The past three months felt like old times in the Fox household, with both Tomon and Tomari Fox back home in Lawrenceville, Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Seemingly every day, the brothers were in the weight room with their father, Tony, going through the sorts of intense workouts that have become notorious among their North Carolina teammates. But no matter how enjoyable the extra time was with his dad and the rest of his family, the longer Tomon was at home, the more he worried about if he'd get to play his redshirt senior season.
That concern was finally quelled Wednesday, when the NCAA Division I Council approved a six-week preseason practice plan for football, a significant step toward playing the 2020 season.