UNC Football Recruiting
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Football Recruiting.
Top 5 UNC Football Commit Performances this Weekend
QB
Noah Spinks, Summer Creek (TX); Summer Creek 73, Channelview 0. Stats: 7-of-10, 161 Yds, 3 TDs. Spinks only had to throw the ball 10 times in his team's rout. The 6-foot, 200-pound QB averaged just under half a touchdown per completion. WR
Amare Patterson, Bluffton (SC); Bluffton 64, P.K. Yonge 6. Stats: 6 Rec, 69 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs, 45 PR Yds. (
TarHeel247)
UNC WR commit Amare Patterson among most impactful players for each top-40 football recruiting class
35. North Carolina Tar Heels: WR
Amare Patterson. UNC has a deep receiver group headlined by
Jordan Shipp, but Patterson is the type of playmaker whose value outweighs need. The Tar Heels' highest-rated offensive commit is a burner who can stretch defenses vertically and create yards after the catch. Patterson can become an impact player early. (
ESPN)
Video: IC Podcast - The Effects of Saturday's UNC Football Recruiting Ban
Football recruiting expert Don Callahan joins Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina to discuss UNC's recruiting ban for Saturday's home opener in Kenan Stadium against East Tennessee State. Callahan explains the violation, the penalty, and the reasons behind the recruiting rules in effect across college football.
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Fri Sep 11, 2026
UNC Football Issued Game-Day Recruit Ban on Saturday for Past Violations
UNC Football will not be hosting any recruits for unofficial visits on Saturday as a penalty for past recruiting violations, including ones that occurred at home games last season, sources confirmed Wednesday. This is not tied to the new and ongoing program investigation that led to the resignation of general manager Michael Lombardi last week, per sources. (
Inside Carolina)
Time is of the Essence to Figure out UNC Football's GM Position
In August, when UNC Football general manager Michael Lombardi was suspended, the approach the Tar Heels took was a group effort to cover the bases. In training camp, it’s a lot easier because August is a recruiting dead period. Now, as we are in the season with recruiting visits beginning, it becomes much more important to have somebody in place. (
Inside Carolina)
Video: IC Football Recruiting Podcast - Highlighting UNC Football's 2027 Class on Defense
With UNC Football's 2026 season just three weeks away, Inside Carolina's football recruiting expert Don Callahan joins Tommy Ashley for a look the
Tar Heels 2027 recruiting class that is nearing completion in
Bill Belichick's second year in Chapel Hill.
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Wed Aug 5, 2026
Newsletter: CJ Rosser Visits, 4 New Basketball Offers, Football Training Camp Nears, MLB Signings
CJ Rosser, the nation's No. 1 basketball recruit, was back in Chapel Hill this past week, and
Michael Malone's UNC Basketball staff extended four new scholarship offers.
Bill Belichick says his second UNC Football team barely resembles his first, even with the quarterback race wide open. And several Tar Heels cashed MLB Draft signing bonuses. (
Tar Heel Times Newsletter)
Commitment season tiers: How college football programs fared on the recruiting trail
One of
Bill Belichick's first acts as UNC's head football coach was a grand tour of the state's top high school programs. Eighteen months later, the Tar Heels reach late July without a single in-state pledge among their
17 commitments in the 2027 recruiting class. North Carolina's complete lack of presence with a talented in-state class in 2027 is striking. (
ESPN)
Video: IC Podcast - 2027 UNC Football Recruiting Class - Highlighting the Offense
Football recruiting expert Don Callahan joins Inside Carolina's Tommy Ashley to highlight
UNC Football's 2027 commitment list on the offensive side of the ball, break down each commit with details on their recruitment, and what each player will bring to
Bill Belichick's Tar Heels.
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Thu Jul 16, 2026
UNC Offensive Line Pledge Lauifi Tosi Flips Commitment To Stanford
UNC Football has lost its commitment from 3-star offensive lineman
Lauifi Tosi to Stanford. Tosi is the 119th-ranked interior offensive lineman nationally and 34th-ranked recruit from Arizona. Not only did Tosi flip his commitment to the Cardinal, he chose them over Boise State, Washington State, Eastern Michigan, Idaho, and Sacramento State. (
USA Today)