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UNC Recruiting: Week of 6/1

Could Mack Brown secure UNC’s highest-rated commitment since Marvin Austin?

NCAA FOOTBALL: NOV 10 North Carolina at Duke Photo by William Howard/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Well, we still aren’t getting much news in the way of recruiting, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to slow down the action - plus the fact that UNC’s football class of 2021 is already 23 or so of the way filled. So let’s catch up on what we have been hearing:

Football

  • The biggest fish remaining for UNC is five-star cornerback Tony Grimes, from Virginia Beach, who recently released a top four that consists of UNC, Ohio State, Georgia, and Texas A&M. His stated decision date is December 1st, though that could move up. 247’s Brian Dohn and Steve Wiltfong both gave updates on him pretty recently, and while Dohn’s written report is paywalled, Wiltfong’s video interview is not. He sees UNC and Georgia as the top two, and while his Crystal Ball is with Georgia, Dohn’s and a few others’ are with UNC.
  • Additionally, it looks like Grimes is a reclassification candidate - he’s studied well enough to be able to graduate from high school this summer, and according to Wiltfong, if there isn’t high school football in Virginia this fall, he’ll accelerate his decision and go straight to college.
  • Right now is a flashpoint moment for coaches and white leaders across the American sporting landscape. So let’s take a moment to appreciate Mack Brown getting it where some of his contemporaries in the ACC seem to absolutely not, and how it’s helped him in recruiting already:

UNC Football 2021 Commitments

Name Position Height Weight Rating Positional Rank School Location Status
Name Position Height Weight Rating Positional Rank School Location Status
Drake Maye QB 6'5 210 4-star 6 Myers Park Charlotte, NC Verbal
DeAndre Boykins S 5'11 200 4-star 6 Central Cabarrus Concord, NC Verbal
Keeshawn Silver DE 6'5 236 4-star 7 Rocky Mount Rocky Mount, NC Verbal
Power Echols ILB 6'1 206 4-star 9 Vance Charlotte, NC Verbal
Gabe Stephens DB/LB 6'3 205 4-star 10 Mountain Charter Mt. Holly, NC Verbal
Raneiria Dillworth DB/LB 6'2 185 4-star 12 Glenn Kernersville, NC Verbal
Dontavius Nash S 6'2 170 4-star 14 Hunter Huss Gastonia, NC Verbal
Kamarro Edmonds RB 5'11 200 4-star 15 Havelock Havelock, NC Verbal
Gavin Blackwell WR 6'0 164 4-star 21 Sun Valley Monroe, NC Verbal
Eli Sutton OT 6'7 285 4-star 22 Brentwood Academy Brentwood, TN Verbal
Kobe Paysour WR 6'1 175 4-star 60 Kings Mountain Kings Mountain, NC Verbal
Jared Wilson OG 6'4 325 3-star 19 West Forsyth Clemmons, NC Verbal
Tymir Brown ATH 5'10 166 3-star 28 Jacksonville Jacksonville, NC Verbal
Caleb Hood ATH 5'11 212 3-star 58 Richmond Rockingham, NC Verbal
J.J. Jones WR 6'3 195 3-star 77 Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach, SC Verbal

Basketball

  • Literally nothing of note has happened in this sphere since D’Marco Dunn was offered, other than him finally receiving an offer from his home state institution, Arizona.
  • Oh, and Hunter Sallis’ stock is rising, too, following a trend for Roy Williams’ offers in the back half of his offer net for 2021. Williams offered him when he was ranked 30th by 247’s Composite; he’s now up to 19th in the Composite and 11th on Rivals. His recruitment battle seems like one of the more winnable ones UNC has on its card right now, so that’s something to keep an eye on.

UNC Basketball 2021 Commitments

Name Position Height Weight Rating National Ranking School Location
Name Position Height Weight Rating National Ranking School Location
Dontrez Styles SF 6'6 205 4-star 54 Kinston Kinston, NC

UNC Basketball 2021 Offers

Name Position Height Weight Rating National Ranking School Location
Name Position Height Weight Rating National Ranking School Location
Chet Holmgren C 7'0 190 5-Star 2 Minnehaha Academy Minneapolis, MN
Patrick Baldwin Jr. SF 6'8 190 5-Star 3 Hamilton Sussex, WI
Kennedy Chandler PG 6'1 160 5-Star 12 Briarcrest Christian Memphis, TN
Harrison Ingram SF 6'7 200 5-Star 15 St Marks Dallas, TX
Trevor Keels SG 6'5 210 5-Star 16 Paul VI Catholic Fairfax, VA
Hunter Sallis CG 6'3 165 4-Star 19 Millard North Omaha, NE
D'Marco Dunn SG 6'4 180 3-Star 145 Westover Fayetteville, NC