North Carolina Football 2025 Crash Course: Running Backs

Posted Jul 11, 2025
The Tar Heels' returning running backs — Davion Gause, Caleb Hood, and Charleston French — combined for 104 total touches last season, or not even 33 percent of the load that Omarion Hampton shouldered alone in 2024. Former North Carolina standout and NFL All-Pro running back Natrone Means is in charge of coaching the running backs now. (Inside Carolina)

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