A Prominent In-State Prep Star, Shipp ‘Coming In’ For Carolina
By David Glenn
North Carolina wideout Jordan Shipp already has his UNC diploma, he’s one of the Tar Heels’ team captains, and he ranks among the Atlantic Coast Conference leaders in receiving yards despite playing on a team that throws the ball less frequently than most.
A junior from Providence Day School in Charlotte, Shipp also may be the best player at any in-state college program who also is a product of North Carolina’s high school ranks.
North Carolina wide receiver Jordan Shipp speaks at the 2026 ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, July 17, 2026. (Nell Redmond/ACC Photo)
An honorable mention All-ACC selection last year, Shipp is on pace to improve his numbers this season. He posted 20 receptions for 273 yards through Carolina’s 2-2 start, and he did almost all of that work against the more difficult opponents (TCU, Clemson, Notre Dame) on the Tar Heels’ early schedule.
Despite often battling head-to-head against NFL cornerback prospects such as TCU’s Vernon Glover Jr., Clemson’s Ashton Hampton and most recently Notre Dame’s Leonard Moore, Shipp averaged six receptions for 83 receiving yards per game against those Power Four opponents, while often personally matched against those top-notch future pros. Hampton and Moore both are projected as first-round NFL picks.
Shipp projects as an NFL player, too, especially after his strong head-to-head performances against such high-caliber competition.
Opponent, Top CB, Shipp’s Statistics
TCU, Vernon Glover Jr., five catches, 71 yards Clemson, Ashton Hampton, six catches, 68 yards Notre Dame, Leonard Moore, seven catches, 109 yards
Average vs. Power Four foes: six catches, 83 yards per game
UNC could have helped Shipp inflate his statistics by throwing in his direction more often against East Tennessee State, a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponent, but the Tar Heels chose to focus on other aspects on their offense that day instead. Shipp had only two receptions for 25 yards during the Heels’ 35-3 victory over ETSU at Kenan Stadium.
Only five ACC players are averaging more than 83 receiving yards per game (Shipp’s TCU/Clemson/Notre Dame average) this season. Shipp’s actual season average is slightly lower — at 68 per game — because of the ETSU game, but even that number ranks in the league’s top 10.
“He has been a good route-runner on a lot of different things — crossing patterns, in-cuts, possession patterns — and he’s done a good job with the ball in his hands after the catch,” second-year UNC coach Bill Belichick said. “An excellent red area receiver, and we try to keep him out there as much as we can.”
Shipp also stands out as perhaps the top in-state player on any in-state college football roster this season.
The most outstanding player at Duke, running back Nate Sheppard, is from the Louisiana high school football ranks. Two top standouts at NC State, quarterback CJ Bailey and cornerback Brian Nelson II, are from Florida and Texas, respectively. The most elite performers at Wake Forest — quarterback Gio Lopez (Alabama), wide receiver Carlos Hernandez (California), defensive end Langston Hardy (Florida) and safety Davaughn Patterson (Florida) — also arrived in North Carolina as products of out-of-state high school programs.
A 6-foot-2, 200-pounder with an intense competitive streak, Shipp is one of the Tar Heels’ best players … and a North Carolinian through and through.
Before signing with coach Mack Brown and remaining in Chapel Hill through UNC’s coaching transition to Belichick, Shipp was a three-time state champion, a three-time all-state performer and — in his final prep season — one of the state’s top 10 high school seniors, all while competing for Providence Day.
Now Shipp just might be the #1 North Carolina product in the state’s college football ranks, too.
“I’m from here. This is home. Carolina is home to me,” Shipp said. “There’s nowhere else I wanted to go. Everybody kept asking about the portal (last year). I made it clear after the NC State game there was nowhere I was going, no matter what was going on.
“We were going to figure out how to bring wins to Carolina, because I bleed blue. It is what it is. I’m a Carolina man. Carolina guy, and that’s just what I am.
“Go Heels, through and through.”
David Glenn (DavidGlennShow.com, @DavidGlennShow) is an award-winning author, broadcaster, editor, entrepreneur, publisher, speaker, writer and university lecturer (now at UNC Wilmington) who has covered sports in North Carolina since 1987.
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