
Jared McAdoo brings rare local size and rotation-ready upside to UNC’s defensive line
McAdoo entered North Carolina as a Chapel Hill product with big-frame interior size at 6-foot-3 and about 295 pounds, and the early scouting note on him was simple: he has the mass to compete inside, but he needed game reps to polish it. His value is the classic tackle profile—disruptive power, short-area heft, and roster familiarity—rather than splashy numbers, and he’s the kind of player who can fit a line rotation if he turns size into consistent leverage and snap-to-snap urgency.