No Tate update until Monday

• Update: Tate's out for the year with a torn ACL

Brandon Tate's mom, Lesley, said Sunday afternoon that the UNC receiver was "doing good in spirit" as he prepared to have a 5 p.m. MRI on his right knee.

Asked if he would contemplate moving tailback Greg Little back to wide receiver if Tate is out for any period, Davis said: “We’re going to get together as a coaching staff and talk about [a lot of things], because the potential for Brandon’s absense, there’s a lot of things besides him being a wide receiver – we’ve got to talk about punt return, kick return, so we’re going to have a pretty extensive personell meeting tonight, and contemplate what moves, if any, we need to make.

Tate, a senior who began the weekend ranked third in the nation in all-purpose yardage, was helped to the locker room with 5:40 left in the first quarter after returning a punt 9 yards. He did not return to the sideline, during then-No. 22 UNC’s 29-24 victory over Notre Dame

Without him, defensive back Johnny White joined Hakeem Nicks to return kickoffs, and cornerback Kendric Burney was on the field to return punts.

Meanwhile, Brooks Foster slid into the No. 2 receiver position, while receivers Cooter Arnold (two catches, 3 yards) and Kenton Thornton (one catch, 5 yards) tried to take up some of the slack. Nicks led all receivers with a career-high-tying nine grabs for 141 yards.