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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: North Carolina
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  North Carolina got the big defensive stop it needed in yet another drama-filled finish. Chazz Surratt picked off Deon Jackson's trick-play pass at the goal line with 14 seconds left, helping the Tar Heels hang on for a 20-17 win on Saturday night that reclaimed the rivalry's Victory Bell. The Blue Devils had pushed from their own 6-yard line after a UNC turnover to inside the UNC 5 with less than a minute to play. But with no timeouts, Jackson took a handoff and attempted a jump-pass while being hit that was snagged by Surratt, the QB-turned-linebacker who had leapt to deflect the ball but instead ended up corralling it for a game-saving takeaway.

Surratt said the Tar Heels (4-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) had discussed that the play could be coming during a timeout only moments before. "We were expecting it," Surratt said. "I thought he'd throw it a little higher and jumped. It came right to me. I just wanted to get it and make sure I got the ball in my hands and (get) on the ground." It was another close-call win for a UNC team that has played seven games decided by six or fewer points, with each being decided in the final 80 seconds. "We're TV darlings because we come down to the last drive on every game we've play but one," UNC coach Mack Brown said. "And this, again the last play." The Tar Heels celebrated by sprinting across the field as time expired to reclaim the Victory Bell that had been in Duke's possession the past three seasons. - North Carolina/AP College Football

(DS#3 ILB) rSr/2021 ILB Chazz Surratt, North Carolina
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  10/24/19 - Sam Howell, Jr/2022, North Carolina, 6-1, 224 (DS#5 QB) + More +

  North Carolina QB Sam Howell has been tough to stop during his freshman season with the Tar Heels. Howell matched a school record with five touchdown passes in last week's six-overtime loss to Virginia Tech, and has reached the 300-yard mark in three of his last four games. Next up is a Duke team that has held six straight opponents to fewer than 270 yards passing. - AP College Football

(DS#5 QB) Jr/2022 QB Sam Howell, North Carolina
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  10/22/19 - Sam Howell, Jr/2022, North Carolina, 6-1, 224 (DS#5 QB) + More +

  Sam Howell has moved well past freshman-level studies at North Carolina. He is playing his way to the top of the class of Atlantic Coast Conference's quarterbacks. Howell leads the ACC with 20 touchdown passes after tying the North Carolina record with five in last week's 43-41, six-overtime loss to Virginia Tech. He passed for 348 yards with no interceptions and was named the conference's top quarterback of the week for the third time this season. For North Carolina offensive coordinator Phil Longo, it's more proof that Howell is no ordinary first-year quarterback. He said Howell is "beyond the 101 stage" of lessons.

"I mean, Sam, he studies the game, he cares, he's passionate about it," Longo said Monday. "That's all part of what makes him as good as he is right now, and we still have things we need to get better at. But I really like where the process is and I like the fact that he accepts just about every challenge I give him." Howell was a unanimous selection for the ACC's top freshman of the first half of the season in balloting by The Associated Press writers covering the conference. It was the only unanimous vote of nine categories. He has set a school record for touchdown passes by a freshman while throwing only three interceptions. He is a key to coach Mack Brown's rebuilding effort at North Carolina (3-4, 2-2 ACC) entering Saturday's game against Duke (4-3, 2-2). - AP College Football

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  10/21/19 - Sam Howell, Jr/2022, North Carolina, 6-1, 224 (DS#5 QB) + More +

  OCT 21/WEEK 8 ACC QUARTERBACK OF THE WEEK: Sam Howell, North Carolina, Fr., QB, Indian Trail, N.C.,...Equaled the school record with five touchdown passes as the Tar Heels came out on the short end of a 43-41 six-overtime thriller at Virginia Tech...Passed for more than 300 yards for the third time in the last four games...Finished 26 of 49 for 348 yards...ACC Quarterback of the Week honor is his third of the season. - Atlantic Coast Conference Football

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  Each of the Surratt brothers is delivering remarkable results. Chazz Surratt is a former North Carolina quarterback who switched positions and now is the Tar Heels' leading tackler. Sage Surratt leads the ACC in receiving with 46 catches for 711 yards and nine touchdowns, already improving upon his 2018 totals in each of those three categories. - AP College Football

(DS#3 ILB) rSr/2021 ILB Chazz Surratt, North Carolina
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  10/07/19 - Sam Howell, Jr/2022, North Carolina, 6-1, 224 (DS#5 QB) + More +

