CHAPEL HILL — UNC football will have a new starting quarterback against Clemson .
Max Johnson , who entered the 2024 season as the Tar Heels ' starting QB under Mack Brown, will get his first start for coach Bill Belichick. Johnson is replacing Gio Lopez, who sustained a lower-body injury in UNC's loss at UCF and was listed as out on the ACC's final availability report in the hours leading up to the noon kickoff inside Kenan Stadium.