What started out as a rebuilding year turned into a year to forget for the Tar Heels. The injury bug bit and bit hard. Not a single offensive lineman started all 12 games, nor did a single linebacker. There were holes a-plenty as the year went on.
The silver lining of this level of injury bug is that a lot of young players will get a chance to play and will gain experience and the team got better as the year wore on. Carolina also held the lead in seven games last year and just seemed to fade late in games when their lack of depth started to show.