The Mitch Trubisky Effect
Posted Feb 4, 2017
Mitch Trubisky’s growth as a quarterback and ascent up NFL draft charts is having a positive effect on the recruiting trail for North Carolina. UNC has offered a few quarterbacks from the class of 2018 in recent weeks, and each has said Trubisky’s development and that he is expected to go high in the NFL draft make UNC appealing.
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
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