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UNC Football Faces Roster Shakeup: Seven Departures This Fall

10/22/2025

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Three more players depart UNC football: offensive lineman William Boone pursues a medical redshirt after an injury; Pryce Yates played one game; Yasir Smith did not appear in a game.
The departures push the total to at least seven this fall.
The roster loss includes Caleb Hood, a senior running back who retired, and tensions over a locker room divide, which head coach Bill Belichick denies.

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Three more players depart UNC football: offensive lineman William Boone pursues a medical redshirt after an injury; Pryce Yates played one game; Yasir Smith did not appear in a game.
The departures push the total to at least seven this fall.
The roster loss includes Caleb Hood, a senior running back who retired, and tensions over a locker room divide, which head coach Bill Belichick denies.