2021_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team

2021 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2021 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season


The 2021 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Mack Brown, who was in the third season of his second stint at North Carolina and his 13th overall season at the university. The team played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

North Carolina Tar Heels coaches
Mack BrownHead coach3rd of second stint, 13th overall
Phil LongoOffensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach3rd
John LillyTight end coach2nd
Stacy SearelsOffensive line coach3rd
Lonnie GallowayAssistant head coach/Wide receivers coach3rd
Larry PorterRunning backs coach/Assistant Special teams coordinator1st
Jay BatemanDefensive coordinator/Safeties coach3rd
Tommy ThigpenAssociate Defensive coordinator/Inside linebackers coach4th
Tim CrossDefensive line coach3rd
Jovan DewittSpecial teams coordinator/Outside linebackers coach2nd
Dre BlyCornerbacks coach3rd
Brian HessStrength and conditioning3rd
Natrone MeansOffensive analyst1st
Sparky WoodsSenior advisor to head coach3rd
Darrell MoodySenior advisor to head coach3rd
Ken BrowningSenior advisor to head coach3rd
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Roster

2021 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Roster

Quarterback

  • 6 Jacolby Criswell – sophomore (6'1, 225)
  • 7 Sam Howelljunior (6'1, 225)
  • 10 Drake Mayefreshman (6'5, 220)
  • 14 Jefferson Boaz – Redshirt freshman (6'7, 245)

Running back

  • 4 Caleb Hood – freshman (5'11, 230)
  • 19 Ty Chandlergraduate (6'0, 210)
  • 21 Elijah Green – Redshirt freshman (5'11, 205)
  • 24 British Brooks – senior (5'11, 210)
  • 26 D.J. Jones – sophomore (5'10, 205)
  • 33 Kamarro Edmonds – freshman (5'11, 230)

Wide receiver

  • 2 Gavin Blackwell – freshman (5'11, 185)
  • 3 Antoine Greensenior (6'2, 210)
  • 5 J.J. Jones – freshman (6'2, 200)
  • 8 Kobe Paysour – freshman (6'1, 180)
  • 11 Josh Downssophomore (5'10, 180)
  • 12 Stephen Gosnell – sophomore (6'2, 210)
  • 13 Tylee Craft – sophomore (6'4, 205)
  • 15 Beau Corrales – senior (6'3, 210)
  • 83 Justin Olson – sophomore (6'2, 200)

Placekicker

  • 17 Grayson Atkins – graduate (5'9, 210)
  • 95 Jonathan Kim – junior (6'0, 210)
  • 98 Noah Burnette – Redshirt freshman (5'9, 175)

Punter

  • 91 Ben Kiernan – junior (6'0, 215)
  • 92 Cole Maynard — Freshman (6'2, 165)
 

Tight end

  • 18 Bryson Nesbit – freshman (6'6, 245)
  • 81 John Copenhaver – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 245)
  • 82 Kendall Karr – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 245)
  • 84 Garrett Walston – graduate (6'4, 245)
  • 88 Kamari Morales – sophomore (6'2, 250)

Offensive lineman

  • 51 Wyatt Tunall – sophomore (6'5, 305)
  • 52 Jonathan Adorno – sophomore (6'4, 315)
  • 54 Chance Carroll – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 300)
  • 57 Cayden Baker – sophomore (6'5, 305)
  • 61 Diego Pounds – freshman (6'7, 330)
  • 63 Ed Montilus – junior (6'4, 315)
  • 66 Eli Sutton – freshman (6'7, 305)
  • 64 Malik McGowan – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 330)
  • 67 Trey Zimmerman – Redshirt freshman (6'5, 280)
  • 68 Brian Anderson – senior (6'2, 305)
  • 69 Quiron Johnson – graduate (6'2, 315)
  • 72 Asim Richardsjunior (6'4, 325)
  • 73 Marcus McKethansenior (6'7, 335)
  • 74 Jordan Tucker – senior (6'7, 340)
  • 75 Joshua Ezeudujunior (6'4, 320)
  • 76 William Barnes – junior (6'4, 325)
  • 77 Wisdom Asaboro – sophomore (6'8, 315)
  • 79 Hunter Shope – sophomore (6'1, 290)

Defensive lineman

  • 5 Jahvaree Ritzie – freshman (6'5, 285)
  • 6 Keeshawn Silver – freshman (6'6, 290)
  • 8 Myles Murphy – sophomore (6'4, 305)
  • 41 Kedrick Bingley-Jones – freshman (6'4, 280)
  • 51 Raymond Vohaseksenior (6'3, 300)
  • 52 Jahlil Taylor – junior (5'11, 310)
  • 56 Tomari Fox – junior (6'2, 290)
  • 98 Kevin Hester Jr. – sophomore (6'4, 305)
 

