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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: North Carolina
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  08/02/22 - *Josh Downs, Jr/2023, North Carolina, 5-09, 171 (DS#5 WR) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR PLAYER TO WATCH: Josh Downs, WR, junior, North Carolina,...Downs set program records in 2021 with 101 receptions and 1,335 receiving yards. He ranked third in the ACC (13th nationally) averaging 9.8 yards per punt return. - North Carolina Football

(DS#5 WR) Jr/2023 WR *Josh Downs, North Carolina
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  08/01/22 - Willie Lampkin, rSr/2025, North Carolina, 5-11, 279 (DS#10 C) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCHLIST: C Willie Lampkin, Coastal Carolina,...Lampkin, who enters his junior year having started and played in all of CCU's 25 games the last two seasons, is a two-time All-Sun Belt second-team selection and was a member of the 2020 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), ESPN, 247Sports, and The Athletic All-Freshman teams in his first season as a Chant in 2020. - Coastal Carolina Football

(DS#10 C) rSr/2025 C Willie Lampkin, North Carolina
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  08/01/22 - Myles Murphy, Sr/2024, North Carolina, 6-4, 309 (DS#25 DT) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: Myles Murphy, North Carolina, Junior DT,...A second team All-ACC selection in 2021, Murphy started all 13 games on the defensive line and ranked second on the Tar Heel defense with eight tackles for loss and four sacks last season. The Greensboro, N.C., native had 38 total tackles, three pass breakups and a hurry. Murphy has also been placed on the watch lists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Outland Trophy. - North Carolina Football

(DS#25 DT) Sr/2024 DT Myles Murphy, North Carolina
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  08/01/22 - Drew Little, rSr/2024, North Carolina, 5-11, 221 (DS#21 LS) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON PATRICK MANNELLY AWARD WATCHLIST: Drew Little, UNC,... Little has been named to the watch list for the Patrick Mannelly Award presented annually to the player judged to be the best FBS long snapper. Little, a product of Richfield, N.C., is a second team preseason All-ACC selection according to Phil Steele. He has handled snapping duties for the Tar Heels the past three seasons and has compiled five tackles in his collegiate career. - North Carolina Football

(DS#21 LS) rSr/2024 LS Drew Little, North Carolina
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  08/01/22 - Myles Murphy, Sr/2024, North Carolina, 6-4, 309 (DS#25 DT) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCHLIST: DT Myles Murphy, North Carolina,...North Carolina junior defensive lineman Myles Murphy has been placed on the preseason watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Outland Trophy. Murphy had 38 total tackles, three pass breakups and a hurry last fall. Murphy registered a career-high six tackles and a half TFL in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. - North Carolina Football

(DS#25 DT) Sr/2024 DT Myles Murphy, North Carolina
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  08/01/22 - Myles Murphy, Sr/2024, North Carolina, 6-4, 309 (DS#25 DT) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCHLIST: DT Myles Murphy, North Carolina,...Murphy was a second team All-ACC selection as a sophomore in 2021. He started all 13 games on the defensive line and ranked second on the team with eight tackles for loss and four sacks. The Greensboro, N.C., native had 38 total tackles, three pass breakups and a hurry last fall. Murphy registered a career-high six tackles and a half TFL in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. - North Carolina Football

(DS#25 DT) Sr/2024 DT Myles Murphy, North Carolina
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  08/01/22 - Antavious Lane, rSr/2025, North Carolina, 5-09, 195 (DS#24 FS) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCHLIST: S Antavioius Lane, Georgia State,...Lane, the junior from West Palm Beach, Fla., and Dwyer High School, is Georgia State's career interceptions leader after just two seasons as he enters 2022 with nine career picks; only two active FBS players have more. Lane also owns the GSU season record of five interceptions, which he set in 2021 en route to first-team All-Sun Belt honors. Interception No. 5 was a pick six that he returned 55 yards for the score in Georgia State's bowl victory as became the first Panther with an interception in three straight games and the first with two interception returns for touchdowns. He was the team's third-leading tackler with 82 stops on the season. - Georgia State Football

(DS#24 FS) rSr/2025 FS Antavious Lane, North Carolina
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  07/29/22 - *Josh Downs, Jr/2023, North Carolina, 5-09, 171 (DS#5 WR) + More +

  Coming off a sophomore season in which he set North Carolina program records in receptions (101) and receiving yards (1,335), wide receiver Josh Downs was the leading vote-getter among all players selected for this preseason recognition. Not only was Downs selected to the team as a wide receiver, but was also voted in as the team specialist. Downs has earned a ton of preseason recognition thus far, and rightly so. As he burst onto the scene during the 2021 season, the Tar Heels' top offensive target has put himself into the conversation of being considered one of (if not the) best wide receivers in their entire country.

