The North Carolina Tar Heels have enjoyed one of college football's deepest tight end rooms over the past couple seasons, in large part thanks to in-state standout Bryson Nesbit.

A senior from South Mecklenburg High School, Nesbit has a touchdown in each of his four seasons at UNC. Nesbit was a 2024 preseason Mackey Award Watch List honoree, meaning he's in consideration for the nation's top tight end.

Nesbit's most recent touchdown, which opened up North Carolina's scoring last Saturday in its home opener against Charlotte, set a new program record with 11 career touchdowns.

If you total Nesbit's career stats through two games of the Tar Heels' season, he has 1,308 career receiving yards and 11 touchdowns on 38 catches. Nesbit needs 505 more receiving yards to surpass Eric Ebron, the last tight end from UNC to be selected in the NFL Draft.

Last year, Nesbit was in a timeshare with both John Copenhaver and Kamari Morales. With Morales now at Boston College, Nesbit should play a lot more this year.

Nesbit, though, suffered an upper-body injury against Charlotte and didn't return for the second half of play. North Carolina head coach Mack Brown provided some good news during the postgame press conference, saying that Nesbit – nor anyone else on the roster – is in danger of missing the season.

Will Nesbit return to the field soon and surpass Ebron in the receiving yardage department?

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