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- Pick/market: CHAPEL HILL — Three months before North Carolina traveled across the pond to face TCU in Dublin, Ireland, for Week 0, a much smaller group of Tar Heels made the trip overseas.

- Pick/market: After North Carolina got off to a quick start, the Tar Heels were dominated in the second half, falling to Clemson, 28-20 on Saturday.

- QB: He definitely needs to get on the same page as guys like Mason Humphrey.

- QB: CHAPEL HILL — In today's special Daily Drop, Andrew Jones and Noah Weiskopf go in-depth on North Carolina quarterback situation and discuss when a change could be made, if at all.

- QB: With UNC in its second bye week of the season, one area that must be addressed is where they stand with Billy Edwards at quarterback.

- QB: Edwards missed a bunch of throws.

- QB/RB: CHAPEL HILL — Ten months ago, I asked Bill Belichick a simple question before North Carolina's eventual loss to Duke.

- Against Clemson in 2026, North Carolina back Benjamin Hall had 11 carries for 77 yards by halftime. The column says UNC used Demon June on a first-down run backed near its own goal line in the third quarter, and June fumbled. The writer argues for more Hall work; no coach announced a rotation change. - Through three 2026 games, Benjamin Hall has UNC's best overall PFF grade at 81.8 and is its highest-graded pass-blocking back, according to the article. Demon June has four touchdowns in a goal-line role. These are current contributions within UNC's rotation, not a newly named lead back or promised carry split.

- DL: Freeman on UNC defense: "A lot of five-down, two-gapping.

- Against Clemson, North Carolina cut corner Tre Miller, a starter in its first two games, to nine snaps. Safety Peyton Waters instead played 54 corner snaps opposite Jaiden Patterson after only two earlier career snaps there, while Coleman Bryson filled Waters' safety spot for all 72 defensive plays. Those are Clemson-game alignments, not a permanent depth-chart announcement. - The 247Sports article cites Clemson-game PFF overall grades of 47.3 for UNC safety Coleman Bryson and 34.4 for corner Jaiden Patterson. Bryson allowed four catches on four targets for 63 yards and a TD with five missed tackles; Patterson allowed three on seven for 55 yards. These are article-cited game results, not independently read PFF data or a benching decision. - UNC slot defender Kaleb Cost played 44 snaps against Clemson, allowing one catch on two targets for 13 yards with a pass breakup. Freshman Kenton Dopson III played 11 snaps and allowed one catch on two targets for three yards. These observed contributions do not establish either player's next-game snap share.

- Intel: New addition to Kenan Stadium this weekend, as we honor our College and Pro Football Hall of Famers #Kenan100 - https:// goheels.com/news/2026/9/28 /carolina-football-to-unveil-hall-of-fame-displays-at-kenan-stadium …

- Practice: UNC begins practice on Tuesday, so to get things going, David Sisk and AJ spent two hours on a livestream discussing many aspects of Michael Malone's Tar Heels and took questions.

- Intel: National honors for Greg Smith Career-high 7 tackles 1 Tackle for loss 1 Interception 1 Forced fumble Graded out at 90.1 in PFF

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