It’s been an exciting few days in Chapel Hill after the Tar Heels surprised a lot of people and knocked off South Carolina, 24-20, in their season opener. Naturally, it took some strong individual efforts in order to pull out the victory, which resulted in three different Carolina players receiving recognition as some of the ACC’s top performers last weekend.
Quarterback Sam Howell was named the conference’s rookie of the week, left tackle Charlie Heck was awarded offensive lineman of the week, and safety Myles Wolfolk was chosen as defensive back of the week.