UNC football QB race has ‘no leader in the clubhouse,’ coach Bill Belichick says

With the British Open — the year’s final professional golf major — in progress as UNC coach Bill Belichick spoke Friday, he chose a timely mixed metaphor to describe the four-way battle for the Tar Heels’ starting quarterback spot. “Everybody’s kind of gotten an equal opportunity,” Belichick said. “We’ll see how things sort out now as we get closer to the season. But there’s no leader in the clubhouse right now. Everybody’s out on the course.” Advertisement The competition among Billy Edwards Jr., Miles O’Neill, Au’Tori Newkirk and Travis Burgess is still wide open, the second-year head coach said, and whichever quarterback rises to the top of the leaderboard during fall camp is set to play a key role in UNC’s hopes to rebound from a dismal 4-8 season in Belichick’s first year at the helm. Last season, UNC ranked second-to-last in the ACC with 2,207 total passing yards. Meanwhile, its offensive efficiency was 14th among 17 teams. The Heels lost every game in which its defense gave up more than 15 points. UNC’s QB situation In the offseason, UNC transformed its quarterback room by bringing in a pair of transfers to accompany its younger talent. It almost added three
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