After the departures of Michael Carter and Javonte Williams, possibly the two best running backs in UNC history, to the NFL, the UNC coaching staff was in a bit of a pickle. None of the guys behind that pair in 2020 ever got much playing time, and they were staring at relying on inexperienced underclassmen to fill in for a record-breaking rushing attack at UNC.
The outlook got significantly brighter after they recruited Ty Chandler as a grad transfer out of Tennessee, and Chandler quickly seized the reins in the running backs room as the starter and did pretty well for himself, easily setting career highs in yards (1092), per-carry average (6.