Mack Brown Live: Sam Howell's Tendency to Hold the Ball Too Long

Posted Nov 3, 2020
"When you see an open gap, you instinctively kind of take off and try to take advantage of open space the defense gives you," UNC quarterback Sam Howell said on the Mack Brown Live radio show Monday (Audio). "And then you feel you've been holding the ball too long and it's time to get out of the pocket. That's something I'm trying to get a little better at." (Inside Carolina)

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