UNC offensive lineman the only Tar Heels’ representative on ESPN’s All-America teams

ESPN All-America teams featured one standout Tar Heel among the ranks of college football’s best players!

The UNC football program endured a rough season in 2024. In the end, it finished with a 6-6 record overall and a bowl-game loss to UConn. Through all the turmoil, one player stood out among many who took the field for Mack Brown at Chapel Hill.

ESPN released its list of All-America teams (first and second), and the list featured standout offensive lineman Willie Lampkin, the recipient of the 2024 Jacobs Blocking Trophy award.

The stellar guard joins the ranks of the best in college football making ESPN’s second-team All-American honors behind Ohio State guard Donovan Jackson and Alabama guard Tyler Booker.

Lampkin, who was a senior and has officially exhausted his college football eligibility, played and started in 12 games last season, seeing a total of 851 snaps on offense, a snap count higher than any other player on the roster last season.

Lampkin was a three-star recruit out of high school, committing to Coastal Carolina. He entered the transfer portal between his junior and senior years as a three-star transfer before making his way to Chapel Hill for two more seasons after finishing as a PFF All-Sun Belt first-team member.

He also earned first-team All-ACC honors, and AP All-American first-team honors this season as well. Lampkin will leave a huge hole on the offensive line that Bill Belichick will need to fill going into 2025.

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