Bill Belichick contacted Bryce Baker on Thursday night, just hours after the six-time Super Bowl champion head coach's introductory presser in Chapel Hill. Evidently, Baker liked what he heard from the 72-year-old enough to pledge his allegiance to the Tar Heels for the second time in his recruitment.

Four-star quarterback Bryce Baker, after speaking with new North Carolina coach Bill Belichick, will sign with his home-state Tar Heels on Dec. 18, the high school senior told ESPN on Saturday. Baker verbally committed in June 2023 to North Carolina and then-head coach Mack Brown,

When Bill Belichick took the head coaching job at the University of North Carolina earlier this week, it might have led some Jets fans to sigh in relief and wipe their collective brow, believing that Belichick finally couldn’t hurt them anymore.