  OCT 7/WEEK 6 ACC QUARTERBACK & FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Sam Howell, North Carolina, Fr., QB, Monroe, N.C.,...Set UNC freshman records for completions (33), attempts (51) and yards (376) while tying the touchdown record with four in the Tar Heels' 38-22 victory at Georgia Tech...His 376 yards passing were the most by a Tar Heel since Mitch Trubisky went for 439 yards against Florida State in 2016. - ACC Football

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  10/06/19 - Sam Howell, Jr/2022, North Carolina, 6-1, 224 (DS#5 QB) + More +

  OCT 5 CFB STARS: Sam Howell, North Carolina, threw for 396 yards and four TDs in a 38-22 victory over Georgia Tech. - AP College Football

(DS#5 QB) Jr/2022 QB Sam Howell, North Carolina
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  10/05/19 - Sam Howell, Jr/2022, North Carolina, 6-1, 224 (DS#5 QB) + More +

  Sam Howell threw four touchdown passes and North Carolina suffered no letdown from last week's narrow loss to the nation's No. 1 team, snapping a three-game losing streak with a 38-22 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday. Howell, a freshman making his sixth career start, completed 33 of 51 passes for a career-high 376 yards as North Carolina piled up a season-high 587 yards of total offense and Javonte Williams ran 17 times for a career-high 138 yards and a TD. The Tar Heels (3-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won the game convincingly, going up 24-7 early in the final period on Howell's 18-yard TD pass to Dyami Brown in the left corner of the end zone and 31-15 on the next possession when tight end Garrett Watson caught a short pass near the right sideline and scored a 16-yard touchdown.

Georgia Tech (1-4, 0-2) has lost three straight with the nation's lowest-scoring offense and had gone seven quarters without a touchdown before cutting the lead to 17-7 in the third quarter. Redshirt freshman James Graham made his first career start for the Yellow Jackets and shared early snaps with running QB Tobias Oliver. The offense took a big blow early in the second when Graham threw a deep interception to Don Chapman at the Tar Heel 32. North Carolina scored its first touchdown on the ensuing drive. North Carolina led 17-0 at halftime on Noah Ruggles' 32-yard field goal, Dazz Newsome's 20-yard touchdown catch and Beau Corrales' 6-yard TD reception. Outside linebacker Tomon Fox had a sack in the second and nose tackle Aaron Crawford had a sack in the third. - North Carolina/AP College Football

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  SEPT 30/WEEK 5 ACC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Amari Gainer, Florida State, R-Fr., LB, Tallahassee, Fla.,...In his first career start, Gainer finished with nine tackles, a pair of sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss in FSU's 31-13 win over NC State...The Tallahassee native also forced a fumble on NC State's final drive at the goal line to prevent a Wolfpack touchdown...Gainer had both of Florida State's sacks on the evening. - Atlantic Coast Conference Football

(DS#37 OLB) rSr/2024 OLB Amari Gainer, North Carolina
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  09/28/19 - Grayson Atkins, rSr/2022, North Carolina, 5-09, 193 (DS#17 K) + More +

  Devin Wynn scored on a 1-yard run three seconds into the fourth quarter and Grayson Atkins set a Southern Conference record with his 15th straight field goal as Furman held off East Tennessee State 17-10 on Saturday. The Paladins (3-2, 2-0), ranked 15th in the FCS coaches' poll, used a nine-play, 80-yard drive to take a 7-0 first-quarter lead. Corey Watkins ran 30 yards on first down and Darren Grainger capped the drive with a 15-yard TD toss to Ryan DeLuca. Grayson pushed Furman's lead to 10-0 with his record-setting 28-yard field goal at 13:18 of the second quarter.

The Buccaneers (2-3, 0-2) pulled within 10-7 by halftime when Artevius Smith forced a Watkins fumble that was recovered by ETSU's Jason Maduafokwa at the Furman 33-yard line. Quay Holmes' 26-yard run set up a 6-yard scoring run by Cameron Lewis. East Tennessee State tied the game at 10 on Tyler Keltner's 34-yard field goal with 5:47 left in the third quarter. Grainger jump-started the game-winning drive with a 40-yard pass to DeLuca, giving the Paladins a first down at the Buccaneers 11. DeMarcus Clay ended ETSU's final drive with an interception with 6:17 to go. - AP College Football

(DS#17 K) rSr/2022 K Grayson Atkins, North Carolina
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  09/25/19 - Grayson Atkins, rSr/2022, North Carolina, 5-09, 193 (DS#17 K) + More +

  SEPT 23/WEEK 4 SOCON SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Grayson Atkins, Jr., K, Inman, S.C.,...Furman do-everything kicker Grayson Atkins earned his second nod of the season after an all-around impressive day in a 45-10 conference win over Mercer on Saturday. Atkins kicked a 41-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to extend his school record for consecutive makes to 14 and went 6-for-6 on PATs on the afternoon to personally account for nine points.

