Quarterback Drake Maye, who last season became UNC’s first ACC Player of the Year since Lawrence Taylor in 1980, clearly is the most well-known player on the 2023 Tar Heels. UNC does have another All-American, though, and ’s job also is essential to the Tar Heels’ goal of winning the program’s first ACC championship since 1980. (Chapelboro.com)
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