Expectations are very high for the Preseason All-American and Maxwell Award Watch list recipient, as he'll be called upon to lead the UNC football program's offense this season. With Sam Howell departing for the NFL, North Carolina has some questions about the quarterback position. However, with a lethal weapon such as Downs in the mix, his presence and playmaking ability will be a valuable asset for whoever ends up throwing him the football. - Keeping It Heel.com

(DS#5 WR) Jr/2023 WR *Josh Downs, North Carolina
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  07/29/22 - Ben Kiernan, rSr/2024, North Carolina, 5-11, 215 (DS#999 P) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Ben Kiernan - University of North Carolina,...Kiernan (6-2, 215) was born in Dublin, Ireland and lived there 15 years before moving to North Carolina, where he was a punter and kicker for Wakefield High School. As a junior last season (2021), Kiernan finished the season with a 43.7 average on 45 punts, landed 12 punts inside the 20 and seven punts were 50 or more yards. In 2020 he averaged 43.7 yards on 34 punts, landed 16 inside the 20 and eight went for 50 or more yards. His four punts in the Orange Bowl against No. 5 Texas A&M averaged 43.8 yards. - North Carolina Football

(DS#999 P) rSr/2024 P Ben Kiernan, North Carolina
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  07/28/22 - Antavious Lane, rSr/2025, North Carolina, 5-09, 195 (DS#24 FS) + More +

  Led by first-team selections Malik Sumter, Antavious Lane and Blake Carroll, Georgia State placed eight student-athletes on the 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference team, announced Monday ahead of the league's annual Media Days. In addition to Sumter, Lane and Carroll on the first team, five Panthers were named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt second team: running back Tucker Gregg, offensive linemen Travis Glover and Pat Bartlett, tight end Aubry Payne and defensive lineman Thomas Gore.

Georgia State was picked to finish third in the East Division, behind Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina, in the preseason poll, voted on by a panel of head coaches and media members. Defending champion Louisiana was picked to win the West. Lane, the junior safety from West Palm Beach, Fla., is a two-time All-Sun Belt selection and Georgia State's career leader with nine interceptions. Earlier today, he was named to the 2022 preseason watch list for the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back. - Georgia State Football

(DS#24 FS) rSr/2025 FS Antavious Lane, North Carolina
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  07/28/22 - Antavious Lane, rSr/2025, North Carolina, 5-09, 195 (DS#24 FS) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON JIM THORPE AWARD WATCHLIST: Antavious Lane, Georgia State, Jr.,... Lane, a 5-9, 180-pound safety, is a two-time All-Sun Belt safety and Georgia State's career leader in interceptions with nine after just two seasons ... Also owns the GSU season record of five and is the only Panther to return two interceptions for touchdowns ... Brother Antoine joined the team in 2021 as a backup running back. - Georgia State Football

(DS#24 FS) rSr/2025 FS Antavious Lane, North Carolina
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  07/25/22 - *Josh Downs, Jr/2023, North Carolina, 5-09, 171 (DS#5 WR) + More +

  North Carolina wide receiver Josh Downs strolled into the main ballroom of ACC Kickoff media day in an off-white suit he picked from several options mailed to him by the clothing store Express. Playing the role of star player comes with looking the part, too. And frankly, who else is going to do it for the Tar Heels this season? They're breaking in a new quarterback after three-year starter Sam Howell left for the NFL. Their new starting running back is a former walk-on with just one career start to his credit. Their offensive line looks to replace four players from its rotation last season.

Carolina enters the season with a lot of unknowns on offense, and Downs is the only definitive answer. "We played a few teams last year, and their defensive coordinator would come up to me and tell me that their game plan was to stop me," Downs said. "So I feel like a lot of people, when they look at our offense, their main goal may be to stop me. But if that is their main goal, we have other guys that can step up." Downs set school records with the most single-season receptions (101) and yardage (1,335) and fell one game short of tying the school record of nine consecutive games with a touchdown held by Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice. If Downs comes anywhere close to replicating last season, the junior from Suwanee, Ga., could have a chance to turn pro, although he said that's far from on his mind right now. "I'm not really just looking forward to going to the league next January, I'm just focused on the season," Downs said. "We have a big task at hand. We got a lot of people to prove wrong. And if we if we don't play up to our ability, and if I don't play up to my ability, none of this matters." - Raleigh News Observer

(DS#5 WR) Jr/2023 WR *Josh Downs, North Carolina
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  07/25/22 - Willie Lampkin, rSr/2025, North Carolina, 5-11, 279 (DS#10 C) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCHLIST: Willie Lampkin, Coastal Carolina,...A member of the 2020 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), ESPN, 247Sports, and The Athletic All-Freshman teams in his first season as a Chant, Lampkin is also a two-time All-Sun Belt second-team selection. Tabbed a 2022 preseason all-conference first-team selection by both Phil Steele and Athlon Sports this year, Lampkin was the top-graded offensive lineman in eight different games last year for the Chanticleers. - Coastal Carolina Football

(DS#10 C) rSr/2025 C Willie Lampkin, North Carolina
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  07/22/22 - *Josh Downs, Jr/2023, North Carolina, 5-09, 171 (DS#5 WR) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Josh Downs, North Carolina,...Downs enjoyed a record-setting sophomore season in 2021 with 101 receptions and 1,355 receiving yards, both school records, and scored a touchdown in eight-straight games, one short of the school standard. - North Carolina Football

(DS#5 WR) Jr/2023 WR *Josh Downs, North Carolina
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  07/22/22 - British Brooks, rSr/2024, North Carolina, 5-10, 219 (DS#50 RB) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: British Brooks (Sr.), North Carolina,...A 5-11 (and a quarter, per media guide), 225-pound running back, Brooks will be a fifth-year senior of some sort. In his first senior season, 2021, Brooks appeared in 11 games at running back and on special teams; Named Special Teams MVP and special teams captain for the second year in a row; Averaged 9.5 rushing yards per attempt with 295 yards on 31 carries and scored four rushing TDs. - North Carolina Football

(DS#50 RB) rSr/2024 RB British Brooks, North Carolina
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