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UNC Signs 19 to 2015 Recruiting Class

By Brian Barbour
Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports

National Signing Day is upon us and UNC has signed 19 recruits to the 2015 class.

Position Rank
Player Position Ht Wt Hometown Scout 247 Rivals Status
Aaron Crawford DT 6-1 310 Ashburn, VA 26 51 47 Signed
Andre Smith LB 6-0 230 Jacksonville, FL 27 19 20 Enrolled
Anthony Ratliff-Williams QB 6-1 195 Matthews, NC 21 18 19 Enrolled
Carl Tucker TE 6-2 225 Cornelius, NC 15 90 65 Enrolled
Charlie Heck OT 6-7 255 Kansas City, MO 91 62 N/A Signed
Corey Bell, Jr. CB 5-9 170 Charlotte, NC 95 140 N/A Signed
J.K Britt S 6-0 190 Newman, GA 94 37 76 Enrolled
Jake Bargas TE 6-4 225 Boca Raton, FL 53 34 23 Signed
Jalen Dalton DE 6-6 260 Clemmons, NC 10 4 4 Enrolled
Jason Strowbridge DE 6-4 250 Deerfield Beach, FL 24 48 N/A Signed
Jonathan Sutton LB 5-11 220 Swansea, SC 31 51 28 Signed
Juval Mollette WR 6-4 200 Randleman, NC 67 74 34 Enrolled
Mason Veal OG 6-5 295 Charlotte, NC 69 31 31 Enrolled
Mike Hughes CB/ATH 5-11 185 New Bern, NC 70 38 18 Signed
Nathan Elliott QB 6-1 195 Celina, TX 76 28 N/A Signed
Nick Polino OG 6-4 275 Buford, GA 57 42 44 Signed
Tommy Hatton C 6-3 285 Montvale, NJ 2 4 2 Signed
Ty'Son Williams RB 6-0 210 Sumter, SC 38 43 43 Enrolled
William Sweet OT 6-7 280 Jacksonville, FL 13 46 21 Enrolled
National/ACC Rank 24th/3rd 25th/3rd 27th/5th



Grain of salt caveat and what not here.

As for "areas of need" which would be the defense and the offensive line, this class addresses those. In particular Tommy Hatton is highly rated as a center and the trio of Jalen Dalton, Aaron Crawford and Jason Strowbridge gives the Heels some quality recruits on the defensive line. The consensus among the recruiting services puts this class at around 25th overall.

If there is one complaint about the class it is the fact UNC only signed 19 players. UNC had operated the prior three seasons with scholarship limitations thanks to NCAA penalties. It is a bit inexplicable that Larry Fedora opted to sign fewer recruits in 2015 than he had during each of the sanctioned years. Either Fedora didn't want fill open slots simply for the sake of doing so or there are designs to bring in a monster 2016 class.

Of the 19 members of this class, nine of them enrolled in January and will participate in Blue Dawn and spring practice. This will give these players a head start and ideally position some of them to contribute sooner on a team that needs help in key areas.

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