After years of battling the NCAA (and winning), North Carolina are now hoping for some clemency from the oft-ridiculed organization. This past spring, Antonio Williams announced he was transferring from the Ohio State to UNC. Transfers typically have to sit out a year before they can take the field, but as Jonathan M. Alexander wrote yesterday, the Heels are requesting a hardship waiver. If the NCAA, who have been under consistent scrutiny for their transfer policies, decides to grant the waiver Williams would immediately be eligible to play this fall.
Williams, a native of New London, NC and a product of North Stanly High School, was the #7 overall running back in the 2016 class.