction ceremony in December. This is a tremendous honor and I m thrilled to represent the University of North Carolina in the College Football Hall of Fame, said Bly. It s a dream come true that hasn t really sunk in yet. I was fortunate to play with a great group of guys in Chapel Hill who pushed me every day to become a better player. We had one of the best defenses in the country with future NFL players all over the field. I wouldn t be accepting this honor without them and the great coaching staff under the leadership of Mack Brown. Bly had a brilliant career in Chapel Hill from , helping lead the Tar Heels to backto-back Top 10 finishes and three consecutive bowl victories. The Chesapeake, Va., native remains the only player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to earn first-team All-America honors in his first three seasons. In 1996, Bly became the first freshman defensive player in college football history to earn consensus first-team All-America honors. That season, the Tar Heels went 10-2, beat West Virginia in the Gator Bowl and finished No. 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. Bly led the nation as a freshman with 11 interceptions in the regular season and added two more pass thefts in the bowl game. He was named first-team All-America by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, the Football Writers and the Walter Camp Foundation. When Bly repeated consensus honors in 1997, he became the first two-time consensus All-America in UNC football history. Carolina claimed an 11-1 record and a No. 4 ranking in the coaches poll and No. 6 ranking by the AP. Bly was part of a Carolina defense that finished among the top five in all major categories, including pass defense, run defense and total defense. In 1998, Bly was named first-team All-America by the Walter Camp Foundation and set the ACC career record for interceptions with 20, a record that stood until SMART FAST PHYSICAL 5

6 SMART FAST PHYSICAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL UNC RECORD BOOK RECEPTIONS CAREER Rk. Name, Years Rec. 1. Hakeem Nicks, * Jarwarski Pollock, Erik Highsmith, Na Brown, Corey Holliday, Dwight Jones, Leon Johnson, Sam Aiken, Kory Bailey, Octavus Barnes, Quinshad Davis, 2012-present *Participation in 2008 season later vacated due to NCAA penalty RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS CAREER Rk. Name, Years TDs 1. Hakeem Nicks, *21 2. Octavus Barnes, Art Weiner, Quinshad Davis, 2012-present Dwight Jones, Sam Aiken, Na Brown, Kory Bailey, Mark Smith, Erik Highsmith, *Participation in 2008 season later vacated due to NCAA penalty had a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown and Mack Hollins caught a 91-yard pass from Marquise Williams for a score. The Williams to Hollins pass play is the longest by the Tar Heels in Kenan Stadium history. n This season, the Tar Heels have recovered four fumbles and made seven interceptions. Carolina is ranked 14th in the country in turnovers gained and 16th in turnover margin. That is quite a contrast from last season when Carolina recovered just seven fumbles and ranked 71st in turnovers gained and 48th in turnover margin. In the first game of 2014 vs. Liberty, the Tar Heels recovered four fumbles and forced six turnovers. That is the highest turnover total by a Carolina opponent since Boston College had six in Carolina added three interceptions in the win over SDSU, including two by cornerback Brian Walker and a pick in the end zone on SDSU s final drive by safety Tim Scott. n The Tar Heels ran 93 offensive plays in the win over Liberty. The last time UNC ran 90 or more plays in a game was in 1994 when UNC ran 96 plays against Georgia Tech. The previous high under Fedora was 86 vs. NC