Scary, scary stats: Each top 25 team's most daunting metric
Posted Jul 3, 2016
18. North Carolina Tar Heels Rush defense: Defensive coordinator Gene Chizik certainly helped improve North Carolina's defense last season. The Tar Heels' scoring defense improved by 14.5 points per game, the largest jump among Power 5 teams. However, North Carolina's rush defense still has work to do. The Tar Heels allowed an ACC-high 247.4 rush yards per game in 2015.
(ESPN.com)
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