CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina’s injury situation has taken a turn for the worse. The school announced on Thursday that wide receiver Thomas Jackson, offensive tackle William Sweet and middle linebacker Andre Smith will miss the remainder of the season due to injuries.

Smith suffered a knee injury late in the loss to Louisville on Sept. 9 and did not travel with the team to Old Dominion last weekend. Sweet and Jackson both started against the Monarchs before suffering injuries in the first half and emerging from the halftime locker room in street clothes.

UNC was already without starting left tackle Bentley Spain (hand) and starting center Cam Dillard (ankle) after losing projected starting left guard Tommy Hatton early in training camp. Tight end Brandon Fritts did not travel to ODU due to an undisclosed injury. Expected offensive contributors in running back Stanton Truitt and wide receiver Toe Groves have also not played yet this season due to injury.

Defensive tackle Jalen Dalton limped into the locker room at halftime last weekend and did not play in the second half. The severity of his injury is not known and he is listed as doubtful for Saturday's game against Duke.

"It's been tough since day one," UNC head coach Larry Fedora said on Monday. "It's unfortunate. It is what it is. It's the same old thing: the next guy has to get up and the next guy has to play. You hope you can build some type of continuity at some point."

UNC had previously announced the following players were out for the season due to injury: tailback Antwuan Branch, safety Jesse Cuccia, offensive lineman Luke Elder, safety D.J. Ford, tailback Jacob Schmidt and tight end Noah Turner.

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UNC’s full injury report is listed below:

Out for the Season:

Antwuan Branch, TB

Jesse Cuccia, S

Luke Elder, OL

D.J. Ford, S

Thomas Jackson, WR

Jacob Schmidt, TB

Andre Smith, LB

William Sweet, OT

Noah Turner, TE

Out:

Tommy Hatton, OL

Tyler Pritchett, OL

Ben Stobaugh, CB

Stanton Truitt, TB

Doubtful:

Corey Bell Jr., CB

Jalen Dalton, DT

Questionable:

Cam Dillard, C

Rontavius Groves, WR

Dazz Newsome, WR

Bentley Spain, OT