#18 North Carolina Tar Heels

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	500	6,447	849	7.6	2,830	492	5.8	3,617	357	10.1	34	229	317	143	150	24	85	814
Team Rank		4th	2nd	6th	3rd	4th	9th	6th	6th	31st	6th	121st	5th	2nd	5th	8th	17th	121st	127th
Opponent	12	353	4,811	865	5.8	1,851	434	4.3	2,960	395	7.5	36	227	257	103	123	31	82	671
Opponent Rank		114th	116th	121st	74th	101st	112th	64th	118th	120th	72nd	5th	10th	118th	105th	107th	123rd	9th	15th
Net		+147	+1,636	-16	+1.8	+979	+58	+1.5	+657	-38	+2.6	-2	+2	+60	+40	+27	-7	+3	+143
Net Rank		12th	5th	68th	6th	12th	26th	20th	10th	96th	7th	53rd	59th	9th	15th	14th	112th	80th	115th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Sam Howell S. Howell	12	237	348	68.1	29.0	3,586	10.3	298.8	30	7	179.1	8.6	2.0	162	33	213
Jacolby Criswell J. Criswell	6	3	4	75.0	0.7	16	4.0	2.7	0	1	58.6	0.0	25.0	11	0	0
Jace Ruder J. Ruder	3	2	3	66.7	1.0	11	3.7	3.7	0	0	97.5	0.0	0.0	8	1	16
Jefferson Boaz J. Boaz	1	1	1	100.0	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	0	0	125.2	0.0	0.0	3	0	0
Rontavius Groves R. Groves	10	1	1	100.0	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	1	0	438.4	100.0	0.0	1	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Javonte Williams J. Williams	11	157	14.3	1,140	7.3	103.6	19	65	182	1,445
Michael Carter M. Carter	11	156	14.2	1,245	8.0	113.2	9	65	181	1,512
Sam Howell S. Howell	12	92	7.7	146	1.6	12.2	5	48	93	147
British Brooks B. Brooks	11	24	2.2	99	4.1	9.0	0	34	24	99
Josh Henderson J. Henderson	10	18	1.8	61	3.4	6.1	0	21	21	71
DJ Jones	6	11	1.8	65	5.9	10.8	1	12
Elijah Green E. Green	3	10	3.3	55	5.5	18.3	0	15
Jacolby Criswell J. Criswell	6	9	1.5	26	2.9	4.3	0	8
Jace Ruder J. Ruder	3	4	1.3	-3	-0.8	-1.0	0	7
Dazz Newsome D. Newsome	12	2	0.2	21	10.5	1.8	1	15	56	705
Josh Downs J. Downs	7	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.4	0	-3	8	116

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dyami Brown D. Brown	11	55	85	5.0	1,099	20.0	99.9	8	87
Dazz Newsome D. Newsome	12	54	70	4.5	684	12.7	57.0	6	103	56	705
Javonte Williams J. Williams	11	25	31	2.3	305	12.2	27.7	3	41	182	1,445
Michael Carter M. Carter	11	25	30	2.3	267	10.7	24.3	2	46	181	1,512
Garrett Walston G. Walston	12	19	24	1.6	255	13.4	21.3	2	47
Khafre Brown K. Brown	12	15	25	1.3	337	22.5	28.1	2	102
Emery Simmons E. Simmons	9	15	26	1.7	201	13.4	22.3	1	51
Beau Corrales B. Corrales	4	13	20	3.3	238	18.3	59.5	1	40
Josh Downs J. Downs	7	7	9	1.0	119	17.0	17.0	3	92	8	116
Rontavius Groves R. Groves	10	4	6	0.4	41	10.3	4.1	0	17
Antoine Green A. Green	9	4	6	0.4	38	9.5	4.2	1	23
Josh Henderson J. Henderson	10	3	4	0.3	10	3.3	1.0	0	10	21	71
Kamari Morales K. Morales	10	2	4	0.2	16	8.0	1.6	1	11
Austyn Chestnut A. Chestnut	2	1	1	0.5	3	3.0	1.5	0	3
Kendall Karr K. Karr	4	1	1	0.3	3	3.0	0.8	0	3
Sam Howell S. Howell	12	1	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	1	1	93	147

