When Carolina let Mack Brown go, one of the byproducts was that the entire roster ended up in flux. Multiple players entered the transfer portal, and commitments felt like their recruitment may need to be reopened as they were going to a school that had a coach different than who they signed up to play for.
One of those commitments was Bryce Baker. Baker is a four-star quarterback out of East Forsythe High School that committed in 2023, and his potential is such that both LSU and Penn State were jumping in to secure him for their teams.