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Class of 2022 DL Travis Shaw Commits to Carolina

The top-five ranked five star chose the Tar Heels over Clemson, Georgia, and North Carolina A&T.

Isaac Schade

If you thought Mack Brown and the football Tar Heels were already on a roll on the recruiting trail, you wouldn’t be wrong. But if you thought the momentum had already peaked, you would be dead wrong.

On Saturday, Coach Brown picked up the highest-rated commitment of his second tenure in Chapel Hill in the form of five-star defensive lineman Travis Shaw. He made his announcement live on CBS Sports HQ from his high school football stadium at Grimsley High School in Greensboro (N.C.).

Shaw, who checks in at 6-foot-5 and 330 pounds, becomes the crown jewel of the so-far 13-member 2022 class for Carolina. He is the first five-star commit in the class and the third overall for Mack Brown. The other two are CB Tony Grimes (2020) and DL Keeshawn Silver (2021).

The Tar Heels are going to be a force to be reckoned with on the defensive side of the ball.

Shaw is third overall in the Rivals rankings and fourth in the 247 composite. Regardless of what recruiting service you look at, Shaw is a consensus top-five prospect in the class of 2022.

His rating is .9972, the second-highest recruit to commit to Carolina in the era of online recruiting (Marvin Austin was the highest at .9979).

Shaw’s commitment to Carolina is clearly a big deal in and of itself, magnified all the more by the fact that the Tar Heels beat out Clemson and Georgia to procure his services.

North Carolina now moves to No. 13 in the class of 2022 rankings at 247Sports.

Enjoy highlights from Shaw’s junior season:

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ISAAC SCHADE

I grew up in Atlanta knowing that I was going to be the next Maddux or Glavine or Chipper. Unfortunately, I never grew six feet tall, ran 4.4 in the 40-yard dash, threw 90 m.p.h. on the radar gun, or hit 50 home runs. So I had to find a different way to dive head first into sports - writing about it. My favorite all-time sports moment? 1992. NLCS. Game 7. Sid Bream. Look it up. Worst sports moment ever? Two words: Kris. Jenkins. I live in the bustling metropolis of Webb City, MO, where ministry is my full-time job. I spend my free time with my wife, Maggie, and my two children, Pax & Poppy.

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