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Potential impact freshmen for UNC football in 2016

Freshmen play a bigger role in college football than ever before. Here’s a few Tar Heel freshmen who could become standouts this year.

There used to be a time in college football where we waited two or three years to see a highly touted freshman take the field. No longer is that the case as freshmen play a larger role now than they have ever played before. Recruiting is not just about the future anymore, it also affects the now. Here are a few North Carolina freshmen to look out for this fall.

Jonathan Smith (Linebacker, 6’1, 230)

Smith made noise in the spring after enrolling early from Scotland High School in Laurinburg.