The Tar Heels continued their push to reconstruct their offensive line by landing their fifth commitment in the transfer portal in that room in this transfer window.
As first reported by Pete Nakos of On3 Sports, the Tar Heels added a commitment from Troy OL transfer Daniel King early Saturday evening. He’ll have one year of eligibility remaining.
King’s commitment comes after he entered the portal on Wednesday after he was ruled eligible for next season. He took his lone visit as a transfer to Chapel Hill on Thursday, which by all accounts went very well.
King spent the last three years at Troy as a full-time starter splitting his time between left tackle, right guard and right tackle. In 2022 after transferring from Georgia Military Institute, he played 890 snaps, spending the 860 of them at right guard. He graded out with a 62.8 run blocking grade, a 74.4 pass blocking grade and a 65.2 overall grade while allowing two sacks and 13 total quarterback pressures. In 2023, he played all but one of his 963 snaps at right guard and posted a 66.4 run block grade, 75.5 pass block grade and 69.4 overall grade, he allowed five sacks and 15 total quarterback pressures in 520 pass block snaps on his way to earning second All-Sun Belt honors. This season, he rebounded nicely while splitting his 789 snaps between right guard (360) and right tackle (429), posting a 76.5 run blocking grade, a 79.6 pass blocking grade and a 75.8 overall grade while allowing just one sack and 10 total quarterback pressures on his way to earning second team All-Sun Belt honors once again.
With his commitment, the Tar Heels will now have seven new offensive linemen in their room this season, five of which are portal guys with significant starting experience. While there will be some holdovers from last year’s group, everybody but Austin Blaske will likely be battling to keep their spots on the depth chart.
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