This kid is going to be a problem! They talked about catch radius but that kid skied and stretched and stuck the one foot! That was a great play!

He was running free a couple times but his ability to run most routes makes him especially dangerous! I will be excited to see what he does each week. Hopefully Andre Greene stays in his hip pocket this entire year. He has similar ability...

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• Carolina improves to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the ACC. Syracuse drops to 4-2, 0-2.

• The Tar Heels are 3-0 at Kenan Stadium this season.

• Carolina won its ACC home opener for the sixth straight season.

• Mack Brown is 279-144-1, including 104-68-1 in 15 seasons as head coach of the Tar Heels.

• This is UNC’s first 5-0 start since 1997 and its second since 1983. This is Carolina’s 10th 5-0 start ever.

• Carolina is 4-3 all-time against Syracuse, including 3-1 when UNC is ranked in the AP Top 25.

• The 33-point win was Carolina’s largest against the Orange (UNC won by 25 in 2020).

• North Carolina is 55-22 as a ranked team in 15 seasons under Brown. This is the second straight season UNC has won five games as a ranked opponent.

• Carolina is 81-16-3 when ranked in the Top 15 against an unranked team.

• Carolina’s 644 total yards were the 10th-most in school history. It was the most yards since UNC gained 699 vs. Virginia in 2021.

• This was the fifth time in as many games the Tar Heels scored 30 or more points. UNC has scored 30 or more in nine of its last 13 games.

• The Tar Heels have scored 30-plus points in the first five games three times in UNC history: this season, last season and 1914.

• It was the third time this season UNC scored at least 40 points and the 22nd time since Brown returned as head coach in 2019.

• The Tar Heels improved to 292-32 when they score over 30 points and 150-6 when they score over 40. Under Brown, the Tar Heels are 44-0 when they score 40-plus points and 68-7 when they score 30-plus points.

• Carolina has scored 25 times in 28 drives in the red zone this season. The Tar Heels have scored 17 TDs and made eight field goals when advancing into the red zone.

• Carolina’s 94-yard TD drive in the first quarter took 7:27 off the clock, its longest scoring drive by time since an 8:18 drive against Miami in 2022.

• Carolina’s 94-yard TD drive in the first quarter took 7:27 off the clock, its longest scoring drive by time since an 8:18 drive against Miami in 2022.

• This marked the first time Carolina had two 90-yard scoring drives in the same game since 2022 at Miami.

• Carolina’s 424 yards in the first half were the most since gaining 424 in the first half against Western Carolina on 12/5/2020, and the most in an ACC game since gaining 500 yards in the first half against Duke on 11/7/2015.

• Carolina totaled 33 first downs, most since 34 vs. NC State in 2020.

• This was the first time Carolina gained 30 first downs since 30 vs. Wake Forest in 2022.
• Since Brown's return, Tar Heel quarterbacks have thrown 40 touchdowns to tight ends or running backs, the most in the ACC.

• The 33-point margin of victory was the largest at home against an ACC opponent since the Tar Heel beat Duke, 66-31, in 2015.