North Carolina Football: 3 way-too-early breakout candidates for 2022

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 06: The North Carolina Tar Heels take the field during their game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Kenan Memorial Stadium on November 06, 2021 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Tar Heels won 58-55. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – OCTOBER 16: The North Carolina Tar Heels take the field during their game against the Miami Hurricanes at Kenan Memorial Stadium on October 16, 2021 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina won 45-42. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

North Carolina has been blessed with great running backs in the past couple of seasons.

In 2020, the team had two NFL running backs in Javonte Williams and Michael Carter, and then with Ty Chandler this past season. With Chandler now off to the NFL, the Tar Heels are going to need someone to step up at running back. The guy that I think is most capable of doing that is true freshman running back George Pettaway.

It is tough for a true freshman to get on the field as a running back, but it is going to be hard to keep Pettaway off the field. He has good speed and size at 5-foot-11, 190 pounds, and runs with vision.

With the Tar Heels missing their top two runners from last year’s team, Pettaway is going to have a great chance to be a breakout candidate for North Carolina football in 2022.

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