Dazz Newsome, Sam Howell Receive ACC Weekly Football Honors

Posted Nov 18, 2019
ACC Receiver of the Week Dazz Newsome had 11 catches and 170 receiving yards and scored his seventh touchdown of the season in the Tar Heels’ loss at Pitt on Thursday. Five-time ACC Rookie of the Week Sam Howell tossed three touchdown passes in the overtime loss at Pitt to give him 29 for the season, the third most in ACC history by a freshman. (The ACC)

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