Heels under scholarship limit

UNC has gone from a shortage of football scholarships to a surplus.

Kicker Jay Wooten has decided to transfer and three recruits will enroll in prep school. What was once a 17-scholarship discrepancy is now a three-scholarship surplus for Tar Heels coach Butch Davis.

Wooten, who made 4-of-6 field-goal attempts and 11 extra points as a redshirt-freshman, shared the kicking responsibilities with Casey Barth in 2008. The school announced he was leaving the program on Monday, giving them 26 available scholarships.

Recruits Justin Dixon, J.R. Rhodes and Johnnie Farms are expected to enroll at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., which means what was once an incoming class of 29 is down to 23.

Smithfield-Selma coach Anthony Barbour said Monday that Dixon, a linebacker, was going to Hargrave. Scout.com reported Farms, a guard from Georgia, will enroll at Hargrave because of academic reasons.

Mike Briggs, Rhodes' coach at Durham Jordan, said Monday that the running back did qualify academically but will opt to go to Hargrave for a semester.

A fourth recruit, cornerback D.J. Bunn from Smithfield-Selma, is still waiting for a decision on his academic status, Barbour said.

Twenty of the recruits who signed in February are enrolled in summer school, a UNC spokesman said Monday. The NCAA allows a maximum of 25 players to enroll from one recruiting class but does not limit the number of players that can be signed.

Here's the breakdown of the scholarship math:

Enrolled
1. QB Bryn Renner
2. WR Joshua Adams
3. WR Erik Highsmith
4. WR Joshua McKie
5. WR Jheranie Boyd
6. RB Hunter Furr
7. G Brennan Williams
8. T David Collins
9. T Travis Bond
10. DE Donte Moss
11. DT Jared McAdoo
12. LB Kevin Reddick
13. LB Shane Mularkey
14. CB Josh Hunter
15. CB Gene Robinson
16. CB Terry Shankle
17. S Curtis Campbell
18. DB Mywan Jackson
19. ATH A.J. Blue
20. P C.J. Feagles

Not enrolled
21. CB D.J. Bunn
22. TE Prizell Brown
23. LB Hawatha Bell

Not coming
24. S Angelo Hadley (released from LOI)
25. WR Ray-Ray Davis (junior college)
26. QB Donavan Tate (professional baseball)
27. LB Justin Dixon (prep school)
28. RB J.R. Rhodes (prep school)
29. G Johnnie Farms (prep school)

They're gone:

Seniors
1. WR Cooter Arnold
2. G Bryon Bishop
3. P Terrence Brown
4. G Calvin Darity
5. WR Brooks Foster
6. S Trimane Goddard
7. S Jabir Jones
8. LB Mark Paschal
9. TE Richard Quinn
10. T Garrett Reynolds
11. WR Brandon Tate
12. LB Chase Rice

Early to NFL
13. WR Hakeem Nicks

Graduation
14. QB Cam Sexton
15. RB Richie Rich
16. WR Kenton Thornton
17. TE B.J. Phillips
18. G Aaron Stahl

Transfer
19. K Jay Wooten

Medical hardship
20. T Zack Handerson
21. G Mike Dykes
22. G Morgan Randall

Dismissed
23. WR Anthony Parker-Boyd
24. CB Tavorris Jolly
25. DE Darius Powell
26. LB Kenny Harris