Billy Edwards Jr.
North Carolina Tar Heels
79
Solid

Billy Edwards Jr.

North Carolina Tar HeelsAverage
QBOffenseSolidTRANSFER · Wisconsin
Projected Starter

Is Billy Edwards Jr. starting?

Billy Edwards Jr. is the projected starter at QB for North Carolina Tar Heels.

Graduate student · #9 · 6'3", 220 lbs

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Depth at QB · North Carolina Tar Heels

  1. 1979Billy Edwards Jr.Starter
  2. 2877Miles O'Neill
  3. 3364Travis Burgess

North Carolina Starting Lineup

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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

This season: 113 passing yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Team Share5%
Springfield, VA
Jersey
#9
Class
GR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
220 lbs
Transfer
Wisconsin

Stats

SeasonPass YdsTDINT
—11300

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

Why this rating?

On a 84-rated offense; 22th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.86 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 79.

Team offense (SP+)
84
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 22% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 26% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.86)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role

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 31LMIAYDS 341
CMP-ATT
28-34
YDS
341
TD
4
INT
0
QBR
205.4
CAR
8
YDS
-2
AVG
-0.3
TD
0

Final L 38-35

Oct 24LSYRYDS 271
CMP-ATT
27-44
YDS
271
TD
2
INT
0
QBR
128.1
CAR
4
YDS
-14
AVG
-3.5
TD
0

Final L 31-30 OT

Oct 17WDUKEYDS 191
CMP-ATT
15-25
YDS
191
TD
1
INT
0
QBR
137.4
CAR
9
YDS
20
AVG
2.2
TD
0

Final W 24-20

Oct 10WPITTYDS 249
CMP-ATT
18-26
YDS
249
TD
2
INT
2
QBR
159.7
CAR
4
YDS
-14
AVG
-3.5
TD
0

Final W 21-17

Oct 3LNDYDS 209
CMP-ATT
17-28
YDS
209
TD
3
INT
2
QBR
144.5
CAR
3
YDS
13
AVG
4.3
TD
0

Final L 37-26

Sep 19LCLEMYDS 135
CMP-ATT
13-30
YDS
135
TD
1
INT
1
QBR
85.5
CAR
6
YDS
14
AVG
2.3
TD
0

Final L 28-20

Sep 12WETSUYDS 244
CMP-ATT
15-20
YDS
244
TD
2
INT
0
QBR
210.5
CAR
2
YDS
-3
AVG
-1.5
TD
0

Final W 35-3

Aug 29WTCUYDS 232
CMP-ATT
16-28
YDS
232
TD
0
INT
0
QBR
126.7
CAR
7
YDS
-4
AVG
-0.6
TD
0

Final W 15-10

Billy Edwards Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

QB: 113 pass yds · 0 TD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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