{"id":140365,"date":"2025-06-18T19:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/140365\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:21:12","slug":"unc-football-flips-ol-from-sec-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/140365\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC football flips OL from SEC program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The North Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/north-carolina-tar-heels\/3412\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tar Heels;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tar Heels<\/a> have pulled off a recruiting flip to add to their offensive line for the 2026 recruiting class on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>IMG Academy product Will Conroy announced on Wednesday that he is officially flipping from <a href=\"https:\/\/soonerswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oklahoma;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Oklahoma<\/a> to North Carolina. The Tar Heels pick up a big commitment now and a recruiting win over an SEC program.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Conroy committed to Oklahoma in December of 2024, but the Tar Heels pursued him shortly after. With Bill Belichick taking over as head coach, he made efforts to head to the top high school programs in the country, including IMG which led them to Conroy and their pursit of him.<\/p>\n<p>He did visit UNC in March and that trip helped the Tar Heels, eventually leading to a flip.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-3, 280-pound offensive lineman is ranked No. 532 nationally, No. 49 interior offensive lineman and the No. 76 player in the state of Florida per the <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/Will-Conroy-46144181\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:247Sports composite rankings.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">247Sports composite rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He becomes the 21st player to commit to UNC in the 2026 class which is currently ranked 16th on 247Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarheelswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TarHeelsWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@TarHeelsWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TarHeelsWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheelswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/tarheels\/football\/2025\/06\/18\/unc-football-flips-offensive-lineman-from-oklahoma\/84262769007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UNC football flips offensive lineman from Oklahoma.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UNC football flips offensive lineman from Oklahoma.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The North Carolina Tar Heels have pulled off a recruiting flip to add to their offensive line for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[3851,7,32761,941,1135,6493,11058,32760],"class_list":{"0":"post-140365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-bill-belichick","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-img-academy","11":"tag-north-carolina","12":"tag-oklahoma","13":"tag-tar-heels","14":"tag-unc","15":"tag-will-conroy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114705995495003477","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}