UNC Football 2019 Position Preview: Quarterbacks

Posted Jul 30, 2019
Let’s kick off our run through UNC’s position groups with the most important and probably the most mysterious one on the Tar Heels’ roster: quarterback. When you have three freshmen competing for the job, there’s not much to go on. I’m stretching the definition of “freshman,” though, as Jace Ruder and Cade Fortin enrolled in 2018 and redshirted. (Tar Heel Blog)

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