New Approaches to Roster Building Creating Parity for ACC Football

While the Tar Heels have been battling Clemson and Miami for ACC recruiting supremacy, the NCAA’s decision to grant an extra year of eligibility for all football players due to the pandemic, as well as its creation of the transfer portal, has been a boon for other Power 5 programs that lack firepower to consistently compete on the recruiting trail. (Inside Carolina) How Michael Jordan helped usher receiver Josh Downs to UNC
Seeing Josh Downs dressed in Carolina blue on Saturday's is still somewhat painful for his dad. Gary Downs isn’t just any football dad.