Preseason Groza Award candidate Casey Barth has been injured most of the season and UNC is looking into redshirting the senior kicker from Wilmington.

“Right now we are not ready for Casey to kick,” UNC coach Everett Withers said. “In fact, we’re investigating the situation of possibly redshirting him. We’re going to look into the ACC office about a hardship possibility.”

Withers said he didn’t want Casey to come back until he is 100 percent healthy and his leg continues to bother him. “We just felt like in our best interest and in his also, and his family’s and this football team, not to push him out there, not to rush him.”