#10

Pryce Yates

DL · North Carolina · Sr. · #10

Returning to North Carolina for 2026
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Pryce Yates

DL · North Carolina · Sr · #10

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2062 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

3 coaches
2022
North Carolina
2023
North Carolina
2024
Freddie Kitchens
North Carolina
era →
2025
Bill Belichick
North Carolina
era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mack Brown, Freddie Kitchens, and Bill Belichick. Multi-era developmental context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022UConn6-7HC: Jim Mora · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2023UConn3-9HC: Jim Mora · Balanced
2024UConn9-4HC: Jim Mora · Run-leaning
2025North Carolina4-8HC: Bill Belichick · Balanced, slow tempo

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2025North Carolina3--0.50.0------
2024UConn21126.53.51----
2023UConn422514.04.52----
2022UConn41107.53.5------
Career1074728.511.53----

How he plays

Play style

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

North Carolina

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · North Carolina

Returning around him

  • 16% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -11 net (20 in / 31 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

North Carolina · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #31 · 2026 recruiting class #19

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jasheen Davis’s 2023 season.

Wake Forest · 2023

#2

Bradley Weaver

Ohio · 2023

80%
#3

Thomas Incoom

Central Michigan · 2021

80%
#4

Ethan Downs

Oklahoma · 2022

78%
#5

Bradley Weaver

Ohio · 2024

All-MAC
77%

Matches Jasheen on

Class year
Weight
Hurry rate

Differs from Jasheen on

Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to John Morgan's junior season at Pittsburgh (2022).

John Morgan

80%match

Pittsburgh · 2022

#2

Dani Dennis-Sutton

Penn State · 2024

All-Big TenNFL Rd 4
78%
#3

Pheldarius Payne

Virginia Tech · 2023

77%
#4

Tyler Baron

Tennessee · 2022

NFL Rd 5
77%
#5

Ethan Downs

Oklahoma · 2023

All-Big 12
76%

Matches John on

TFL rate
Weight
Sack rate

Differs from John on

Height (higher)

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #12007

Final rank
#12007
Avg #12447.0
Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #12007 this season.