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The 2022 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Mack Brown, who was in the fourth season of his second stint at North Carolina and 14th overall season at the university. The team played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium.

Offseason

Coaching changes

Immediately following the bowl-game loss to South Carolina, head coach Mack Brown stated that changes needed to be made. Speculation then began as to what those changes would be, with suggestions including the possibility of certain coaches being let go. The changes began to crystalize when, on January 7, 2022, co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach Jay Bateman and special teams coordinator/outside linebackers coach Jovan Dewitt were let go.

The following day, the school announced the hires of Gene Chizik and Charlton Warren to fill the vacant positions on social media. Chizik was named assistant head coach for defense, and Warren co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach. Both Chizik and Warren were on staff in Chapel Hill under former head coach Larry Fedora during the 2015 and 2016 seasons, and were instrumental in turning around a defense that had struggled mightily in the 2014 season, leading to a combined 19 wins during their first stints in Chapel Hill.

Running backs coach Larry Porter, who served as assistant STC in 2021, was elevated to special teams coordinator following Dewitt's departure, while continuing his responsibilities with the running back position.

On February 28, 2022, a day before the beginning of the Tar Heels' spring practice, offensive line coach Stacy Searels left the team to take the same position with Georgia.

The next day, as spring practice kicked off, it was reported by The Athletic's Bruce Feldman and other sources that the Tar Heels were targeting Louisville OL coach Jack Bicknell Jr. for the vacant position, though nothing official was announced by either school. Carolina officially announced Bicknell's hiring on March 3, 2022. Bicknell and offensive coordinator Phil Longo had previously worked together when they were at Ole Miss.

Tar Heel football alumnus and NFL safety Da'Norris Searcy returned to the program in the spring, joining the staff as the director of football student athlete development.

Prior to fall camp getting started, Frank Wilson was added to the staff as senior special teams analyst.

Departures

NFL draft

The following Tar Heels were selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. The Tar Heels' four 2022 selections tied for the most draft picks in the ACC.

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3	67	Joshua Ezeudu	OL	New York Giants
5	144	Sam Howell	QB	Washington Commanders
5	169	Ty Chandler	RB	Minnesota Vikings
5	175	Marcus McKethan	OL	New York Giants

Undrafted free agent signings

The following players went unselected in the 2022 NFL Draft, and signed UDFA rookie contracts with NFL teams.

• Tomon Fox (LB) – New York Giants
• Jeremiah Gemmel (LB) – San Francisco 49ers
• Kyler McMichael (DB) – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Jordan Tucker (OL) – Pittsburgh Steelers
• Garrett Walston (TE) – San Francisco 49ers

Preseason transfers

Fifteen members of the 2021 team elected to enter the NCAA transfer portal prior to the 2022 season.

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	New school
Eugene Asante	7	LB	6'1"	220	Chantilly, VA	Junior	Auburn
Khafre Brown	1	WR	6'0"	190	Charlotte, NC	Sophomore	South Florida
Beau Corrales	15	WR	6'3"	210	Georgetown, TX	Graduate†	SMU
Kamarro Edmonds	33	RB	5'11"	235	Havelock, NC	Redshirt Freshman	East Carolina
Stephen Gosnell	12	WR	6'1"	205	Pilot Mountain, NC	Sophomore	Virginia Tech
Josh Henderson	23	RB	5'11"	215	Princeton, NJ	Junior	Indiana
Tyrone Hopper	42	LB	6'4"	245	Roswell, GA	Graduate†	Missouri
Teagen Lenderink	96	PK	6'1"	175	Belmont, MI	Freshman‡	Liberty
Trey Morrison	4	DB	5'9"	190	Norcross, GA	Graduate†	Oklahoma
Alex Nobles	97	LB	6'2"	250	Rocky Mount, NC	Senior‡	FIU
Clyde Pinder	55	DL	6'0"	300	Seffner, FL	Sophomore	South Florida
Cameron Roseman-Sinclair	3	DB	5'11"	180	Charlotte, NC	Redshirt Sophomore	TBD
Emery Simmons	0	WR	6'1"	195	Hope Mills, NC	Junior	Indiana
Trevion Stevenson	26	LB	6'4"	240	Hampton, VA	Redshirt Freshman	Norfolk State
Kristian Varner	93	DL	6'6"	300	Hiram, GA	Sophomore	Georgia Southern

† Elected to use extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA in response to COVID-19.
‡ Walk-on

Other Preseason departures

Three players left the team for personal reasons.

