Amid a disastrous season, Roy Williams and North Carolina are looking toward the future. Williams offered a scholarship on Sunday night to Harrison Ingram, the 2021 forward confirmed. Williams traveled to Dallas (Texas) St. Mark's on Wednesday to watch Ingram's practice. Ingram was on Carolina's campus for an unofficial visit the prior weekend (click here for the VIP visit report).

Ingram is the sixth player in the junior class with a UNC offer. He joins guard Kennedy Chandler, guard/wing Trevor Keels, and forwards Patrick Baldwin, Paolo Banchero, and Chet Holmgren (click here for Inside Carolina's VIP Recruiting Board). He holds offers from Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Georgetown, Kansas, Memphis, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, and UCLA. Ingram is ranked the No. 16 overall player in 2021 according to the 247Sports Composite.

The 6-foot-7 standout, who said he models his game after Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic, received praise over the summer from 247Sports National Recruiting Analyst Brian Snow.

"A uniquely skilled player, Ingram combines the ability to score from all three levels with great basketball IQ and an excellent feel for the game," Snow said. "Ingram continues to grow and get his body into better shape, which has him more athletic than ever. Still, it is his understanding of the game and top notch playmaking that stands out. Add in a nicely developing outside jumper, and his future looks very bright."

UNC assistant coach Steve Robinson watched Ingram multiple times during the July evaluation periods and traveled to Dallas (Texas) St. Mark's to see Ingram in December. Robinson, who typically recruits the Lone Star state for the Tar Heels, communicates regularly with Ingram and his family.

Harrison Ingram

With just one high school wing signed since the 2018 class, the Tar Heels will likely only have 2020 signee Puff Johnson and Leaky Black in Chapel Hill for the 2021-22 season, making the wing a necessity from the 2021 class. St. Mark's head coach Greg Guiler believes Ingram can fit in and contribute, no matter the system, as a freshman.

“I see him as the kind of guy – and he’s had 30-point triple doubles – who is obviously a capable scorer,” said Guiler. “He’ll just keep getting better and better. Whatever system he’s in, that coach will bring some things out of him. At our level, we played a team... the defending Texas 5A state champs (and) a really strong program with a couple of D1 signees. They were a more guard oriented kind of team. Harrison was willing and selfless enough to go in the post. He said ‘feed me all day long.’

"The fact he’s willing to go down there and dominate from a position he won’t play at the next level, it shows he’s eager to do whatever the coach and team need from him to win ball games. That attribute will render him effective and excellent at a variety of specific things. I’ve never had to teach him a concept twice. He picks stuff up so quickly, he’s a step ahead of everyone else.”