Following up a terrific recruiting haul for the Tar Heels last season, North Carolina head coach Mack Brown is off to a great start with the class of 2021.
He signed nine 4-star prospects in last year’s class — and one 5-star, depending on the recruiting outlet you trust — giving the Tar Heels the No. 19-ranked recruiting class in the nation. That’s their highest ranking since 2011, and the most such recruits in better than a decade.
More recently, the Tar Heels picked up pledges from two 4-star prospects, Gabe Stephens and Gavin Blackwell, adding to a class that already had two top-250 commits.