The junior from Inman, South Carolina, also punted twice for an average of 51.0 yards, highlighted by a 69-yard boot, the second-longest of his career, that pinned the Bears at their own 6-yard line. Atkins also kicked off seven times for 63.6 yards per attempt, notching four touchbacks as he neutralized a Mercer return unit that had averaged 36 yards per return entering the contest but managed just 17.3 on the day. Other nominees: Matt Campbell (The Citadel), Tyler Keltner (ETSU), Montrell Washington (Samford), Colin Brewer (Chattanooga) and Luke Carter (Wofford). - Southern Conference Football

(DS#17 K) rSr/2022 K Grayson Atkins, North Carolina
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  09/19/19 - Grayson Atkins, rSr/2022, North Carolina, 5-09, 193 (DS#17 K) + More +

  SEPT 2/WEEK 1 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Grayson Atkins, Furman, Jr., K, Inman, S.C.,..Furman All-American kicker Grayson Atkins excelled in all three aspects of the kicking game in the 17th-ranked Paladins' 46-13 win over Charleston Southern on Saturday. The junior from Inman, South Carolina, averaged 45.0 yards on four punts, booting a pair over 50 yards and putting two inside the Bucs' 10-yard line.

Atkins also kicked off eight times for a career-best 65.6 yards per kick, notching six touchbacks, and put eight points on the scoreboard, going 5-for-5 on extra-point tries and nailing a 39-yard field goal in the second quarter to extend his current streak to 12 straight conversions, tying the school record. Seven of those 12 have come from 39 yards or more and four have been from 50-plus. Other nominees: Matthew Campbell (The Citadel), Garrett Taylor (ETSU), David Durden (Mercer), Mitchell Fineran (Samford) and Colin Brewer (Chattanooga). - SoCon Football

(DS#17 K) rSr/2022 K Grayson Atkins, North Carolina
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  09/09/19 - Sam Howell, Jr/2022, North Carolina, 6-1, 224 (DS#5 QB) + More +

  WEEK 2 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE QUARTERBACK & ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Sam Howell, North Carolina, Fr., QB, Monroe, N.C.,...Howell staged a fourth-quarter comeback for the second successive week to lead North Carolina to a 28-25 win over Miami...True freshman completed 16 of 24 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers...Connected with Dazz Newsome on a 10-yard game-winning touchdown with 1:01 remaining in the game...Howell also hauled in his first career reception that went for 18 yards off a pass from wide receiver Dyami Brown. - ACC Football

(DS#5 QB) Jr/2022 QB Sam Howell, North Carolina
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  09/09/19 - Tomon Fox, rSr/2022, North Carolina, 6-2, 253 (DS#35 OLB) + More +

  WEEK 2 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Tomon Fox, North Carolina, Jr., DE, Lawrenceville, Ga.,...Fox had a career-high three sacks for 16 yards and had six total tackles in Saturday night's 28-25 win over visiting Miami...He became the first Tar Heel with at least three sacks in a game since Kareem Martin had 3.5 against Pittsburgh on Nov. 16, 2013. - ACC Football

(DS#35 OLB) rSr/2022 OLB Tomon Fox, North Carolina
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  09/08/19 - Sam Howell, Jr/2022, North Carolina, 6-1, 224 (DS#5 QB) + More +

  Mack Brown knew he needed to coax some confidence out of his North Carolina players after inheriting a team that frequently found a way to give up leads last season. Two games in, the Tar Heels are playing like they're free from that burden - fittingly led by the composed true freshman who isn't the least bit interested in experiencing any of that frustration. Sam Howell directed a clutch final drive and found Dazz Newsome just inside the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with 1:01 left, lifting the Tar Heels to a second fourth-quarter comeback in as many weeks and a 28-25 win against Miami on Saturday night.

"I just have confidence in myself, I have confidence in this team," Howell said. "I have confidence in all 10 guys on the field with me. This is what we do." Howell's perfect throw found Newsome dragging his toes inches from the sideline from 10 yards out. That capped a stunning 75-yard march that included him hitting Rontavius Groves for 20 yards on a fourth-and-17 to keep the drive alive, which came only minutes after the Tar Heels had surrendered the lead on a late Miami touchdown. - AP College Football

(DS#5 QB) Jr/2022 QB Sam Howell, North Carolina
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