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Bill Belichick discusses how UNC football can replace Omarion Hampton
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The North Carolina Tar Heels pride themselves on having a strong running game, particularly with the likes of Omarion Hampton and Ty Chandler in recent season.
Entering its 2025 season, though, UNC doesn't have a clear-cut starter at running back. Davion Gause should take most of North Carolina's carries, given he backed up Hampton for most of 2024 thrived while doing so. Fifth-year back and initial 2022 starter Caleb Hood returns, Benjamin Hall transferred in from Michigan , Demon June arrives as a freshman and Charleston French returns for Year Two.
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During media availability before the Tar Heels practiced on Wednesday, Bill Belichick spoke about trying to replicate Hampton's production this fall.
"It's hard to imagine any one player having the production that Hampton had," Belichick said . "But collectively, we'll see. It's a good group, very competitive group. These guys are talented, but they have different skills, and part of our challenge is figuring out how to use their skills and still fit it within the entire offense. … It's a pretty deep group, and we'll see how it all plays out. But I definitely don't think it's all going to come from one person. I think this is going to be we have a number of guys that are talented, and we'll just see how that plays out."
Ideally, Belichick has a starter by week one . We watched UNC rotate its quarterbacks throughout the early part of 2024 – and witnessed the challenges that created.
Running backs are a different position in football, though. Plenty of NFL teams have running backs by committee – just look at the Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams days with the Carolina Panthers.
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