It’s official: the Tar Heels will be without wide receiver Tez Walker for tomorrow night’s game against South Carolina.
Here is the announcement per UNC’s social media account:
A statement from Coach Brown on the Tez Walker situation pic.twitter.com/jXTB0Yjqwl
— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) September 1, 2023
Making it all the way to Friday afternoon without a word from NCAA was truly the writing on the wall that finding a way to make Walker eligible wasn’t happening. As Mack Brown pointed out in his statement, the NCAA once again has proven that they care more about their rules and procedures than they do about any kind of human emotion, let alone the fact that Walker joined the team before the rule in question was put into place.