Wide Receiver Jonathan Bibbs Chooses to Transfer to UNC

Before concluding his official visit on Sunday, Louisiana-Monroe wide receiver transfer Jonathan Bibbs committed to North Carolina.

“I signed with UNC because of the culture, the coaching staff, and the vision they’re building,” Bibbs told Inside Carolina. “It felt like the right place for me to grow on and off the field, and I’m excited to be part of what’s coming next.”

As a redshirt freshman this fall, Bibbs caught 26 passes for 383 yards and three touchdowns. Despite limited action during his redshirt season in 2024, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound Birmingham, Ala., native recorded the Warhawks’ longest touchdown reception of that year—a 65-yard score against Auburn.

Bibbs is the third transfer to commit to UNC out of the Transfer Portal, which opened on Friday, joining former Wisconsin quarterback Billy Edwards and former Charleston Southern offensive lineman Andrew Threatt.

“This year we have a better understanding of what’s in the portal — what could be in the portal — what kind of players we want from the portal that fit what we have to do here at North Carolina,” UNC general manager Michael Lombardi said after the season. “And so we have to be ready to be able to fill the spots that we have to and that’s why it’s really important to have a grading system, to have a personnel department so that we can sit there and honestly say … we need to get a better player.”

This offseason cycle features a single transfer portal window, which was moved back to Jan. 2 and will remain open through Jan. 16. Once in the portal, a player may directly communicate with and visit other programs.

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The window restricts entering the portal, but it does not dictate when a player must choose his next school, so at least from a retention standpoint UNC will know who isn’t leaving by the end of the window.

“The good thing about this year is, is when the portal ends the 16th, we will have our team,” Lombardi said. “We’ll have a team meeting on the 17th, and there’ll be no changes of that team. We’ll be able to build the culture. We’ll be able to build the continuity within the team.