State in Carolina s season high in 2013 was 79 plays on four occasions. n A total of 67 players saw action in the win over Liberty, including eight true freshmen and six redshirt freshmen. The true freshmen were DB Allen Artis, Austin Proehl, Tyrell Tomlin, Cayson Collins, TB Elijah Hood, OG Jared Cohen, OT Bentley Spain and Tyler Powell. The redshirt freshmen were DE Dajaun Drennon, Jackson Boyer, QB Mitch Trubisky, OG Brad Henson, Jordan Fieulleteau and Nazair Jones. n Nine different players made their first career start in the season opener against Liberty OT John Ferranto, OG Will Dancy, Bug Howard and Ryan Switzer on offense; DE Dajaun Drennon, Justin Thomason, B Shakeel Rashad, R Ryan Mangum and T.J. Jiles on defense. n Carolina scored 28 consecutive points in three minutes and 49 seconds against Liberty after falling behind Carolina scored on a 33-yard touchdown pass from Marquise Williams to Mack Hollins, a 19-yard interception return by Jeff Schoettmer, a 15-yard run by Williams and a 4-yard pass from Mitch Trubisky to Jack Tabb to take a lead. n It s unlikely that many other programs are getting as much out of their walk-on program as Carolina. A total of 15 walk-ons, or former walk-ons, played in the Liberty game, including three starters on defense - Jeff Schoettmer, R Ryan Mangum and S Dominquie Green. n The 85 combined points in the Liberty game are the most scored in Carolina s season opener since 2004 when the Tar Heels beat William and Mary, (87 points). n Ten different Tar Heels caught passes against Liberty. Ryan Switzer led with a career-high eight, Bug Howard had five, Quinshad Davis and Jack Tabb each had three. n Carolina had just six scholarship seniors on its 2014 training camp roster and just one senior starter on offense tight end Jack Tabb. n Entering the season, Carolina s offensive line had just 43 starts to its credit led by junior offensive guard Landon Turner with 17. n Carolina looks to continue its outstanding special teams play from a year ago. In 2013, the Tar Heels ranked first in the country in punt returns, 10th in net punting and 19th in kickoff returns. QUICK HIT PLAYER/COACH NOS FROM A TO Z: n Tight end Eric Albright is enrolled in Carolina s Master s of Accounting program at the business school. He is the only graduate student on the roster. Albright scored his first career touchdown when the Tar Heels faked a field goal in the loss at ECU. Holder Tommy Hibbard hit Albright for a 29-yard score. n Sophomore Lucas Crowley is the starter at center, replacing Russell Bodine who left school early to enter the NFL Draft and is starting for Cincinnati. Crowley s only previous start before this season came against Pittsburgh and Aaron Donald. He registered five knockdown blocks in the win over the Panthers. n Redshirt freshman Dajaun Drennon became the first freshman to start at defensive end at UNC since Kareem Martin vs. LSU in n Head Coach Larry Fedora has never had a losing season in his six previous years as a head coach, including four at Southern Miss and two at UNC. He won his 50th career game vs. Liberty to open the 2014 season. n Defensive end Junior Gnonkonde moved to the United States from the Ivory Coast in Africa when he was in high school. He began playing football as a high school freshman and developed into an outstanding player. He speaks five languages, including his native French. n Dominquie Green started all 13 games last year as a true freshman and was second on the team with three interceptions, including a 62-yard touchdown return vs. Virginia. He had three fumble recoveries in the season opener vs. Liberty and returned one for 20 yards. n Sophomore left tackle Jon Heck is the son of Andy Heck who was an All-America at Notre Dame and played 12 seasons in the NFL. Jon has started 16 consecutive games to open his career. n Senior punter Tommy Hibbard, a former walk-on from Charlotte, N.C., should become just the fourth punter in UNC history to lead the team in punting average for four consecutive seasons. Hibbard is a preseason All-America pick by Phil Steele. 6

