University of North Carolina senior fullback Devon Ramsay tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee in Saturday’s 42-10 victory over James Madison. Ramsay, a native of Red Bank, N.J., will undergo season-ending surgery next week at UNC Hospitals.

Ramsay started the game and had an 18-yard reception. North Carolina will pursue a sixth-year of eligibility with the NCAA for Ramsay, who redshirted in 2007 with a shoulder injury.

Last season, Ramsay missed nine games before the NCAA determined that Ramsay did not commit a violation and was eligible to return to play.

Ramsay can’t catch a break. Hopefully he’ll be back next season.

UNC coach Everett Withers feels bad about Ramsay’s injury but he thinks the Tar Heels, despite being thin at fullback, will be ok this season.

“Offensively I feel like we use a number of different personnel groups and formations that allows us to look like we have two backs in the backfield. So I think we’ll be fine,” Withers said. “We feel like Curtis Byrd will be good for us in that role. But we feel like we can get done what we need to get done offensively and still be able to do the things we do with the personnel groups we use.”

Byrd is a senior from Durham who walked on and made six starts last season.