Lane Joins Carolina Football Program as Graduate Transfer

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CHAPEL HILL – Defensive back Antavious ‘Stick’ Lane has transferred to North Carolina from Georgia St. A spring graduate, Lane has arrived at UNC and has two years of eligibility remaining.

A West Palm Beach, Fla. native, Lane played in 37 games for the Panthers, starting 30. The three-time All-Sun Belt performer posted 226 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 11 INTs, 13 PBU and four forced fumbles over his four years in Atlanta. Lane’s 11 career INTs are a Georgia St. record and his five INTs as a sophomore is GSU’s single-season record.

Last season, Lane was a third-team all-conference performer after posting 87 tackles, 2.5 TFL, two INTs, a PBU and two forced fumbles. That followed a sophomore season that saw him earn first-team league honors after recording 81 tackles, two TFL, five INTs, six PBU and a forced fumble. Lane also earned all-conference honors as a redshirt freshman, becoming only the fourth Panther freshman to accomplish the feat.

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Is set to be renamed it appears. Will this stuff ever end?

Huff, Peppers on Ballot for NFF CFB Hall of Fame

CHAPEL HILL – Carolina football legends Ken Huff and Julius Peppers will be on the 2024 ballot for induction into the National Football Foundation (NFF) College Football Hall of Fame, the NFF announced on Monday. The duo are looking to join nine other Tar Heels, six players and three coaches, in the College Hall of Fame including current head coach Mack Brown, who was inducted in 2018. The announcement of the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2024, with specific details to be announced in the future.

“It’s an enormous honor to just be on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot considering more than 5.62 million people have played college football and only 1,074 players have been inducted,” said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. “The Hall’s requirement of being a First-Team All-American creates a much smaller pool of about 1,500 individuals who are even eligible. Being in today’s elite group means an individual is truly among the greatest to have ever played the game, and we look forward to announcing the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class early next year.”

Huff is one of the great offensive linemen in college football history. He played in Chapel Hill from 1972-74 and earned a myriad of honors before being selected as the third overall pick in the 1975 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. While at UNC, Huff claimed consensus first-team All-America honors in 1974 to go along with first-team All-ACC recognition and the Jacob’s Blocking Trophy as the conference’s best offensive lineman.

A team captain as a senior, Huff paved the way for an offense that led the ACC in total yards, rushing yards and scoring, while finishing fifth nationally in total yards and ninth in scoring. That unit also produced two 1,000-yard rushers for the first time in program history. As a result, Huff was recognized as the Jim Tatum Award winner as the ACC’s top senior student-athlete.
Huff played in the Hula Bowl, the Senior Bowl, and was a captain on the 1975 College All-Star team that took on the Pittsburgh Steelers. He went on to play 11 years and 145 games in the NFL for the Colts and the Washington Redskins, where he became a member of the legendary ‘Hogs’ offensive line.

Following his stellar NFL career, Huff remained heavily involved in the game thorugh his participation with the Bill Dooley Chapter of the National Football Foundation, where he was a board member and named the Distinguished American in 2016. He also serves as the Alumni President for the Walter Camp Football Foundation and was named the Alumni of the Year in 2013. As a result of his outstanding career, Huff was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

Outside of football, Huff is the owner of an award-winning custom home building company and earned Builder of the Year awards in 2000 and ’05. He also remains active with Hope for the Warriors, a non-profit helping disabled servicemen and women.

Peppers played in Chapel Hill from 1999-2001 becoming one of the most disruptive defensive players the sport has ever seen. A unanimous first-team All-American in 2001, he won the Chuck Bednarik Award for the nation's top defensive player and the Rotary Lombardi Award, which at the time was given to the nation's top interior lineman. He finished 10th in the Heisman Trophy balloting, was a finalist for the Nagurski Trophy and was honored as Chevrolet's Defensive Player of the Year.

A first-team All-ACC selection in both 2000 and '01, Peppers finished his career with 167 tackles, 30.5 sacks, 53 TFL, five INTs and five forced fumbles. He went on to be drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the first round of the NFL Draft. During his professional career, Peppers earned nine Pro Bowl selections, three first-team All-Pro honors, three second-team All-Pro recognitions and was named to the NFL's All-Decade team for the 2000s.

Peppers has also been extremely generous philanthropically, having donated to the UNC General Alumni Association's Light on the Hill Society Scholarship fund on two separate occasions. He was also the Panther's 2018 NFL Man of the Year nominee.

The 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 66th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 10, 2024, and permanently immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. They will also be honored at their respective schools with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the 2024 season.

What's the latest on his recovery ery

The future Tar Heels are in Memphis for the holiday weekend.

DAY 1 News

--Elliott Cadeau and Boogie Fland head to head matchup in an early game today. And Cadeau went at him from the tip off knocking down a couple 23 footers in his mouth.
The UNC commit was in his bag leading the lightning to a big win. He finished with 16pts, many assists, 3 triples.
Boogie could not respond from 3-point land but he did get to the FT line often.
*Side note* The ball doesn't stick in Cadeau's hand for long, he makes quick and precise decisions. On the defensive end he will need to lose the "AAU" mentality next year. We need him coaching on the floor and not the bench due to foul trouble.

With the news of Elliot reclassifying to the class of 2023 I was seeing if anybody had Intel on how this will affect the recruitment of Boogie Fland? Does this make him even more likely to become a Tar Heel in the class of 24 considering the Cadeau family plans on Elliot being a one and done player ?

I have been vaguely discussing the Elliot Cadeau situation for the past few days only when prompted. The reclassification in so surprise. I posted that a couple of weeks ago. What would happen after that was more of a gray area. I have probably researched Cadeau, and spoke with more sources than any other player since I have been working at Rivals. Now is the time to share the information, not just because of the reclass, but because of other news I heard this morning which could be even bigger.

I started hearing just before Atlanta that Cadeau and R.J. Davis both wanted the ball in their hands, and that the combination might not be compatible. If Cadeau couldn't get that commitment from Hubert Davis he might look elsewhere, and if R.J. couldn't lock down that spot there were some rumors of other options. The big news was not the reclass announcement, but what might come afterwards.

Let me add that this was not my story. I knew if I said anything there would be blowback and attention that I do not desire. I also wanted to speak with Elliot in Memphis this past weekend, and ask him face to face about the point guard spot, and his feelings about playing alongside Davis. He was incredibly convincing in the interview that UNC was where he wanted to be. Let me add this as well. There were a lot of back channel talk about this in the grassroots industry that never became public. I spoke with heavy hitters about this, and also was getting texts and calls from different individuals sharing information that was in agreement. There was too much smoke there just to simply ignore it. In fact, I saw an NBA scout this past weekend that I am close with, and haven't seen in two years. I've never spoken about this with him. His first words to me were, "Is Elliot de-committing?" There was talk about this from individuals who are sourced and networked.

I heard from a very knowledgeable individual this morning minutes after the announcement that I have shared back and forth information with on this subject for weeks. He gave me the biggest news that I have heard. He was the original person to tell me that Davis would not play off the ball. He told me this morning that he believes everything has been hashed out, and the two will play together at North Carolina next season. The task of Hubert Davis was to find out how to make this work, and unless we hear something it different it looks like he has done just that. I believe there can be a multiple point guard scenario, but from what we understand Cadeau will play the one and Davis will play the two, and both are fine with that.

Or was there not discussion last season that there was a problematic rift between Bly and Thigpen and it was one of the reasons for a change.