UNC Needs Conner Harrell To Improve Quickly

Posted Sep 5, 2024
UNC’s revised QB pecking order comprises Conner Harrell as the starter, Arkansas transfer Jacolby Criswell (a fifth-year senior and former Tar Heel with only 58 college passing attempts) as the backup, and true freshman Michael Merdinger (a three-star prospect who enrolled in January) as the third-stringer. “We’ll start over,” Mack Brown said. (Chapelboro.com)

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