TFA football's Danny Odem III de-commits from UNC

The 6-foot-1 defensive back, who originally chose the Tar Heels instead of UCF, Ole Miss, Liberty and others, announced he's re-opening his recruitment.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 a.m. December 6, 2024

Royals' athlete Danny Odem III (No. 8) weaved through defenders against Rabun Gap.

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The First Academy football’s Danny Odem III, a three-star prospect, announced on his social media pages that he has de-committed from North Carolina, writing in a post that his recruitment is “100% open.”

A 6-foot-1 defensive back, Odem III originally chose the Tar Heels in September over the likes of UCF, Ole Miss and Liberty.

The decision to step back from his original decision to play college ball in Chapel Hill comes after UNC fired national championship-winning coach Mack Brown — who had a 113-79-1 record across his six seasons in his second tenure as the Tar Heels coach.

Since Odem III announced his commitment to UNC, he received offers from Florida, Miami, Penn State, West Virginia and Syracuse.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.