CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- North Carolina will not play Central Florida this Saturday due to the expected arrival of Hurricane Florence on the Carolina coast. If the game is not rescheduled (as of Wednesday it has not been), then UNC will play an 11-game schedule for the 2018 season. This changes the status of some of UNC's player suspensions.

The suspensions were based on a percentage of games. Defensive end Malik Carney, defensive end Tomon Fox, defensive end Tyrone Hopper wide receiver Beau Corrales, quarterback Chazz Surratt, center Brian Anderson, linebacker Malik Robinson, offensive lineman Quiron Johnson, and offensive tackle Jordan Tucker were all suspended for 30 percent of the 12-game schedule, which rounded up to a four-game suspension.

With the cancellation of the UCF game, the season is now expected to be an 11-game season, so a 30-percent suspension becomes a three-game suspension. Carney will sit out Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech (he can play vs. Miami) and Fox will sit out the Miami, Syracuse, and the Virginia game. Fox can now play in the Georgia Tech game.

Hopper, Surratt, Corrales, Johnson, and Robinson will all be back for the Miami game on Sept. 27. Nothing will change there.

UNC defensive end Tomon Fox.

Center Jay Jay McCargo was not available for the East Carolina game, so the NCAA approved UNC’s request to stagger Anderson’s four-game suspension in order to protect the health and safety of the players at his position. Anderson was made available for the ECU game, but he did not play. So the ECU game does count towards his suspension. Anderson will be available for the Miami game, unless UNC requests another waiver for him next weekend and he plays vs. Pittsburgh. His availabilty/waiver status will be handled on a game-by-game basis

Defensive backs Greg Ross and Tre Shaw have served their two-game suspensions and quarterback Jack Davidson and offensive guard Jonah Melton have already served their one-game suspensions.

Of course, if UNC and UCF are able to reschedule the game then the 30-percent suspensions do go back to four games.

Details on UNC player suspensions from an Inside Carolina Report on Aug. 6

Thirteen North Carolina football players received game suspensions after selling team-issued UNC Retro Air Jordan 3’s in January.

Fifteen players impermissibly exchanged the shoes in association with their participation in athletics for cash, according to correspondence released in response to public records requests. UNC ordered 175 pairs of the special-edition shoes, in which 152 pairs were provided to players and staff on Jan. 11, 2018. The 15 involved players subsequently sold their shoes for cash.

Three players – deemed student-athletes Nos. 6, 9 and 13 in the case summary - sold their shoes directly to retail outlets and were unable to retrieve them upon discovery of the violation. Two of the three pairs were sold on the day the shoes were given to the players, one going for $1,500 and another for $1,300. Two other players – SA Nos. 1 and 4 – also sold their shoes to a boutique for $2,300 and $2,500, respectively, and were able to retrieve the shoes from the store.

Six players – SA Nos. 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11 – sold their shoes to SA Nos. 2 and 6 on Jan. 11 for prices ranging from $300 to $1,000 and were unable to retrieve them upon discovery of the violation. The remaining four players – SA Nos. 7, 12, 14 and 15 – also sold their shoes to teammates (Nos. 4 and 6) on Jan. 11 for prices ranging from $150 to $2,500 and were able to retrieve their shoes and return cash.

The NCAA guidelines for eligibility reinstatement for violations involving student-athletes are as follows: (1) Value of benefit ranges from greater than $200 to $400 = withholding of 10 percent and repayment; (2) Value of the benefit ranges from greater than $400 to $700 = withholding of 20 percent and repayment; and (3) Value of benefit greater than $700 = withholding of 30 percent and repayment.

SA Nos. 4 and 6 sold their shoes for $200 or less and therefore did not receive a game suspension. All 15 Tar Heels will not receive any equipment or apparel for a minimum of one calendar year "unless essential to their participation in on-field team practice and competition."

The athletic department was notified via email on Jan. 12 that an unknown number of individuals may have sold their shoes to a local shoe business. By Jan. 13, the school began the process of requiring the return of the shoes to the football equipment staff. On Jan. 16, UNC had confirmed that all but nine pairs of the shoes had been accounted for by the equipment staff.

The NCAA deemed the shoe sales as secondary Level III violations (Bylaw 16.11.2.4) on March 23, 2018.

"We are disappointed," UNC director of athletics Bubba Cunningham said. "Chancellor Folt, Coach Fedora and I have high expectations of all of our students, coaches and staff, and we expect everyone to embrace and abide by all team and NCAA rules. We always will strive to get better."

(Inside Carolina's Greg Barnes contributed to this report)