UNC Running Back Group Has Both Questions And Answers

Posted Jun 5, 2023
A shift toward more physical running game was a main theme of UNC's spring football practice. "We’ve got to change the narrative in our running game," Mack Brown said. "We were really good when we had the two great backs, we were okay our third year, we were inconsistent last year. We’ve got to be able to win a game without it being a quarterback." (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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