North Carolina quarterback Tad Hudson enters NCAA transfer portal
North Carolina quarterback Tad Hudson has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to On3’s Pete Nakos.
Hudson did not see any action in his true freshman season for the Tar Heels, entering the transfer portal with four years of eligibility remaining in his college career.
Hudson was a three-star prospect out of William Amos Hough High School in Cornelius (NC), where he was ranked the No. 482 overall player and No. 30 quarterback in the country for the 2023 recruiting cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound pocket passer will look for a new program and a fresh start following just one lone season in Chapel Hill. Boasting a 33-5 record as a high school starting quarterback where he threw for a school record 7,325 yards and 76 touchdowns in his prep career.
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Mack Brown expects great competition from North Carolina quarterbacks
Mack Brown has been the beneficiary of phenomenal play at the quarterback position since his return to North Carolina ahead of the 2019 season. Inheriting Tar Heels’ passing yards and touchdowns leader Sam Howell followed by likely top-three selection in the upcoming NFL Draft Drake Maye.
A new standard has now been set under center in Chapel Hill following five years of dominance at the position. But with spring practice starting on Tuesday, Brown in excited for the Tar Heels’ upcoming quarterback competition and a new starter emerging.
“Great competition at quarterback, we’ve been impressed with Max Johnson,” Brown said. “He’s thrown over 900 balls, he’s got a great pedigree with his Dad winning a Super Bowl. Mark Richt‘s his uncle so he’s been raised in football camps and he’s been a starter at LSU and a starter at Texas A&M.”
“And we were really impressed with some things that Conner Harrell did, so it’ll be a great competition this spring watching both of them,” Brown added. “We’re planning on both of them competing head to head for the starting job.”