UNC Football Staff Knows What it Needs in Spring Portal Search

Posted Feb 29, 2024
UNC Football's spring practice begins March 19 and its spring game is April 20. On April 15, the transfer portal opens, and activity will be rampant. UNC will be suitors, knowing one position that still needs help. “We really are looking at a defensive lineman,” Mack Brown said. "That’s what we need. Because we’re thin with the younger defensive linemen." (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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