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	Reason for departure
Wisdom Asaboro	77	OL	6'8"	332	Warri, Nigeria	Junior	Medical Retirement
Quiron Johnson	69	OL	6'2"	313	Reidsville, NC	Graduate	Forgoing remaining eligibility
Ethan West	19	LB	6'3"	245	Richmond, VA	Sophomore	Medical Retirement

Additions

Incoming transfers

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Prev. school
Lejond Cavazos	6	DB	6'0"	195	Redshirt Sophomore	San Antonio, TX	Ohio State
Jacolbe Cowan	93	DL	6'4"	275	Redshirt Sophomore	Charlotte, NC	Ohio State
Corey Gaynor	65	OL	6'4"	308	Graduate	Parkland, FL	Miami (FL)
Spencer Rolland	75	OL	6'6"	285	Graduate	Saint Paul, MN	Harvard
Noah Taylor	7	OLB	6'5"	235	Graduate	Silver Spring, MD	Virginia

Recruiting class

Шаблон:Main North Carolina signed 17 players in the class of 2022. The Tar Heels' class finished 10th in both the 247Sports and Rivals rankings. Nine signees were ranked in the final ESPN 300 top prospect list.

Preseason

ACC Media Poll

2022 ACC Football Media Days were held at The Westin Charlotte on July 20 and 21, 2022. At that event, head coaches and player representatives from the 14 ACC teams met with the media and discussed the upcoming season. Following the event, the ACC released a preseason poll on July 26, 2022 which was voted on by members of the sports media.

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Coastal Division
1	Miami	1,036 (98)
2	Pittsburgh	911 (38)
3	North Carolina	823 (18)
4	Virginia	667 (6)
5	Virginia Tech	592 (3)
6	Georgia Tech	343 (1)
7	Duke	220

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Overall Champion
1	Clemson	103
2	NC State	38
3	Miami	8
4	Wake Forest	4
5	Pittsburgh	3
	Virginia	3
7	Florida State	2
	North Carolina	2
9	Boston College	1

Preseason All-ACC Team

North Carolina had one player selected by the media make the 2022 Preseason All-ACC Team.

Josh Downs – WR/Specialist

Preseason All-Americans

Josh Downs (Sporting News) – 2nd Team (WR)

Award watch lists

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Lott Trophy	Tony Grimes	DB	Jr.
Maxwell Award	Josh Downs	WR	Jr.
Doak Walker Award	British Brooks	RB	GS
Biletnikoff Award	Josh Downs	WR	Jr.
Bronko Nagurski Trophy	Myles Murphy	DL	Jr.
Outland Trophy	Myles Murphy	DL	Jr.
Ray Guy Award	Ben Kiernan	P	Sr.
Walter Camp Award	Josh Downs	WR	Jr.
Bednarik Award	Myles Murphy	DL	Jr.
Mannelly Award	Drew Little	LS	Sr.