Linebacker

  • 7 Eugene Asantejunior (6'1, 220)
  • 10 Desmond Evans – sophomore (6'6, 265)
  • 11 Raneiria "Rara" Dillworth – freshman (6'1, 205)
  • 12 Tomon Foxgraduate (6'3, 265)
  • 17 Chris Collins – junior (6'4, 255)
  • 19 Ethan West – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 255)
  • 23 Power Echols – freshman (5'11, 220)
  • 25 Kaimon Ruckersophomore (6'1, 265)
  • 26 Trevion Stevenson ― Freshman (6'4, 240)
  • 33 Cedric Graysophomore (6'1, 225)
  • 34 Gabe Stephens – freshman (6'4, 225)
  • 42 Tyrone Hopper – graduate (6'4, 245)
  • 44 Jeremiah Gemmel – senior (6'1, 225)

Defensive back

  • 0 Ja'Qurious Conley – sophomore (6'1, 210)
  • 1 Kyler McMichael – junior (6'0, 210)
  • 2 Don Chapman – junior (6'1, 195)
  • 3 Cameron Roseman-Sinclair – Redshirt freshman (5'11, 210)
  • 4 Trey Morrison – senior (5'9, 190)
  • 9 Cam'Ron Kelly – junior (6'1, 210)
  • 13 Obi Egbuna – junior (5'10, 190)
  • 14 Dontae Balfour – freshman (6'2, 180)
  • 15 Ladaeson DeAndre Hollins – junior (6'2, 210)
  • 16 DeAndre Boykins – freshman (5'11, 210)
  • 18 Christopher Holliday – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 215)
  • 20 Tony Grimessophomore (6'1, 190)
  • 21 Dontavius Nash – freshman (6'1, 180)
  • 27 Giovanni Biggers – junior (6'1, 195)
  • 28 Tymir Brown – freshman (5'10, 180)
  • 29 Storm Ducksophomore (6'0, 205)

Long snappers

  • 61 Drew Little – junior (5'11, 220)
  • 62 Spencer Triplett – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 235)

  • North Carolina Tar Heels Football Roster as of 10/25/2021[2]

Offseason

Coaching changes

Larry Porter was hired in January for his second stint as the Tar Heels' running backs coach,[3] replacing Robert Gillespie, who departed for the same position at Alabama. Porter's first tenure at UNC came under previous head coach Larry Fedora from 2014–2016. He was also given the title of Assistant Special teams coordinator. Former Tar Heel and NFL running back Natrone Means was also hired in the offseason as an offensive analyst.[4]

Departures

NFL Draft

The following Tar Heels were selected in the 2021 NFL Draft.

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Transfers

The Tar Heels lost sixteen players from the 2020 season.

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†Denotes player who was listed as a senior by UNC, and chose to transfer elsewhere for the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Additions

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Recruiting class

North Carolina signed 19 players in the 2021 class. The Tar Heels' class finished 14th in the 247Sports football recruiting rankings, 16th in the Rivals rankings, and 7th in the ESPN recruiting rankings. Eleven signees were ranked in the ESPN 300 top prospect list.

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Schedule

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^ The game against Wake Forest, a fellow member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was played as a non-conference game and did not count in the league standings.[6] This was done because the two rivals otherwise only play once every six years due to conference divisional alignment.

^ The Duke's Mayo Bowl was the 59th edition of the North Carolina–South Carolina football rivalry. The two teams are next scheduled to kick off the 2023 season, also at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.

Game summaries

At Virginia Tech

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Georgia State

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Virginia

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At Georgia Tech

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Duke

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Florida State

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Miami

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At No. 11 Notre Dame

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No. 9 Wake Forest

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At No. 25 Pittsburgh

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Wofford

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At No. 20 N.C. State

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Vs. South Carolina (Duke's Mayo Bowl)

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Rankings

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Players drafted into the NFL

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References

  1. "2021 Football Coaching Staff". goheels.com. goheels. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. "2021 Football Roster". goheels.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  3. PJ Morales (January 29, 2021). "Larry Porter returns to UNC for second stint as running backs coach". Daily Tar Heel.
  4. Steven J. Gaither (March 23, 2021). "Natrone Means hired at UNC after starting at HBCUs". HBCU Gameday.
  5. "2021 North Carolina Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.

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