Bill Belichick and North Carolina have their first building block for the 2028 recruiting class.
Four-star quarterback Levi Kerr has committed to UNC, giving the Tar Heels an early head start with the first pledge in that cycle. The in-state standout made the call after taking back-to-back visits to Chapel Hill, including a return trip for Saturday night’s matchup against No. 1 Miami.
Kerr is a 6-foot-5, 200-pound quarterback from Marvin Ridge High School in Waxhaw, North Carolina. He’s also climbing fast in the recruiting rankings, where 247Sports lists him as the No. 223 overall prospect, the No. 15 quarterback and the No. 12 player in North Carolina in the 2028 class.
His recruitment had already started drawing attention from a long list of programs. Michigan offered Kerr during his visit to Ann Arbor, and NC State, Mississippi State, Maryland and others have also been involved. Even so, North Carolina got in early and stayed on him for months.
That early push mattered. The Tar Heels were one of the first Power Four programs to offer Kerr over the summer, and the relationship only deepened from there.
Kerr’s first trip to Kenan Stadium came when UNC hosted Duke on October 24. He spent time with Belichick during that visit as the Tar Heels continued making him a priority. Seeing North Carolina win the Victory Bell was one thing, but Kerr wanted another look.
He got it a week later, when he returned for UNC’s Halloween night game against Miami. After that second visit, he didn’t wait around.
For North Carolina, landing a quarterback this early is exactly the kind of start every class needs, especially when the player is a rising in-state prospect. Kerr gives Belichick and his staff an early centerpiece for 2028 and a name that could help draw other recruits to Chapel Hill over the next year.
The 2028 cycle is still a long way from the finish line, but UNC has already made a strong first move.
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