7 n Carolina has landed the top running back in the state each of the past two seasons in T.J. Logan of Greensboro in 2012 and Elijah Hood of Charlotte in Hood enrolled at UNC in January and participated in spring practice. He squatted 605 pounds in the Tar Heels offseason strength and conditioning workouts. Hood is an Eagle Scout who earned the honor after renovating his church parking lot while in high school. n Hood scored his first career touchdown on a 2-yard plunge that tied the SDSU game at 27 (before the extra point gave UNC the lead). n Sophomore wide receiver Bug Howard posted a 39.5-inch vertical leap during testing this offseason. Howard had a solid rookie campaign in 2013 with 22 catches for 278 yards and four touchdowns. In the season opener vs. Liberty, he had five catches for 37 yards and a touchdown. It was his first touchdown since catching two in a win over Boston College last year. n Running back/kick returner T.J. Logan was one of only seven players in the NCAA to return two kickoffs last year for touchdowns. n Former quarterback Caleb Pressley elected to end his career a year early and is now the team s sideline signal caller. Pressley takes the calls from the press box and signals them to the quarterback in an NFL jersey. He signaled the plays while wearing a Julius Peppers Green Bay jersey against Liberty, Sylvester Williams vs. SDSU, Bruce Carter at ECU and Da Norris Searcy at Clemson. n Junior bandit Shakeel Rashad can claim a team-high six nicknames Shaktus, Shakinabox, Shaktastic, Radio Shak, Shakie Robinson, and St. Shaktrick. Rashad has started the first two games of the season. n Linebacker Jeff Schoettmer came to Carolina as an undersized walk-on linebacker in 2011 out of Jesuit College Prep in Dallas, Texas. He has added bulk and last season ranked second on the team in tackles. Schoettmer s father, Steve, played linebacker at Duke, and his mother, Donna, played tennis at Wake Forest. Schoettmer is a friend of PGA golfer Jordan Speith, who also attended Jesuit College Prep. n After three years as a starting cornerback, Tim Scott has moved to safety for his senior season. He actually played his first full game at safety in the 2103 Belk Bowl vs. Cincinnati. Against Liberty, Scott returned to cornerback due to one-game suspensions to starting corners Des Lawrence and Brian Walker. He finished with a team-high eight tackles, a forced fumble and a pass breakup. n Former standout defensive tackle Ryan Sims has returned to Chapel Hill to finish his degree and serve as an undergraduate student coach. Sims was the No. 6 overall NFL draft pick (Kansas City) in Sims played on the same defensive line at UNC as Julius Peppers and helped lead the Tar Heels to a win over Auburn in the 2001 Peach Bowl. n Kendrick Singleton, who goes by the nickname Bull, was called the most fit player on the team by strength and conditioning coach Lou Hernandez. Singleton started six games last year at wideout and will move to the Y position this year, a hybrid between a true wide receiver and a tight end. n Sam Smiley has missed 15 games in the last two years due to injury, but returned to action vs. Liberty as the starter at safety. Smiley had four tackles against the Flames. n Linebacker Nathan Staub s grandfather is Larry Morris, the Chicago Bears star who was named the MVP of the 1963 NFL championship game. Morris was dubbed the Brahma Bull for his bruising