UNC Basketball, Football and Recruiting News
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With UNC Football's 2026 season just three weeks away, Inside Carolina's football recruiting expert Don Callahan joins Tommy Ashley for a look the Tar Heels 2027 recruiting class that is nearing completion in Bill Belichick's second year in Chapel Hill.
CJ Rosser, the nation's No. 1 basketball recruit, was back in Chapel Hill this past week, and Michael Malone's UNC Basketball staff extended four new scholarship offers. Bill Belichick says his second UNC Football team barely resembles his first, even with the quarterback race wide open. And several Tar Heels cashed MLB Draft signing bonuses.
One of Bill Belichick's first acts as UNC's head football coach was a grand tour of the state's top high school programs. Eighteen months later, the Tar Heels reach late July without a single in-state pledge among their 17 commitments in the 2027 recruiting class . North Carolina's complete lack of presence with a talented in-state class in 2027 is striking.
Football recruiting expert Don Callahan joins Inside Carolina's Tommy Ashley to highlight UNC Football's 2027 commitment list on the offensive side of the ball, break down each commit with details on their recruitment, and what each player will bring to Bill Belichick's Tar Heels.
UNC Football has lost its commitment from 3-star offensive lineman Lauifi Tosi to Stanford. Tosi is the 119th-ranked interior offensive lineman nationally and 34th-ranked recruit from Arizona. Not only did Tosi flip his commitment to the Cardinal, he chose them over Boise State, Washington State, Eastern Michigan, Idaho, and Sacramento State.
For the second consecutive recruiting cycle, North Carolina Football has plucked a wide receiver out of Michigan, with high 3-star Chad Willis announcing Wednesday evening that he has flipped his commitment to the Tar Heels. Willis, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound recruit from Orchard Lake (Mich.) St. Mary’s Prep, originally committed to Cincinnati in early May.
After wrapping up a slate of official visits that included trips to UNC two weekends ago and LSU this past weekend, four-star linebacker Theo Wilson announced his commitment to North Carolina on Friday. In addition to LSU and UNC, Wilson, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound standout from Seffner (Fla.) Armwood High School, took official visits to Louisville and Virginia.
Caleb Wilson joined Michael Jordan and Coby White in becoming the third Tar Heel drafted in the first round by the Chicago Bulls, UNC Basketball is heavily involved with Buffalo transfer point guard Angelo Brizzi, Carolina Baseball fell just short in the College World Series to end an incredible season, and the Tar Heels landed 3 more football commits.
After spending the weekend in Chapel Hill on an official visit, Class of 2027 mid-three-star offensive lineman Jaiden Lindsay has flipped his commitment from Colorado to North Carolina. Earlier this month, Lindsay, a 6-foot-4, 300-pound standout from Good Counsel High School in Olney, Md., committed to Colorado while on an official visit to Boulder.
Four-star receiver Amare Patterson committed to UNC over Georgia, Georgia Tech, and South Carolina on Saturday. Patterson, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound recruit from Bluffton (SC) High School, becomes the second 4-star pledge and 15th commitment in UNC Football's 2027 recruiting class . Last Sunday, fellow 4-star Brayden Booth committed to the Tar Heels.