CHAPEL HILL — When Peyton Seelmann walked off the field with his Richmond teammates after a 41-6 loss to North Carolina at Kenan Stadium 11 months ago, he didn’t speak to Bill Belichick. Nor did he expect he’d ever be back.
But four months later, within hours of entering the transfer portal, Seelmann got a phone call from Belichick, who wanted him to visit Chapel Hill.
And on January 6, one day after his first — and only — visit, Seelmann officially committed to North Carolina. With UNC only returning 4% of its linebacker snaps from a year ago, Seelmann, who was named to the Butkus Watch List, which recognizes the nation’s best linebacker, has now emerged as the Tar Heels’ starting Will linebacker throughout preseason training camp…