UNC Football announces their Players of the Week for the win over Charlotte
The UNC football program announced their players of the week for their Week 2 win over Charlotte.
Your Players of the Game for week 2 😤#CarolinaFootball 🏈 #UNCommon pic.twitter.com/Iqj4IoU3eP
— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) September 9, 2024
Amare Campbell started his second straight game, and it looks like the UNC football program has another quality linebacker pairing. Campbell follows in the footsteps of Cedric Gray and Power Echols and Jeremiah Gemmel and Chazz Surratt as one-half of a dynamic duo that pursues ball carriers wherever they may roam.
Unfortunately, Campbell has had to do that chasing with a club over his broken right hand, which makes him look a bit like Mega Man in the home blues.
No matter. Campbell got the job done against Charlotte, leading the team in tackles (7) with a sack (his second of the season), and 1.5 tackles for loss. He constantly harassed the 49ers backfield, adding two quarterback hurries to his stat line.
Campbell's sack in the first quarter was extremely clutch. He brought quarterback Max Brown down when the 49ers were threatening to score from North Carolina's five-yard line. That sack, followed by an incomplete pass thanks to an onrushing Des Evans, forced Charlotte to kick a field goal.
Davion Gause was the no-brainer call for offensive player of the week. Stepping in for an injured Omarion Hampton, the freshman running back was electric, rushing 16 times for 105 yards and a touchdown. KIH went into greater detail on Gause's breakout game here, but suffice it to say, if Hampton needs to take another week or two to get right for the Duke game, Gause should have the Tar Heels covered. Darwin Barlow will need to get off the treatment table soonest, or Gause is going to take all of his snaps!
Kick-offs are being handled by backup placekicker Liam Boyd this season, and the Clemson transfer was quietly efficient at his task. Charlotte did not return a single kick, as none of North Carolina's kick-offs were returnable. Boyd kept the 49ers from getting cheap yards for free and kept their special team's gunners from getting any knocks or injuries. Long may it continue!
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