{"id":1942555,"date":"2026-11-07T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T01:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1942555"},"modified":"2026-11-07T22:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T03:12:40","slug":"pick-six-snatched-ball-hickman-collins-steps-up-as-uncs-linebacker-rotation-shifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1942555","title":{"rendered":"Pick-six, \u2018snatched\u2019 ball: Hickman-Collins steps up as UNC\u2019s linebacker rotation shifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EAST HARTFORD, Conn. \u2014 When North Carolina lost linebacker Jonathan Agumadu to injury a few weeks ago, the Tar Heels needed someone to take more snaps in the middle of their defense. Redshirt sophomore Timir Hickman-Collins answered that need in a rainy 38\u201321 win at UConn on Saturday at Rentschler Field, with an interception returned for a touchdown and a fumble recovery that led to another. He led the team in Pro Football Focus defensive grade (93.7) and pass-rush grade (80.8) in 15 defensive snaps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/11\/07\/pick-six-snatched-hickman-collins-steps-up-as-uncs-linebacker-rotation-shifts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST HARTFORD, Conn. \u2014 When North Carolina lost linebacker Jonathan Agumadu to injury a few weeks ago, the Tar Heels needed someone to take more snaps&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1942556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tarheeltribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Timir-pick-six.jpeg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-1-id","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942555","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=1942555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1942557,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942555\/revisions\/1942557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1942555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1942555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1942555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}