In 2024-25, the North Carolina Tar Heels will welcome the No. 10 ranked recruiting class in the country according to 247Sports. This incoming group, while small in number, has national attention already peeled on the immediate impact to be made. Ian Jackson and Drake Powell are both five star top-10 prospects and will enter Chapel Hill with large shoes to fill. This duo, who will also be joined by James Brown, makes up one of the best Tar Heel recruiting classes in recent years.
Ian Jackson typically receives the bulk of the coverage as the premier incoming freshman for North Carolina, but Drake Powell has solidified himself amongst the elite of the 2024 class as well, and experts are taking notice.