UNC football reviving recruiting pipeline Posted Jun 25, 2017 Look for North Carolina to continue to identify some of the best football recruits in Virginia. After all, two of top defensive players on the UNC roster right now hail from the Northern Virginia area with defensive back M.J. Stewart from Yorktown High School and defensive end Malik Carney – their sack leader a season ago with 5.5 – out of Alexandria’s T.C. Williams High School. (ACC Sports Journal)