Ade Willie
North Carolina Tar Heels
79
Solid

Ade Willie

North Carolina Tar HeelsAverage
NBDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Michigan State
2nd String / Backup

Is Ade Willie starting?

Ade Willie is listed 2nd string at NB for North Carolina Tar Heels.

Redshirt senior · #3 · 6'1", 195 lbs

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Depth at NB · North Carolina Tar Heels

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Up next for North Carolina

North Carolina plays UConn away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of IMG Academy, ranked #799 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 16 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #799 NatlTeam Share2%
Baltimore, MD
Jersey
#3
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
195 lbs
Transfer
Michigan State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—1601

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8685
National Rank
#799
High School
IMG Academy
Hometown
Bradenton, FL

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 55th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.87 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 55% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 26% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LSYRTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 31-30 OT

Oct 17WDUKETKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-20

Oct 10WPITTTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-17

Sep 12WETSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 35-3

Ade Willie's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

16 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement25%
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