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Chazz Surratt C. Surratt	11	70	22	92	9	6.0	1	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Gemmel J. Gemmel	12	59	18	77	6	2.5	1	0	0	0	0
Cam'Ron Kelly C. Kelly	11	46	8	54	1	0.0
Don Chapman D. Chapman	12	45	3	48	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0
Tomari Fox T. Fox	12	32	11	43	6	4.0
Trey Morrison T. Morrison	12	36	2	38	2	1.0	1	9	9	0	9
Tomon Fox T. Fox	12	28	10	38	9	7.0
Ja'Qurious Conley J. Conley	10	30	3	33	2	1.0
Kyler McMichael K. McMichael	9	27	2	29	0	0.0
Raymond Vohasek R. Vohasek	11	23	6	29	6	3.5
Patrice Rene P. Rene	10	23	5	28	2	0.0
Eugene Asante E. Asante	10	21	5	26	1	0.0
Tyrone Hopper T. Hopper	12	19	7	26	2	2.0
Kaimon Rucker K. Rucker	10	14	5	19	3	0.0
Jahlil Taylor J. Taylor	12	13	4	17	3	0.0
Tony Grimes T. Grimes	9	13	1	14	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
DeAndre Hollins D. Hollins	10	13	0	13	0	0.0	1	43	43	0	43
Chris Collins C. Collins	9	10	3	13	3	3.0
Kevin Hester Jr. K. Hester Jr.	5	9	2	11	1	0.0
Desmond Evans D. Evans	11	6	4	10	2	1.0
Myles Murphy M. Murphy	11	8	0	8	2	1.0
Obi Egbuna O. Egbuna	11	7	1	8	0	0.0
Khadry Jackson K. Jackson	11	5	2	7	0	0.0
Clyde Pinder C. Pinder	5	5	1	6	1	1.0
Storm Duck S. Duck	3	5	0	5	0	0.0
Myles Wolfolk M. Wolfolk	1	2	3	5	0	0.0
Xach Gill X. Gill	8	4	0	4	0	0.0
Giovanni Biggers G. Biggers	10	3	0	3	0	0.0	1	26	26	0	26
Jonathan Kim J. Kim	12	3	0	3	0	0.0
Cedric Gray C. Gray	9	0	3	3	0	0.0
British Brooks B. Brooks	11	2	0	2	0	0.0
Jake Harkleroad J. Harkleroad	2	2	0	2	0	0.0
Josh Henderson J. Henderson	10	2	0	2	1	0.0
Welton Spottsville W. Spottsville	9	1	1	2	0	0.0
Dyami Brown D. Brown	11	1	0	1	0	0.0
Jacolby Criswell J. Criswell	6	1	0	1	1	0.0
Josh Downs J. Downs	7	1	0	1	0	0.0
Christopher Holliday C. Holliday	2	1	0	1	0	0.0
Sam Howell S. Howell	12	1	0	1	0	0.0
Ben Kiernan B. Kiernan	10	1	0	1	0	0.0
Drew Little D. Little	9	1	0	1	0	0.0
Dazz Newsome D. Newsome	12	1	0	1	0	0.0
Alex Nobles A. Nobles	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Cameron Roseman-Sinclair C. Roseman-Sinclair	6	1	0	1	0	0.0	1	13	13	0	13
Kristian Varner K. Varner	2	1	0	1	1	0.0
Bryce Watts B. Watts	1	1	0	1	0	0.0

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
Dazz Newsome D. Newsome	12	1	19	19.0	17	168	9.9	0	61
Michael Carter M. Carter	11	8	156	19.5
Rontavius Groves R. Groves	10	1	21	21.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
DJ Jones	6	1	18	18.0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Grayson Atkins G. Atkins	12	12	18	66.7	0-0	4-5	5-6	2-4	1-3	63	63	100.0	99
	Noah Ruggles N. Ruggles	1									1	1	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ben Kiernan B. Kiernan	10	34	1,485	43.7	111	0

More CFB News

Oklahoma facing QB questions heading into rivalry week against No. 1 Texas

Oct 4, 2026

Texas Tech returns to CFP bracket based on AP Top 25 and BYU would get home field for opener

Oct 4, 2026

Missouri jumps to No. 14, sends Florida plummeting in the AP Top 25; SEC has 5 teams in the top 10 and Pitt cracks poll

Oct 4, 2026

Missouri makes big jump to No. 14 in AP Top 25 with rout of Gators; Texas No. 1 for 4th week in row

Oct 4, 2026

Weaver throws 2 TD passes, San Jose State wins 6th straight against Hawaii, 20-16

Oct 4, 2026

Cleeland, Jones, and Fisher help UC Davis beat Eastern Washington 49-38

Oct 4, 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200