UNC QB Marquise Williams (12) is out for spring ball. (Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports)
North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams will miss spring practice because of a hip injury.
Williams, one of the top quarterbacks in the ACC last season, “will return full speed in August,” the school announced Saturday.
As a redshirt junior last season, Williams threw 21 touchdown passes and nine interceptions and ran for 788 yards and 13 touchdowns. North Carolina went 6-7, 4-4 in the ACC.
With Williams out this spring, Mitch Trubisky will run the first-team offense.
“There’s a lot of continuity with ‘Quise coming back,” quarterbacks coach Keith Heckendorf said. “Marquise is our starting quarterback, and it’s been that way since the middle of the season when he kind of took the reins and went with it. But that’s not going to eliminate the competition.”
