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Four-star QB Antwann Hill Jr. scheduled to visit UNC in June

Four-star quarterback Antwann Hill Jr. announces his upcoming visit to UNC in June.

Four-star quarterback Antwann Hill Jr. announced he is scheduled to visit UNC in June.

Hill is the fifth-ranked QB of the 2025 class, ranking 57th overall in the nation. Hill has already picked up significant traction with offers from Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Notre Dame, to name a few.

The 6-5 215 pound quarterback out of Warner Robins, Georgia, took to social media to announce the schools he would be visiting this summer, with UNC cracking the list. Along with the announcement that he will be in Chapel Hill for two days, he attached a photo with recent NFL draftee Josh Downs, who is also a Georgia native.

Hill had an insane sophomore season for Houston County, finishing with 3663 passing yards, 40 touchdowns, and three interceptions. Hill completed his passes at a 70% clip, with a 132.8 QBR.

As of now, On3 has Hill ranked at number 40 in NIL for his class with an evaluation of 243k.

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Four-star UNC football recruiting target set for commitment

The UNC football program will soon find out its fate in the recruitment for a four-star tight end.

The North Carolina Tar Heels football program will soon learn its fate in the race for four-star tight end Max LeBlanc.

Just over a week after cutting his list of 31 offers down to a final four, he is apparently close to a decision. LeBlanc took to Twitter on Friday afternoon to reveal that his commitment is ‘coming soon.’

Now, there is no official date set for the announcement but we imagine it will be within the next week or so and possibly this weekend.

LeBlanc will pick between North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio State, and Tennessee, announcing them as his top four. The Tar Heels have tough competition in this recruitment, battling two Big Ten schools and an SEC program.

The 6-foot-3, 222-pound LeBlanc is a Chattanooga, Tennessee native that is the No. 18 tight end in the class and No. 4 player in the state of Tennessee per the 247Sports recruiting rankings.

As of now, no team has a crystal ball prediction on 247Sports and LeBlanc’s recruitment appears pretty open with just those four teams.

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Tar Heels make cut for three-star safety in 2024 class

The UNC football program cracks the top eight in the recruitment for a 2024 safety.

The North Carolina football program continues to build for its future and now has a chance to boost its secondary after being one of the schools to make the list for a top safety in the 2024 class.

Three-star safety Christian Peterson has 35 offers in his recruitment so far, gaining the most traction from ACC schools. However, now he is cutting the list to just eight schools.

On Wednesday, Peterson revealed that he would pick from North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech, UCF, and Texas A&M as the programs he will be moving forward with during the recruitment process.

The 5-foot-9, 175-pound safety comes from Westlake high-school out of Atlanta, Georgia. Peterson has garnered massive attention due to his sure tackling and ball-hawking abilities. The road will be challenging for UNC, with Peterson having seven other notable teams on his list, including three ACC schools.

Peterson is ranked No. 504 overall, No. 57 safety, and No. 55 in Georgia per the 247Sports recruiting rankings.

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UNC football set to hire Freddie Kitchens as tight end coach

The UNC football program will hire Freddie Kitchens as tight end coach, replacing John Lilly.

It didn’t take long for Mack Brown and the UNC football program to find a new tight ends coach.

Just a week ago, it was announced that John Lilly was leaving the program and heading to the NFL to join the Carolina Panthers. Now, the Tar Heels are set to hire Freddie Kitchens as their new coach for the position.

The Football Scoop reported the news on Monday morning with Inside Carolina confirming it shortly after. Kitchens spent the 2022 season in the college ranks, serving as a football analyst for South Carolina.

Kitchens has experience at both the college and NFL level in his coaching career. Prior to the stint with the Gamecocks, Kitchens served as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 2019. He was also the tight ends coach for the New York Giants in 2020 and then served as interim offensive coordinator for the Giants in 2021.

He’s also spent time with the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals in his career.

As for the college ranks, Kitchens got his start at Glenville State in 1999 and then joined Nick Saban’s staff at LSU in 2000. From there he went to North Texas from 2001-03, and Mississippi State in 2004 and 2005 before heading to the NFL.

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Tar Heels getting big visit from four-star DT this weekend

UNC football is hosting a big time four-star defensive tackle for a visit this weekend.

The North Carolina football program will be hosting another big time visitor this weekend in addition to four-star safety [autotag]Michael Daughtery[/autotag].

2023 four-star defensive tackle [autotag]Jamaal Jarrett[/autotag] will also be on campus this weekend in Chapel Hill visiting UNC. Jarrett has offers from Georgia, North Carolina, Auburn, Michigan, Florida, Miami (Fla), Penn State, Tennessee and many more.

Jarrett was also on UNC’s campus twice last summer.

Jarrett has been a big time prospect on North Carolina’s recruiting board for much of the past year and the Tar Heels sit in a good spot for the four-star DT along with Georgia, but it may be difficult to keep Jarrett in-state after a recent visit to Georgia.

Rivals national writer Adam Gorney recently took a look at Jarrett’s recruitment.

GeorgiaĀ andĀ North CarolinaĀ are the front-runners forĀ Jamaal Jarrett and while Iā€™m never going to count out coach Mack Brown and the Tar Heels for an in-state prospect, the Bulldogs look tough to beat. He had such a great experience there for two days getting to know the coaches and players, sitting in on meetings and experiencing everything Georgia has to offer. If I had to pick right now, Georgia is clearly the frontrunner.

North Carolina has one commitment in the class of 2023 from quarterback [autotag]Tad Hudson[/autotag].

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Four-star UNC football recruiting target cuts list, sets date

This four-star UNC football recruiting target has cut his list and set a decision date for the Spring.

Mack Brown and the UNC football program will soon learn their fate for a big four-star recruit in the 2023 class.

Georgia native Michael Daugherty officially cut his list of 43 offers down to seven schools on Friday, naming North Carolina, Texas, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Miami, and Louisville as his finalists. He also announced that he will be making his college decision on April 13th, ending his recruitment and committing to a program.

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound safety out of Logansville is a big target for the Tar Heels in the 2023 class. He visited last Fall for a game and was then back on campus in January to see the program, just a few months after including them in his top 8. He did have plans to commit to a school in the Summer but has now pushed that up.

Daugherty is on a visit to Auburn this weekend as the Tigers are another big school in the running to land him.

He is ranked No. 166 nationally, the No. 15 safety and No. 17 player in the state of Georgia per the 247Sports recruiting rankings.Ā 

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