Personnel

Coaching staff

colspan="9" style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle; text-align:center;"| North Carolina Tar Heels coaches
Mack Brown	Head coach	4th of second stint, 14th overall
Phil Longo	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach	4th
John Lilly	Tight end coach	3rd
Jack Bicknell Jr.	Offensive line coach	1st
Lonnie Galloway	Assistant head coach/Wide receivers coach	4th
Larry Porter	Special Teams/Running backs	2nd
Gene Chizik	Assistant head coach for defense	1st of second stint, 3rd overall
Charlton Warren	Co-defensive Coordinator/Defensive backs coach	1st
Tommy Thigpen	Co-defensive coordinator/Inside Linebackers coach	5th
Tim Cross	Defensive line coach	4th
Dre Bly	Cornerbacks coach	4th
Brian Hess	Strength and conditioning	4th
Natrone Means	Offensive analyst	2nd
Frank Wilson	Senior Special Teams Analyst/Coordinator	1st
Sparky Woods	Senior advisor to head coach	4th
Darrell Moody	Senior advisor to head coach	4th
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Roster

colspan=11 style="text-align:center; Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle;"| 2022 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Roster
Quarterback 10 Drake Maye – Redshirt freshman (6'5, 216) 14 Jefferson Boaz – sophomore (6'7, 250) 15 Conner Harrell – freshman (6'1, 195) 16 Russell Tabor – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 205) Running back 4 Caleb Hood – sophomore (5'11, 227) 21 Elijah Green – sophomore (5'11, 198) 23 George Pettaway – freshman (5'11, 190) 24 British Brooks – senior (5'11, 226) 26 D.J. Jones – junior (5'10, 202) 28 Omarion Hampton – freshman (6'0, 220) Wide receiver 0 Tychaun "Doc" Chapman – freshman (5'10, 170) 1 Andre Greene Jr. – freshman (6'2, 190) 2 Gavin Blackwell – Redshirt freshman (5'11, 170) 3 Antoine Green – senior (6'2, 207) 5 J.J. Jones – sophomore (6'2, 210) 8 Kobe Paysour – Redshirt freshman (6'1, 180) 11 Josh Downs – junior (5'10, 171) 19 Grady Sherrill – freshman (5'8, 160) 20 Brooks Miller – Redshirt freshman (5'11, 167) 25 Kellan Hood – freshman (5'11, 185) 27 Michael Hall – freshman (6'1, 180) 29 Jeffrey Saturday – junior (5'10, 183) 38 Aiden Cloninger – freshman (5'11, 180) 83 Justin Olson – junior (6'2, 189) 84 Cyrus Rogers – Redshirt freshman (5'11, 178) 85 Landon Stevens – sophomore (6'2, 201) 86 Thomas Flynn – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 210) Placekicker 90 Todd Pledger – Redshirt freshman (6'5, 195) 98 Noah Burnette – sophomore (5'9, 175) Punter 91 Ben Kiernan – senior (6'0, 215) 92 Cole Maynard ― Redshirt Freshman (6'2, 172)		Tight end 18 Bryson Nesbit – sophomore (6'6, 220) 80 Will Crowley – junior (5'11, 240) 81 John Copenhaver – sophomore (6'3, 235) 88 Kamari Morales – junior (6'2, 242) 89 Jake Young – freshman (6'3, 225) Offensive line 52 Jonathan Adorno – junior (6'4, 301) 54 Chance Carroll – sophomore (6'2, 295) 55 Zach Rice – freshman (6'6, 315) 57 Cayden Baker – sophomore (6'5, 316) 60 Carter Kulka – Redshirt freshman (6'5, 255) 61 Diego Pounds – Redshirt freshman (6'7, 330) 63 Ed Montilus – senior (6'4, 309) 64 Malik McGowan – sophomore (6'3, 330) 65 Corey Gaynor – graduate (6'4, 309) 68 Brian Anderson – graduate (6'3, 294) 69 Jarvis Hicks – freshman (6'6, 300) 70 Noland Brown – junior (6'0, 295) 72 Asim Richards – senior (6'4, 320) 73 Eli Sutton – Redshirt freshman (6'8, 308) 74 Justin Kanyuk – freshman (6'6, 325) 75 Spencer Rolland – graduate (6'6, 310) 76 William Barnes – senior (6'4, 320) 78 Trevyon Green – freshman (6'7, 345) 79 Bo Burkes – freshman (6'1, 285) Defensive line 4 Travis Shaw – freshman (6'5, 360) 5 Jahvaree Ritzie – sophomore (6'5, 284) 8 Myles Murphy – junior (6'4, 300) 10 Desmond Evans – junior (6'6, 261) 12 Beau Atkinson – freshman (6'6, 240) 41 Kedrick Bingley-Jones – sophomore (6'4, 313) 51 Raymond Vohasek – graduate (6'3, 300) 56 Tomari Fox – senior (6'2, 290) 88 Deems May – freshman (6'2, 195) 92 Kody Kovacevic Freshman (6'3, 240) 93 Jacolbe Cowan – sophomore (6'4, 275) 96 Nic Harvey – freshman (6'1, 340) 98 Kevin Hester Jr. – junior (6'4, 306)		Jack 7 Noah Taylor – graduate (6'5, 235) 34 Gabe Stephens – Redshirt freshman (6'4, 204) 87 Colby Doreen – sophomore (6'4, 228) Linebacker 19 Bryson Jennings – freshman (6'4, 230) 23 Power Echols – sophomore (5'11, 225) 24 Malaki Hamrick – freshman (6'4, 200) 25 Kaimon Rucker – junior (6'1, 262) 32 Sebastian Cheeks – freshman (6'3, 220) 33 Cedric Gray – sophomore (6'1, 225) 36 Jalen Brooks – sophomore (6'0, 236) 44 Randy "Deuce" Caldwell – freshman (6'0, 225) 45 Jake Harkleroad – junior (5'10, 210) 47 CJ Murphy – freshman (6'1, 225) 48 Milad Aghaiepour – sophomore (5'10, 215) 53 Gibson Macrae – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 211) Defensive back 0 Ja'Qurious Conley – junior (6'1, 205) 1 Tony Grimes – junior (6'0, 195) 2 Don Chapman – senior (6'1, 187) 3 Storm Duck – junior (6'0, 194) 6 Lejond Cavazos – junior (6'0, 190) 9 Cam'Ron Kelly – senior (6'1, 215) 13 Obi Egbuna – senior (5'10, 190) 15 Ladaeson DeAndre Hollins – senior (6'1, 200) 16 DeAndre Boykins – sophomore (5'11, 197) 18 Christopher Holliday – sophomore (6'3, 221) 20 Tayon Holloway – freshman (6'1, 160) 26 Naari Short – sophomore (5'9, 175) 27 Giovanni Biggers – senior (6'1, 193) 29 Marcus Allen – freshman (6'1, 175) 30 Phillips Alvarez – freshman (5'10, 170) 31 Will Hardy – freshman (6'2, 200) 35 Jaden Selby – freshman (6'0, 175) 37 Thomas O'Sullivan – freshman (5'10, 185) 38 Val Edwards – junior (6'2, 200) 39 Zavion Woldu – sophomore (5'11, 195) 40 Major Byrd – freshman (5'9, 190) Long snappers 43 Garrett Jordan – freshman (6'1, 225) 61 Drew Little – senior (5'11, 236) 62 Spencer Triplett – sophomore (6'3, 235)
* North Carolina Tar Heels Football Roster as of 12/4/2022

