While the Tar Heels are battling to keep certain commitments in their 2025 recruiting class, they have nothing to worry about when it comes to their quarterback in the class.
2025 4✮ QB Bryce Baker, who became an On3 Sports Top 100 player on Monday, told the site’s vice president that he is locked in to the Tar Heels despite receiving interest from multiple SEC schools.
Alabama was the most significant school that showed interest, visiting his high school back in April, but they have yet to pull the trigger on an offer. The same can’t be said for Florida, who extended him an offer last Wednesday, leading to Baker posting that he was 100% committed along with the announcement of the offer.
Hearing Baker say he is locked in is comforting, but it doesn’t mean that the team shouldn’t be checking in on him often and making sure no one else is gaining traction with him. Florida is likely just the start of the interest that he will receive over the next handful of months after the way that he performed at the Elite 11 Finals. The staff needs to do everything possible to make sure he stays a part of this class because he has the making of being the team's next great quarterback.
Baker is preparing for his senior season at East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, NC after a monster junior season, his first at the school. He was named an all-conference player and all-state honorable mention this past year after throwing for 3,082 yards, 39 touchdowns and just three interceptions. He also carried the ball 36 times for 233 yards and three touchdowns for an East Forsyth team that would go 10-2 and fall in the second round to eventual state semifinalist Independence. The year prior, at Walkertown High School, he threw for 1,823 yards, 20 touchdowns and five interceptions and ran the ball 70 times for 139 yards and one rushing touchdown. Walkertown won seven more games than they did the year before going 8-3, but bowing out in the first round of the 2A state playoffs.
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