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Heel Tough Blog: 3✮ In-State RB Commits to UNC


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The Tar Heels have gone through a long list of targets at the running back position trying to find a commitment at that position and they finally have it.


2025 3✮ RB Demon June Jr. announced his commitment to the Tar Heels on Thursday via Instagram from a ceremony at his high school. His decision comes less than a month after the staff offered him following an unofficial visit to campus. He chose Carolina over East Carolina and Georgia Southern, the two schools he officially visited earlier this summer.


June, the No. 98 running back in the 2025 class according to 247Sports Composite rankings, is coming off an extremely productive junior season at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, NC. He ran for 1,206 yards and 23 touchdowns on just 118 carries on his way to earning Big Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference and Area Player of the Year. The previous year as a sophomore, he piled up 1,108 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, a step forward from his amazing freshman production of 986 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns.


June is the type of tough-nosed runner that this staff likes to have in the backfield. He is very much a downhill A and B-Gap kind of runner and he embraces, and at times appears to seek out, contact. When he does run it on the edges, he is patient and does a good job of hitting his holes. His speed isn’t that of some of the other downhill backs that the team has added since Brown’s return, but it isn’t like he doesn’t have a little burst to him when he hits the hole. The biggest concerns with June are his limitations as a pass catcher and the level of competition playing in the eastern part of the state. This is still a guy that could end up surprising later in his Tar Heel career if he sticks around.


With his commitments, the Tar Heels now have a third in-state commit and their 14th overall. It also jumps the class from 54th to 50th and from 14th to 11th in the ACC according to 247Sports Composite team rankings.



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