With the 2024 ACC Football Kickoff taking place in Charlotte, we are inching closer and closer to the start of the upcoming college football season. And for the North Carolina Tar Heels, they still have some things to sort out.
One of the biggest questions surrounding Mack Brown’s team in 2024 is the quarterback position. With Drake Maye off to the NFL, the Tar Heels have a battle brewing this offseason with transfer Max Johnson, Conner Harrell, and Jacolby Criswell.
UNC hasn’t hinted their plans just yet but one college football writer made his bold prediction for the Tar Heels and it involved that quarterback battle.
Brad Crawford of 247Sports wrote on 10 bold ACC football predictions, saying that Jacolby Criswell will be UNC’s top quarterback:
Coming out of spring, Texas A&M transfer Max Johnson battled Conner Harrell for the Tar Heels’ starting job. The program since added a third option, former Arkansas quarterback Jacolby Criswell to the mix, who arrived as a serious threat to earn QB1 status in camp. He originally signed with the Tar Heels and played a couple seasons as a depth-chart option before serving as KJ Jefferson’s No. 2 last fall in the SEC. He’s back, seasoned and anxious to get his shot. Expect this to be Mack Brown’s final season in Chapel Hill as coach, so cycling through multiple quarterbacks might not be all that bold of a decision.
That’s a bold take as many believe this quarterback battle is down to just Harrell and Johnson.
Criswell returned to North Carolina after transferring out and playing at Arkansas. He’s the name that no one is really talking about in the quarterback battle and could sneak in and win the job.
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