Depth chart

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True Freshman

Game summaries

Florida A&M

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UNC -34.5

55.5

At Appalachian State

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App. -3

56

At Georgia State

North Carolina was the first Power Five team to play a road game at Georgia State. Шаблон:AFB game box start

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UNC -6.5

67.5

Notre Dame

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UNC -2

55.5

Virginia Tech

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UNC -9

57

At Miami (FL)

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Miami -3.5

66

At Duke

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UNC -6.5

67.5

Pittsburgh

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UNC -3.0

64.5

At Virginia

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UNC -7.5

59.5

At Wake Forest

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WF -4.5

77

Georgia Tech

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UNC -21

63.5

NC State

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UNC –6.5

56.5

Vs. No. 9 Clemson (ACC Championship game)

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CLEM -7.5

63.5

Vs. No. 15 Oregon (Holiday Bowl)

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UO -14.5

63.5

After the season

All-ACC Selections

1st Team

• Drake Maye (QB)
• Josh Downs (WR)
• Cedric Gray (LB)

2nd Team

• Josh Downs (AP)
• Storm Duck (DB)

3rd Team

• Antoine Green (WR)
• Asim Richards (OL)
• Ben Kiernan (P)

Honorable Mention

• Bryson Nesbit (TE)
• Corey Gaynor (OL)
• Power Echols (LB)

All-Americans

• Josh Downs (FWAA Second-Team)
• Cedric Gray (Sporting News Second-Team)

Individual awards

Drake Maye

• ACC Player of the Year
• ACC Offensive Player of the Year
• ACC Rookie of the Year
• ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year
• AP ACC Offensive Player of the Year
• Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year

Tylee Craft

• Disney Spirit Award

Coaching Changes

Following the ACC Championship Game multiple outlets reported on December 7, 2022 that offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Phil Longo was accepting the same job at Wisconsin. Offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. was reported to follow Longo to Madison.

On December 14, 2022, the Tar Heels made their first move to fill the vacancies, hiring Randy Clements as their new offensive line coach. They later hired Chip Lindsey to fill the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach vacancy.

Departures

Transfer Portal Entries

In August 2022, the NCAA issued updated guidance for players seeking to transfer. One update to the policy was the institution of transfer windows, with entry periods designated by when specific seasons end (previously players could enter at their discretion any time before the portal closed). In accordance with the new guidance, the 45-day postseason transfer period for football opened on December 5, 2022, and will close in January 2023. A second transfer window will open in May 2023, following the conclusion of spring practices.

The following members of the 2022 Tar Heel team entered the NCAA transfer portal during the postseason transfer period. The player's class is reflective of internal listing on the UNC roster.

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	New school
Dontae Balfour	14	DB	6'1"	180	Starke, FL	Redshirt Freshman	Charlotte
Tymir Brown	28	DB	6'0"	180	Jacksonville, NC	Redshirt Freshman	ECU
Chris Collins	17	DL	6'4"	245	Richmond, VA	Graduate	Minnesota
Jacolby Criswell	6	QB	6'1"	225	Morrilton, AR	Sophomore	Arkansas
Raneiria "RaRa" Dillworth	11	LB	6'1"	200	Winston-Salem, NC	Sophomore	ECU
Storm Duck	3	DB	6'0"	200	Boiling Springs, SC	Senior	Penn State
Tony Grimes	1	DB	6'0"	195	Virginia Beach, VA	Junior	Texas A&M
Kendall Karr	82	TE	6'3"	250	Belmont, NC	Sophomore	Coastal Carolina
Cam'Ron Kelly	9	DB	6'1"	210	Chesapeake, VA	Senior	Virginia
Jonathan Kim	95	PK	6'0"	210	Fredericksburg, VA	Senior	Michigan State
Dontavius Nash	21	DB	6'2"	180	Gastonia, NC	Redshirt Freshman	ECU
Justin Olson	83	WR	6'2"	200	Huntersville, NC	Junior	MTSU
Keeshawn Silver	55	DL	6'5"	315	Rocky Mount, NC	Redshirt Freshman	Kentucky
Jahlil Taylor	52	DL	6'0"	295	Vienna, GA	Senior	ODU

NFL Draft Entries

The following players declared for the 2023 NFL Draft. Some chose to opt out of the Holiday Bowl.

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	Opt-Out
Josh Downs	11	WR	5'10"	175	Suwanee, GA	Junior	Yes
Antoine Green	3	WR	6'2"	200	Rockledge, FL	Senior	No
Asim Richards	72	OL	6'5"	315	Philadelphia, PA	Senior	No

Notes

Шаблон:Note Longo left for the same position at Wisconsin prior to the Holiday Bowl. AHC/WR coach Lonnie Galloway served as interim OC and called plays in the gam.
Шаблон:Note Warren and Thigpen have the title of co-defensive coordinator, but serve under Chizik, whose official title is assistant head coach for defense.