style of play. Staub, a sophomore from Chestnut Mountain, Ga., made his first career start last year in the Belk Bowl and had a career best six tackles. n Sophomore Ryan Switzer is a fan of Christmas movies and the movie Frozen. He tied the NCAA single-season record with five punt return touchdowns in 2013 and became the first true freshman in UNC history to earn first-team All-America honors. n Tight end Jack Tabb is the only senior starter on the offensive side of the ball. Tabb played both tight end and linebacker a year ago, but will concentrate only on offense this year. n Walk-on place-kicker Nick Weiler won the kickoff duties last year and is off to an outstanding start this year. He kicked off nine times against Liberty and eight of those resulted in touchbacks and the ninth was run out of the end zone for just 12 yards. Weiler also made all six of his point-afterattempts, the first of his collegiate career. n Quarterback Marquise Williams attended George Whitfield s spring break quarterback camp (California) earlier this year. He also served as a counselor at the Manning Passing Academy (Louisiana) just a few weeks before training camp began. n SHORT ON SENIORS: At the start of training camp, North Carolina had just six scholarship seniors on the roster in It s by far the youngest team I ve ever coached, says head coach Larry Fedora. Carolina has just one senior starter on offense Jack Tabb and four on defense Travis Hughes, Jeff Schoettmer, Ethan Farmer and S Tim Scott. Senior defensive tackle Devonte Brown also is likely to see significant action and could challenge for a starting position. Carolina s opening day training camp roster of 105 players included a staggering 67 underclassmen (63.8 percent). Only Pittsburgh, NC State and Wake Forest have more underclassmen in the ACC and just 18 schools in the country have more. Carolina s training camp roster was comprised of 40 freshmen and 27 sophomores, 28 juniors and 10 seniors. Following training camp, Fedora awarded scholarships to punter Tommy Hibbard, deep snapper Alex Marrs and place-kicker Thomas Moore to bring the total to nine scholarship seniors for NOTING THE OFFENSE: Carolina has averaged more than 425 yards per game in each of Larry Fedora s first two seasons in Chapel Hill. Last year was just the ninth time in school history Carolina had averaged more than 400 yards per game. The last time Carolina posted back-to-back seasons with 400 yards per game was the 1993 and 1994 seasons. Only once in school history from has Carolina put together three straight seasons with 400 yards or more per game. In Fedora s first season in 2012, Carolina set the school record with yards per game. Carolina has posted more than 500 yards of total offense seven times in 29 games under Larry Fedora, including a school-record 721 yards vs. ODU in UNC has gained at least 400 yards in 22 of Fedora s 29 games as head coach. Since 2012, Carolina is averaging 44.1 points per game at Kenan Stadium (16 games) and 28.4 points per game away from home (13 games). n NON-OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS: North Carolina set a single-season school record in 2013 with eight non-offensive touchdowns. Only Florida State (9) had more in the ACC. The Tar Heels scored on five punt returns by Ryan Switzer, a pair of kickoff returns by T.J. Logan and an interception return by safety Dominquie Green. The previous known high at UNC for a single-season was seven in SMART FAST PHYSICAL 7

