Five walk-ons receive football scholarships
Posted Aug 22, 2011
The departure of players like Hunter Furr, Mywan Jackson, and Brandon Willis from the Tar Heel roster has created a void in some ways this summer in North Carolina's training camp, but it's also created new opportunity for others. Head coach Everett Withers took advantage of the situation by providing five new scholarships to deserving veteran UNC players to put the program back at its maximum of 85 scholarships.
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
Related: Football, Football Recruiting
Video: IC Game Plan Podcast - UNC Football at PittsburghJason Staples, Greg Barnes, and Tommy Ashley discuss Pitt's perfect start, UNC's opportunities Saturday after a solid performance against Notre Dame, vulnerabilities of the Pitt...
Fri Oct 9, 2026Carolina Insider Podcast: UNC vs. USC preview, Football preview, Charles Scott & Greg Smith join
UNC Basketball begins exhibition play tonight against USC in Greensboro. Jones Angell and Adam Lucas preview the action (4:19). Tar Heel Football has a chance...
Fri Oct 9, 2026
Chansky’s Notebook: Anticipated Weekend
Tar Heel fans have quite the trilogy of games this weekend. Men’s basketball opens the season Friday night in an exhibition against nationally ranked Southern...
Fri Oct 9, 2026
Who is New Pitt Starting Quarterback Holden Geriner?
Undefeated Pittsburgh must navigate the rest of its football season without starting quarterback Mason Heintschel, as he tore an ACL last week at Virginia Tech...
Thu Oct 8, 2026