Going into the basketball offseason, Tar Heels Wire will be looking at each scholarship player listed on the Tar Heels’ roster.
Over the offseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and how they performed for head coach Hubert Davis and the team. Next up is Dontrez Styles.
[autotag]Dontrez Styles[/autotag] committed to North Carolina back in April of 2020 picking Carolina blue over Clemson orange. The four-star small forward overcame a serious neck injury after a scary fall in his senior season at Kinston High School. Styles bounced back in a major way, getting some valuable minutes in his freshman season on a loaded UNC basketball team.
Dontrez Styles Player Profile
Hometown: Kinston, North Carolina
Ht: 6-foot-6
Wt: 210
247Sports Composite Ranking
Four-star // No. 66 OVR
Class in 2021-22: Freshman
Career Stats
| Year | G | FG% | TRB | AST | STL | PTS |
| 21-22 | 30 | .436 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
Year in Review
Styles entered his freshman season playing limited minutes with Hubert Davis playing a tight rotation. Styles played in 30 games, averaging two points and 1.4 rebounds in just 5.8 minutes per game.
The 6-foot-6 Kinston native played a significant role early in UNC’s NCAA Tournament run this past season, logging 15 minutes against Marquette and 25 minutes against Baylor. His best game of the season came in the 93-86 win over the Bears where he had nine points, two steals, and three rebounds in those 25 minutes.
Styles also hit one of the biggest shots in that Baylor game, draining a three-pointer for the first bucket of overtime. That bucket helped set the tone for the Tar Heels in the bonus period.
As the year went on, Styles got better for the Tar Heels despite a limited role and that’s considered a success in terms of his development.
This upcoming season you can expect Styles’ number to be called upon often as the Tar Heels have some minutes opened up with the departure of Brady Manek. He ended last season logging important minutes during the March Madness run, and he will be one of Davis’ early subs for starter breaks or when a spark is needed to be ignited.