8 NORTH CAROLINA & THE NFL DRAFT SMART FAST PHYSICAL Since 2011, North Carolina has had 10 players selected in the top two rounds of the NFL Draft, trailing only Alabama (16) and LSU (11) in that time frame. Five Tar Heels were picked in the 2014 NFL Draft Eric Ebron (1st round, Detroit), Kareem Martin (3rd round, Arizona), Russell Bodine (4th round, Cincinnati), Tre Boston (4th round, Carolina) and Jabari Price (7th round, Minnesota). In addition, quarterback Bryn Renner (Denver), offensive tackle James Hurst (Baltimore), tailback A.J. Blue (Washington) and defensive tackle Tim Jackson (Houston) signed free agent deals. Carolina s five 2014 NFL Draftees ranked second in the ACC and tied for seventh nationally. Only LSU (9), Alabama (8), Notre Dame (8), FSU (7), Stanford (6) and Ohio State (6) had more. Tight end Eric Ebron became the 23rd overall first round NFL Draft pick in school history, and the seventh since 2008, when he was chosen 10th overall by the Detroit Lions. In Larry Fedora s two seasons at UNC, the Tar Heels have produced three first round picks offensive guard Jonathan Cooper (seventh overall to Arizona in 2013), Sylvester Williams (28th overall to Denver in 2013) and Eric Ebron (10th overall to Detroit in 2014). North Carolina has produced seven first-round draft picks since That is the most of any ACC school. Florida State ranks second with six. The only other in-state schools with a first-round draft pick since 2008 are Wake Forest (1) and ECU (1). Most First-Round NFL Draft Picks in ACC Since Carolina , 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 (2), Florida State , 2011, 2013 (3), Boston College (2), 2009, 2011, Virginia (2), Notre Dame (2), 2013, Louisville 2009, 2014 (3) 3 - Pittsburgh , 2011, Virginia Tech , 2012, Clemson , 2013, Syracuse , Georgia Tech (2) 1 - Miami Wake Forest Maryland Duke 0 - NC State Kareem Martin became the fourth Carolina defensive end taken in the last five years when he was selected by Arizona in Other recent UNC defensive ends selected include Quinton Coples in the first round of the 2012 draft, E.J. Wilson in the fourth round of the 2010 draft and Robert Quinn in the first round of the 2011 draft. Carolina has had seven defensive linemen picked in the last five NFL Drafts. In the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft, North Carolina offensive guard Jonathan Cooper was selected seventh overall by the Arizona Cardinals and defensive tackle Sylvester Williams was picked 28th overall by the Denver Broncos. Cooper became the first offensive guard selected in the top 10 of the NFL Draft since 1997 when Colorado s Chris Naeole was selected by the New Orleans Saints at No. 10. He became the highest selected offensive guard since Bill Fralic was taken No. 2 by Atlanta in In 2013, Giovani Bernard became the first running back taken in the NFL Draft when he was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals with the fifth pick of the second round (37th overall). It was the first time Carolina had produced the first tailback of the draft. Ethan Horton, a running back at UNC, was selected in the first round of the 1985 draft, but played exclusively tight end in the NFL. A total of 30 Carolina players have been selected in the NFL Draft since 2008, which ranks second among ACC schools. Two Tar Heels were picked in the 2008 draft, five in 2009, two in 2010, a leaguehigh nine in 2011, two in 2012, five in 2013 and five in Most Draft Picks in ACC Since Florida State 30 - North Carolina 30 - Clemson 27 - Miami 25 - Virginia Tech 17 - Pittsburgh 16 - Georgia Tech 16 - NC State 15 - Wake Forest 15 - Louisville 14 - Virginia 12 - Maryland 13 - Syracuse 12 - Boston College 2 Duke Eric Ebron Carolina s NFL Active Players (as of Sept. 17) Marvin Austin,, Denver Giovani Bernard, TB, Cincinnati Russell Bodine, C, Cincinnati Tre Boston, S, Carolina Zach Brown,, Tennessee Bruce Carter,, Dallas Jonathan Cooper, OG, Arizona Quinton Coples, DE, New York Jets Eric Ebron,, Detroit James