A month from today, the North Carolina Tar Heels will play their first football game of the 2024 season.
UNC will head up north to Minnesota, where there’ll face the Golden Gophers for a second-consecutive season. North Carolina and Minnesota clashed for the first time ever last year, on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Kenan Stadium, when Drake Maye threw for over 400 yards in a 31-13 UNC victory.
Even with returning stars like Omarion Hampton and Kaimon Rucker, the Tar Heels are going to have a new look on both sides of the football. Conner Harrell and Max Johnson are competing for the starting quarterback gig, J.J. Jones and Nate McCollum now lead the receiving corps, plus North Carolina welcomes a new defensive coordinator in Geoff Collins.
Luckily for the Tar Heels, they’ve had a whole summer – and still have a month – to prepare for the season.
UNC took another step closer to kickoff on Sunday, as players rolled into Training Camp.
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By the end of Training Camp, North Carolina should have some answers to its greatest position battles. We could even see some freshman move into starting roles, such as wide receiver Jordan Shipp.
The greatest question all us Tar Heels fans have: how will this season compare to last?
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