UNC Running Back Caleb Hood Withdraws From Transfer Portal

Posted Dec 28, 2024
UNC football coaches, looking for solutions to the departure of Tar Heel great Omarion Hampton to the NFL, haven't secured a running back from this year's transfer portal. But in a way, they now have, as senior Caleb Hood has withdrawn his name. Hood initially entered the portal Dec. 3, roughly a week after the program parted ways with Mack Brown. (Sports Illustrated)

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