The emergence of Kaimon Rucker has been huge for the North Carolina Tar Heels as he’s developed into one of their best pass rushers. Rucker has played in the Jack position for the Tar Heels and has delivered over the past two years.
And now, it appears as if he will have a fifth year with the program.
As North Carolina prepares for the Duke’s Mayo Bowl against West Virginia, they were at practice on Wednesday and held a media session. Rucker was one of the players who spoke and was asked about coming back for another year to use his extra COVID season.
He told reporters that he is ‘leaning’ towards using the fifth year and returning.
“Yeah, I’ll take the covid year,” Rucker said via Tar Heel Illustrated, after hinting at having another crack at NC State next season. “I’m considering my fifth right now. Right now I have a lot of options. I’m surveying those options, but I am heavily leaning toward a fifth right now.”
Rucker went on to say that he is going through talks with his family and nothing really logistic right now.
The linebacker is coming off a big regular season recording 56 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, and 8.5 sacks.
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