CHAPEL HILL, NC - JANUARY 16: The mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels in action against the Syracuse Orange during their game at the Dean Smith Center on January 16, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

The UNC Football program was able to flip a three-star Louisville recruit while hosting him for a weekend visit in Chapel Hill

The big recruiting weekend in Chapel Hill has already made a difference for the North Carolina Tar Heels football program. We wrote about the Tar Heels hosting several recruits from both the 2019 and 2020 classes last week and now as the weekend wraps up, there’s been a new commitment.

On Sunday night, class of 2019 three-star center Ty Murray informed the program that he has officially flipped his verbal commitment from Louisville to North Carolina.

Inside Carolina’s Don Callahan first reported the news Sunday night as the official weekend visit was wrapping up. Murray told Callahan that he has decided to flip his commitment after offering his verbal to Louisville back in October.

When Murray verbally committed to the Cardinals, he did so under head coach Bobby Petrino who was then fired weeks later.

The three-star offensive lineman is ranked No. 958 in 247 Sports’ composite rankings and the No 98 player in the state of Georgia.

He becomes the 20th player to offer their commitment to the Tar Heels in the 2019 recruiting class and will sign his letter of intent on National Signing Day in February. Murray joins a class that now has four offensive linemen committed in Triston Miller, Wyatt Tunall and Asim Richards.

Murray was the only verbal commit in Louisville’s 2019 class that didn’t sign their letter of intent during the early signing period. New head coach Scott Satterfield honored Murray and two other players scholarship offers when he took over.

But in the end, UNC was able to sway him from another ACC program and this weekend’s visit certainly helped.

Check back with Keeping It Heel for more UNC football recruiting as well as other recruits who were on the weekend visit.