{"id":1929311,"date":"2026-08-24T07:40:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1929311"},"modified":"2026-08-24T08:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:04:16","slug":"tar-heels-in-nfl-stars-sit-while-others-fight-for-roster-spots-tez-walker-solidifies-spot-as-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1929311","title":{"rendered":"Tar Heels in NFL: Stars sit while others fight for roster spots; Tez Walker solidifies spot as starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week 2 of the NFL preseason brought mixed results for former UNC players scattered across the league. Performances ranged from breakout showings to nagging injuries ahead of rosters getting cut to 53 by Sunday. The results carried extra weight for players fighting for depth roles, from Ty Chandler\u2019s workhorse showing on special teams in New Orleans to Alijah Huzzie\u2019s active night for Houston.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/08\/24\/tar-heels-in-nfl-stars-sit-while-others-fight-for-roster-spots-tez-walker-solidifies-spot-as-starter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tar Heels in NFL: Stars sit while others fight for roster spots; Tez Walker solidifies spot as starter<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/08\/24\/tar-heels-in-nfl-stars-sit-while-others-fight-for-roster-spots-tez-walker-solidifies-spot-as-starter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 2 of the NFL preseason brought mixed results for former UNC players scattered across the league. Performances ranged from breakout showings to nagging injuries ahead&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1929311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1929311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1929312,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929311\/revisions\/1929312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1929311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1929311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1929311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}