The UNC football team inched even closer to live game action on Saturday morning.
It’s starting to feel more real in Chapel Hill as the summer days pass. On Saturday morning, the North Carolina Tar Heels officially kicked off their 2025 football season, holding their first day of Training Camp under a cloudy sky.
Despite the gloomy weather, excitement was rampant throughout the practice field and Kenan Football Center.
New head coach Bill Belichick, who rarely gave off a happy demeanor during his NFL days, smiled several times during his opening press conference and even cracked a few jokes. Belichick spoke extensively about his excitement to coach yet another season of football, his first at the college level. Retirement seemed like Belichick’s next destination upon parting ways with the New England Patriots, but there’s a reason he’s trying his hand in the college game.
Though competition was apparent on the grass, players enjoyed themselves. UNC has plenty of positional battles on tap, most notably at quarterback, but high-fives and smiles were felt hundreds of yards away.
Max Johnson update
Johnson, who started 2024 at quarterback for North Carolina, broke his leg in the 2024 opener at Minnesota. Now just a month out from live game action, Johnson is fully recovered from that gruesome injury.
“I was just so joyful to be out there today, I couldn’t stop smiling,” Johnson said during media availability. “I remember taking my first steps and just being so happy in that moment. I was just so happy to be out there today with my teammates again, I kind of felt like myself again.”
Johnson will compete with South Alabama transfer Gio Lopez for the Tar Heels’ starting quarterback gig, plus 4-star freshman Bryce Baker can be his new team’s first true freshman starter since Sam Howell.
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