Conner Harrell’s 2024 UNC Football Player Profile

 

 

Over the past two seasons, the North Carolina Tar Heels were extremely fortunate to have a proven, talented starting quarterback in Drake Maye.

Maye captured the 2022 ACC Rookie and Player of the Year Awards, threw for over 8,000 yards and 63 touchdown at UNC, turning that into the 2024 NFL Draft’s third overall selection. He now hopes to be the New England Patriots’ next great quarterback, after the likes of Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe failed to lock down the starting gig.

 

 

 

It’s now the Fourth of July, we’re under two months away from the start of college football season and North Carolina still hasn’t chosen a starting QB.

What the Tar Heels don’t have in a decisive starter, they make up for with a three talented options to choose from. Before UNC landed Max Johnson and Jacolby Criswell in the transfer portal, their starter looked to be Conner Harrell, who started the Duke’s Mayo Bowl last season.

 

 

 

In a Spring Game competition between Johnson and Harrell, the latter stood out with his ability to launch deep balls with accuracy. That’s no guaranteeing Harrell a starting job, though, as Johnson previously started at Texas A&M and LSU.

 

 

 

For the sake of Harrell, though, here’s everything you need to know about North Carolina’s possible QB1 entering the fall.