Every year, a new class of outstanding athletes, coaches and other athletic personnel are inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Headlining a class of 11, football legends Mack Brown and Julius Peppers represented a new sight for the Tar Heels. Also inducted posthumously was UNC's former director of track and field Dennis Craddock. (Daily Tar Heel) Garrett Walston Named To Mackey Award Watch List
UNC graduate student Garrett Walston has been placed on the 2021 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List, given annually to college football's most outstanding tight.