North Carolina Tar Heels–No. 15 | |
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Position | Quarterback |
Class | Sophomore |
Personal information | |
Born: | Alabaster, Alabama, U.S. | September 9, 2004
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career history | |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Thompson (Alabaster, Alabama) |
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Conner Harrell (born September 9, 2004) is an American football quarterback for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Harrell was born on September 9, 2004, in Alabaster, Alabama. [1] Harrell attended Thompson High School in Alabaster. Rated a three-star prospect, Harrell committed to play college football at North Carolina. [2] [3]
Harrell saw limited action and redshirted his true freshman year in 2022.
In 2023, Harrell appeared in five games and made his first collegiate start on December 27, 2023, against West Virginia at Duke's Mayo Bowl in the 10–30 loss. [4] [5] [6]
Entering the 2024 season, with Drake Maye entering the NFL, Harrell will compete with Max Johnson for the Tar Heel starting quarterback job in 2024. [7]
William Mack Brown is an American college football coach. He is currently in his second stint as the head football coach for the University of North Carolina, where he first coached from 1988 until departing in 1997, when he left Chapel Hill to become head coach for the University of Texas. In 2018, Brown was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Two days after Carolina fired Larry Fedora in November 2018, Brown was announced to return as the Tar Heels' head coach after a five-year hiatus from coaching, which he spent as an ESPN analyst.
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Thompson High School is a high school located in the city of Alabaster, Alabama.
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