UNC Recruiting: Week of 8/16 - Tar Heel Blog

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I said last week that August is a huge month for recruiting, so naturally, the world gifts me a pretty dry week in response. I mean, I wasn’t expecting anything to happen, given the dates we already knew weren’t going to have passed yet, but I would’ve loved to be wrong. I’m being dramatic, of course; there’s been plenty of activity in the recruiting world where UNC is concerned, just no firm dates or anything. Anyways, enough of me — let’s get to the news:

• On Monday, Andre Greene, a 4-star wide receiver from Richmond, just released a top 6 that consists of Clemson, UNC, UGA, Penn State, LSU, and Oregon. He’s visited all 6 in the past couple months, so there aren’t any tells as to a potential hierarchy within this list there. That said, he’s probably going to stretch his recruitment into the fall and take his senior year’s official visits as well, so that will be something to monitor for any information his fall visit schedule imparts. UNC has a few things going for it here, including the program’s recent success recruiting highly-rated players out of Virginia (which gives Greene a familiarity with some guys on the roster or who are coming in) and being the closest school to Richmond out of his final 6. It’s always hard to beat Clemson when they’re invested, though.
• Speaking of beating Clemson, more and more indications are coming in that Travis Shaw will be suiting up in Carolina blue come the fall of 2022. Every Crystal Ball prediction since Shaw announced a commitment date has been for UNC, and there have been five of them from people with sources in all different places — Clemson insiders, national analysts, and local insiders. It’s not a done deal; Shaw’s camp has been sealed shut as far as information goes and most of these predictions weren’t made with a high degree of confidence. But out of the de facto three finalists* of UNC, Clemson, and Georgia, it’s pretty clear that UNC fans should be feeling best about this one. (*this is no shade to NC A&T, where I am in favor of way more in-state talent going if possible, but according to Shaw, even their coaching staff wants him to go somewhere else where his talent can be maximized with high-major facilities available).
• I don’t think I mentioned this at the time, but Benji Gosnell, younger brother of current UNC wide receiver Stephen, recently decommitted from Ohio State. The younger Gosnell is a tight end prospect, and UNC doesn’t have one committed in the Class of 2022. They don’t need one, but Gosnell is a four-star talent at a relatively thin position for the Heels. Combine that with the family aspect and the recent success UNC has had with brothers, and you have to think Mack Brown and staff are interested. There hasn’t been much on what Gosnell is looking for or why he decommitted, but the fit with UNC makes sense - if a Bama or Clemson isn’t also interested.

UNC Football 2022 Commitments

Name	Position	Height	Weight	Rating	Positional Rank	School	Location	Status
Name	Position	Height	Weight	Rating	Positional Rank	School	Location	Status
Malaki Hamrick	OLB/Edge	6'4	205	4-star	10	Shelby	Shelby, NC	Verbal
Omarion Hampton	RB	6'0	215	4-star	12	Cleveland	Clayton, NC	Verbal
Sebastian Cheeks	LB	6'3	210	4-star	15	Evanston Township	Evanston, IL	Verbal
Beau Atkinson	DE/Edge	6'6	240	4-star	19	Leesville Road	Raleigh, NC	Verbal
Tayon Holloway	CB	5'11	170	4-star	19	Green Run	Virginia Beach, VA	Verbal
Tychaun Chapman	WR	5'10	160	4-star	26	Princess Anne	Virginia Beach, VA	Verbal
Marcus Allen	DB	6'2	165	4-star	29	Walton	Marietta, GA	Verbal
Bryson Jennings	DE/Edge	6'6	235	3-star	22	Clover Hill	Midlothian, VA	Verbal
Connor Harrell	QB	6'1	189	3-star	43	Thompson	Alabaster, AL	Verbal
Trevyon Green	OT	6'7	338	3-star	58	Life Christian Academy	Colonial Heights, VA	Verbal
Deuce Caldwell	LB	6'1	210	3-star	91	Mauldin	Mauldin, SC	Verbal
Justin Kanyuk	OT	6'5	290	3-star	93	Bethlehem Catholic	Bethlehem, PA	Verbal

• Zion Cruz was supposed to announce a commitment today, as you’ll remember from last week’s update, but told Adam Zagoria yesterday that he would be postponing his decision indefinitely. That’s good news for UNC, which now has a chance to get him on campus some time this fall if his postponement is for any significant amount of time. We’ll see how much sway that “dream school” label has now that UNC has a chance to get into this recruitment instead of having offered too late.
• Nothing too notable, but 247’s Director of Basketball Recruiting, Eric Bossi, went as far as to say UNC is “in good shape” with Cam Whitmore ahead of his visit this weekend, though Illinois, Villanova, Maryland, and Georgetown are still also major players for him. Whitmore seems to be the staff’s biggest priority right now and this visit is going to be absolutely huge for Hubert Davis as he tries to fill out his first recruiting class by adding a wing whose stock just keeps rising.

UNC Basketball 2022 Commitments

Name	Position	Height	Weight	Rating	National Ranking	School	Location	Status
Name	Position	Height	Weight	Rating	National Ranking	School	Location	Status
Jalen Washington	PF	6'9	210	5-Star	21	West Side	Gary, IN	Verbal
Seth Trimble	PG	6'3	185	4-Star	48	Menemonee Falls	Menemonee Falls, WI	Verbal
Will Shaver	C	6'10	245	3-Star	135	Oak Mountain	Birmingham, AL	Verbal

UNC Basketball 2022 Offers

Name	Position	Height	Weight	Rating	National Ranking	School	Location
Name	Position	Height	Weight	Rating	National Ranking	School	Location
Chris Livingston	SF	6'6	200	5-Star	5	Buchtel	Akron, OH
Derek Lively II	C	7'1	220	5-Star	7	Westtown School	Norristown, PA
Mark Mitchell	SF	6'8	205	5-Star	12	Bishop Miege	Mission, KS
Jaden Bradley	PG	6'2	178	5-Star	17	IMG Academy	Bradenton, FL
Zion Cruz	SG	6'5	175	5-Star	20	The Patrick School	Hillside, NJ
Cam Whitmore	SF	6'6	200	4-Star	55	Archbishop Spalding	Severn, MD
Isaac Traudt	PF	6'9	205	4-Star	60	Grand Island Senior School	Grand Island, NE
Tyler Nickel	SF	6'8	210	4-Star	79	East Rockingham	Elkton, VA

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