North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Sam Howell earned ACC Rookie of the Year and ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. This comes as no surprise as the true freshman finished the regular season with 3,347 passing yards and 35 touchdowns.
Howell is the fifth UNC player to win ACC Rookie of the Year honors. He will join Amos Lawrence, Darrell Nicholson, Leon Johnson, and Dre’ Bly with this special award.
Those 35 touchdowns are an impressive statistic. Via UNC Athletics, here is how those numbers stack up this year and historically:
What to know about @Sam_Howell2’s 35 TD passes this year:
- 4th most in the nation
- Most in the ACC
- Most by a freshman
- Most ever by an FBS true freshman
- 2nd most ever by an ACC frosh QB
- Most ever by a UNC QB
- 4th most ever by an ACC QB#CarolinaFootball #BeTheOne pic.