North Carolina Football Preview 2025: Tar Heels Season Prediction, Win Total Projection, Top Players
North Carolina Tar Heels Key to the Season
Hold up against the run.It's the biggest thing for defensive coordinator Steve Belichick to figure out. Stop the run, and everything else should work. Last year's team allowed four yards or more per carry seven times, and lost all four games. It was 6-0 when allowing fewer.
North Carolina Tar Heels Key Player
Davion Gause, RB Soph.Ashton Jeanty was the best running back in college football last season, but Omarion Hampton wasn't far off. He did everything for the offense, including working as a top receiver. It's asking way too much for Gause to be Hampton, but he's a talented back who might be one of the ACC's breakout stars if everything works right.
North Carolina Tar Heels Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss
Top Transfer In: Daniel King, OG Sr.A massive 6-5, 340-pound All-Sun Belt star, he's a great pass blocker for his size who can play anywhere up front but center. A tackle for Troy, he'll likely work as a guard, but as good as he is, he can't replace …Top Transfer Out: Howard Sampson, OT Jr.If he wasn't the best offensive tackle in the portal, he wasn't far off. The 6-8, 325-pound star pro prospect would've been a great fit for the Tar Heels, but he's now part of the Texas Tech haul of great prospects.
North Carolina Tar Heels Key Game
TCU, Sept. 1Colorado kicked off the Deion Sanders era in 2023 with a blast of a 45-42 win over TCU. North Carolina is kicking off a high-profile head coach era this year with what should be a blast of a game against TCU. One problem - this TCU team is better than the one that gagged away the loss to Coach Prime.- 2025 North Carolina Schedule Breakdown
North Carolina Tar Heels Top 10 Players
1. Thaddeus Dixon, CB Sr.2. Gio Lopez, QB Soph.3. Khmori House, LB Soph.4. Daniel King, OG Sr.5. Kaleb Cost, S Jr.6. Pryce Yates, EDGE Sr.7. William Boone, OT Sr.8. Mikai Gbayor, LB Sr.9. Davion Gause, RB Soph.9. Smith Vilbert, EDGE Sr.
North Carolina Tar Heels 2024 Fun Stats
- North Carolina Scoring: 1st Quarter 66, 2nd Quarter 116- 4th Down Conversions: Opponents 10-of-19 (53%), North Carolina 13-of-27 (48%)- Rushing Yards Per Attempt: North Carolina 4.8, Opponents 3.9
North Carolina Tar Heels 2025 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen
North Carolina has a sneaky-tough schedule, but let's put it this way.There's no excuse. The Tar Heels get Clemson at home, they don't play Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, or SMU, and missing Boston College, Pitt, and Virginia Tech isn't bad.Where's the toughest road game, NC State? Syracuse? There's a week off before traveling to Cal, starting a lovely run of four games in five weeks against teams that finished with losing seasons.
There are holes and missing parts to the Tar Heels, and it won't all come together quickly, but there's not a game on the slate they can't win.They could drop the date to TCU right away, Clemson is the star of the ACC, and there are landmines, but …There's no excuse with this slate not to push for the first ten-win season since 2015.Set The North Carolina Win Total At … 7.5Likely Wins: at Charlotte, Richmond50/50 Games: at Cal, Duke, at NC State, Stanford, at Syracuse, TCU, at UCF, Virginia, at Wake ForestLikely Losses: Clemson 2025 North Carolina PreviewNorth Carolina Offense BreakdownNorth Carolina Defense Breakdown
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