Robinson, a 5-foot-11, 165-pound speedy route runner who doubles as a lockdown cornerback, received the offer out of Chapel Hill after chatting with Belichick and new UNC football general manager Mike Lombardi. He announced it via the following post on social media:

Belichick stunned the sports world in December when he took over the University of North Carolina football program. While out on the recruiting trail, the new Tar Heels coach has made sure to drop into his old neighborhood,

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis chose to downplay the significance of his team's Saturday showdown at No. 2 Duke following the Tar Heels' dispiriting 73-65 loss at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The defeat was UNC's third in its last four games and raises the stakes of the upcoming rivalry game for a team that is scrambling to assemble an NCAA Tournament resume.

North Carolina arrived in cold, snow-covered Pittsburgh on Monday perhaps not in the midst of a season on the brink, but without question in the middle of one with an ever-shrinking margin of error. The rising pressure surrounding the Tar Heels had to be freeing,