Michael Malone’s 2026 recruiting class will be an important one for the first-year head coach. Taking over near the end of a recruiting cycle is never an easy feat.
Malone and his staff were able to keep two commitments in Maximo Adams and Malloy Smith while also adding Kevin Thomas and international prospect Sayon Keita. For only having a few weeks with the 2026 cycle, Malone did a good job. And now those players are getting their final rankings by 247Sports.
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The site released its final ranking for the 2026 class and two Tar Heels cracked the top 100 on the
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