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UNC Football: Tar Heels land four-star Athlete on Wednesday night

The recruiting dead period hasn’t really impacted the North Carolina Tar Heels’ football program the past few days.

Just over 24 hours since the Tar Heels landed a commitment from three-star athlete Tymir Brown on Tuesday, Mack Brown and his staff struck again. UNC landed a verbal commitment from four-star athlete DeAndre Boykins on Wednesday night.

Boykins officially pledged that verbal commitment on Wednesday, telling Inside Carolina’s Don Callahan he has picked the Tar Heels.

The Concord, North Carolina product is a four-star athlete that is ranked No. 177 overall, No. 8 at his position and the No.