Heading into the 2018 football season, one of the biggest questions was who would be starting under center for the Tar Heels. Chazz Surratt took over for Brandon Harris pretty early into the season last year. Despite the less than spectacular team record, Surratt played pretty well for most of the season. Then he got hurt in the Miami game, and Nathan Elliot finished that game, and started the remaining three games of the year.
Elliott is not as purely talented as Surratt, but he did enough to give himself a chance to win the starting job.