How Does Sam Howell's Freshman Season Stack Up vs. Heisman Winners, Other Top QBs?
Posted Dec 10, 2019
With Sam Howell at quarterback, the Tar Heels are in elite company, as they’re set at the game’s single most-important position through at least 2021 and possibly 2022. When a freshman quarterback bursts onto the scene, it can change the trajectory of a middling program, just as it did for N.C. State with Philip Rivers in 2000 or Robert Griffin III at Baylor in 2008.
(Heels Maven)
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