Former Western Carolina quarterback Taron Dickens, who signed with UNC out of the Transfer Portal in February and had planned to enroll this summer, will no longer be a Tar Heel and is set to reenter the Portal, multiple sources — including his agent — confirmed to Inside Carolina on Friday.
A source close to the situation said the change in plans is because of academic reasons. UNC has officially released Dickens from his signing, On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed.
UNC announced the signing of Dickens on Feb. 17 after adding fellow quarterbacks Wisconsin transfer Billy Edwards and Texas A&M transfer Miles O’Neill. Edwards and O’Neill competed for the Tar Heels’ starting quarterback job throughout the spring with freshman Travis Burgess and returner Au’Tori Newkirk…