Hurst, OT, Baltimore Kareem Martin, DE, Arizona Hakeem Nicks,, Indianapolis Julius Peppers, DE, Green Bay Jabari Price,, Minnesota Garrett Reynolds, OG, Detroit Robert Quinn, DE, St. Louis Da Norris Searcy, DB, Buffalo Brandon Tate,, Cincinnati Ryan Taylor,, Green Bay Cam Thomas,, Pittsburgh Greg Warren, DS, Pittsburgh Sylvester Williams,, Denver T.J. Yates, QB, Atlanta Carolina has had 23 all-time first-round draft picks, which ranks just outside the top 25 in the country. It is, however, the most of any school in the state, ahead of NC State (15), Duke (5) and Wake Forest (4). Ebron was the first tight end taken in the 2014 NFL Draft. UNC head coach Larry Fedora also coached the first tight end taken in the 2009 draft when the Lions picked Oklahoma State s Brandon Pettigrew. 8

9 Larry Fedora Coaching Year-by-Year Year School Position Record Postseason 1986 Austin College Grad. Asst Garland (Texas) HS Assistant Garland (Texas) HS Assistant Garland (Texas) HS Assistant Baylor Assistant Baylor Assistant 8-4 Copper Bowl (L, 24-0 to Indiana) 1992 Baylor Assistant 7-5 Sun Bowl (W, vs. Arizona) 1993 Baylor Assistant Baylor Assistant 7-5 Alamo Bowl (L, 10-3 vs. Washington) 1995 Baylor Assistant Baylor Assistant Air Force Assistant 10-3 Las Vegas Bowl (L, vs. Oregon) 1998 Air Force Assistant 12-1 O ahu Bowl (W, vs. Washington) 1999 Middle Tennessee Assistant Middle Tennessee Assistant Middle Tennessee Assistant Florida Assistant 8-5 Outback Bowl (L, vs. Michigan) 2003 Florida Assistant 8-5 Outback Bowl (L, vs. Iowa) 2004 Florida Assistant 7-5 Peach Bowl (L, vs. Miami) 2005 Oklahoma State Assistant Oklahoma State Assistant 7-6 Independence Bowl (W, vs. Alabama) 2007 Oklahoma State Assistant 7-6 Insight Bowl (W, vs. Indiana)* 2008 Southern Mississippi Head Coach 7-6 New Orleans Bowl (W, OT vs. Troy) 2009 Southern Mississippi Head Coach 7-6 New Orleans Bowl (L, vs. MTSU) 2010 Southern Mississippi Head Coach 8-5 Beef O Brady s Bowl (L, vs. Louisville) 2011 Southern Mississippi Head Coach 12-2 CUSA Champions (W, vs. Houston) Hawaii Bowl (W, vs. Nevada) 2012 North Carolina Head Coach 8-4 Tied for first in Coastal Division 2013 North Carolina Head Coach 7-6 Belk Bowl (W, vs. Cincinnati) 2014 North Carolina Head Coach 2-2 Career record as head coach: (seventh season) *Did not coach bowl game SMART FAST PHYSICAL The Fedora File Record as Head Coach Born: September 10, 1962 Education: Austin College, 1985 Playing Experience: Austin College, Family: Wife - Christi, Has three daughters - Sydney, Peyton & Hallie, and a son, Dillon Larry Fedora is the first coach to post back-to-back winning seasons in his first two years at Carolina since Ray Wolf in Since the Tar Heels began ACC play in 1953, no UNC coach has posted more wins (15) in his first two season in Chapel Hill than Fedora. Fedora led Southern Miss to the 2011 CUSA championship and a final Top 20 ranking Overall Record Record vs. Atlantic Coast Home Away Neutral Day Games Night Games When Scoring First When Opponent Scores First When Leading at Half When Trailing at Half When Tied at Half In Overtime Games Scoring Less than 20 points Scoring 20+ points Scoring 30+ points Opp. scores less than 20 points Opp. scores 20+ points Opp. scores 30+ points Rushing for less than 100 yards Rushing for more than 100 yards Rushing for more than 200 yards Rushing for more than 300 yards Passing for less than 100 yards Passing for more than 200 yards Passing for more than 300 yards Less than 300 Yards Total Offense More than 300 Yards Total Offense Allow Less than 100 yards rush Allow More than 100 yards rush Allow 200 yards passing Allow 300 yards passing Allow less than 300 yards total off Allow more than 300 yards total off Having a 100-yard rusher Opponent has a 100-yard rusher Having no turnovers Having 3 or more turnovers Force no turnovers Force 3 or more turnovers

