Happy New Year, folks! Let’s hope 2021 brings us an even better year of Tar Heel sports than 2020, and also that we’ll have at least somewhat of a return to being able to attend games, hear crowd noise, and not worry about people possibly spreading a deadly disease every game they play. Of course, a program’s future in college sports is defined by recruiting, so let’s ring in the new decade by taking a look at the state of recruiting for UNC.

Football

• As expected, Tayon Holloway joined his fellow Tidewater 4-star junior Tychaun Chapman in committing to UNC on Christmas Day.