Once the announcement of the bowl game was made, all eyes turned over to Kenan Stadium for word to trickle out about who will and won’t play in the game. Unlike last year, the Tar Heels don’t have a huge amount of players expected to go high in the NFL Draft. There is one name, though, that was expected to be a foregone conclusion of sitting out: Sam Howell.
The junior is already UNC’s most prolific quarterback ever, and with early mock drafts now having him go in the first round, it would be easy to see Sam take the same path as several Tar Heels last year and sit out the bowl game to avoid injury.