After a season that probably broke records for starts lost to injury, or at least came close to it, Larry Fedora and the Tar Heel football program had to have been hoping for some positive regression to the mean in terms of injury luck. And while I won’t say last season’s bad luck is continuing, I will say that football is a cruel mistress: Much-hyped sophomore running back Michael Carter has suffered a broken wrist in training camp and will be sidelined for 4 to 6 weeks.
Carter, as we’ve documented fairly thoroughly here this offseason, looks to be set for a breakout season, being named to the Doak Walker award watch list, appearing on numerous “players to watch out for” articles, and generating buzz within camp as well.