Billy Edwards' journey to become UNC’s starting quarterback

Posted Aug 27, 2026
As a baby-faced, freckled, and scrawny eighth grader, it takes a certain level of confidence to go up to your future football coach and introduce yourself. It takes even more to tell him you are going to be a professional quarterback one day. That’s exactly what Billy Edwards Jr. did. Bill Belichick officially named Edwards as North Carolina's starter Friday. (Daily Tar Heel)

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