DALLAS - North Carolina junior Michael Carter will begin the 2019 football season as a preseason candidate for the Doak Walker Award, the annual award presented to the nation's top college running back by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum.
Carter, a native of Navarre, Florida, posted 597 yards and two TDs on 84 carries in nine games as a sophomore. He caught 25 passes for 135 yards and a TD.
He earned ACC Running Back of the Week honors by exploding for 165 yards on 18 carries against Virginia Tech. Later in the year he tallied 148 yards and a TD on 18 rushes at Duke.