North Carolina quarterback Chazz Surratt is now North Carolina linebacker Chazz Surratt, Heels head coach Mack Brown confirmed to the Raleigh News & Observer.
As a redshirt freshman in 2017, Surratt was UNC’s primary quarterback. He hit 107-of-183 passes for 1,342 yards with eight touchdowns against three interceptions whilst rushing 85 times for 210 yards and two touchdowns. A 4-game suspension for selling team-issued gear and a wrist injury cut his sophomore campaign short. He played in only one game, a 47-10 loss to Miami, where, to put it kindly, he flashed great ability at a position other than quarterback. Surratt completed 4-of-10 passes for 10 yards with three interceptions while rushing nine times for 69 yards and a touchdown.
North Carolina returns rising senior Nathan Elliott as the club’s expected starter, but incoming freshman Sam Howell, a Florida State flip, is expected to immediately compete for playing time.
Either way, Surratt wasn’t in the picture behind center for North Carolina moving forward, so Surratt asked to move to linebacker, according to Brown.