10 SMART FAST PHYSICAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL 2014 NUMERICAL ROSR No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown High School/Previous School 1 Khris Francis TB So. Durham, N.C. Hillside 2 Des Lawrence So. Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Christian 3 Sam Smiley S Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. Raines 3 Ryan Switzer So. Charleston, W.Va. George Washington 4 Allen Artis S Fr. Marietta, Ga. Wheeler 5 T.J. Thorpe Jr. Durham, N.C. Jordan 6 Caleb Henderson QB Fr. Burke, Va. Lake Braddock 6 M.J. Stewart Fr. Arlington, Va. Yorktown 7 Austin Proehl Fr. Charlotte, N.C. Providence 7 Tim Scott S Sr. Fredericksburg, Va. Colonial Forge 8 T.J. Logan TB So. Greensboro, N.C. Northern Guilford 8 Norkeithus Otis Bandit Sr. Gastonia, N.C. Ashbrook 9 Travis Hughes Sr. Virginia Beach, Va. Kempsville 10 Jeff Schoettmer Jr. Dallas, Texas Jesuit College Prep 10 Mitch Trubisky QB Fr.* Mentor, Ohio Mentor 11 Kanler Coker QB So. Flowery Branch, Ga. Flowery Branch 11 Malik Simmons Ram Jr. Lehigh Acres, Fla. Lehigh 12 Marquise Williams QB Jr. Charlotte, N.C. Mallard Creek 12 Andrew Moore So. Chapel Hill, N.C. East Chapel Hill 13 Mack Hollins So. Rockville, Md. Wootten/Fork Union M.A. 14 Quinshad Davis Jr. Gaffney, S.C. Gaffney 15 Donnie Miles Ram Fr.* Lawrenceville, Ga. North Gwinnett 16 Alex Dixon Jr. Clearwater, Fla. Countryside 17 Dajaun Drennon DE Fr.* Clementon, N.J. Timber Creek 17 Jackson Boyer Fr.* Chapel Hill, N.C. East Chapel Hill 18 Josh Cabrera Fr. Jacksonville, N.C. Northside 18 Thomas Moore PK Sr. Chapel Hill, N.C. East Chapel Hill 19 Kedrick Davis So. Charlotte, N.C. Berry Academy 20 Tyrell Tomlin Fr. Marietta, Ga. Marietta 20 Will O Briant PK Fr.* Asheboro, N.C. Asheboro 21 Romar Morris TB Jr. Salisbury, N.C. Salisbury 21 Jalen Dickerson Fr. Richlands, N.C. Richlands 23 Cayson Collins Fr. Charlotte, N.C. Berry Academy 23 Joey Mangili P So. Durham, N.C. Jordan 24 Nick Weiler PK So. Fairfax Station, Va. Lake Braddock 24 Ayden Bonilla S Fr. Woodstock, Ga. Etowah 25 Kameron Jackson S Jr. Madison, Ala. Madison Academy 25 Reid Baxter RB Fr.* Greensboro, N.C. Northwest Guilford 26 Dominquie Green S So. Laurinburg, N.C. Scotland County/Hargrave M.A. 27 Darien Rankin Jr. Salisbury, N.C. Salisbury 27 Charles Brunson TB So. Winston-Salem, N.C. North Davidson 28 Brian Walker So. Charlotte, N.C. Mallard Creek 28 Dante DiMaggio Fr. Apex, N.C. Cardinal Gibbons 29 Jeff Battle S Jr. Lenoir, N.C. West Caldwell/Utah 29 Taylor Vippolis So. Stony Point, N.Y. North Rockland 30 Tommy Hibbard P Sr. Charlotte, N.C. Butler 30 Tyler Royal RB So. Faison, N.C. North Duplin 31 Cameron Albright S Fr. Kennesaw, Ga. North Cobb 31 Blake Bozymski P Fr.* Winston-Salem, N.C. Woodberry Forest (Va.) 32 Joe Jackson So. Jacksonville, Fla. First Coast 33 Nathan Staub So. Chestnut Mountain, Ga. Buford 34 Elijah Hood TB Fr. Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Catholic 34 Cole Holcomb Fr. New Smyrna Beach, Fla. New Smyrna Beach 35 Damien Washington Jr. Kannapolis, N.C. A.L. Brown 35 Chris Ripberger DB Fr. Greensboro, N.C. Northern Guilford 36 Ryan Mangum Ram Jr. Raleigh, N.C. Leesville Road 37 T.J. Jiles Jr. Cape Coral, Fla. Cape Coral 38 Carson Wooten FB Jr. Raleigh, N.C. Broughton 39 Connor Gonet RB Jr. Raleigh, N.C. Ravenscroft 39 Philip Spelman PK Jr. Nashville, Tenn. Montgomery Bell Academy 40 Ben Craig Ram So. Huntersville, N.C. Hough 40 Lukas Heavner Sr. Jamestown, N.C. Ragsdale 41 Daniel Downing S So. Greensboro, N.C. Northern Guilford/Coastal Carolina 42 Shakeel Rashad Bandit Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. Episcopal