After spending roughly six months verbally to Pittsburgh, Khadry Jackson will actually end up signing with its ACC Coastal Division rival, North Carolina.

Jackson, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound linebacker from Windermere (Fla.) School, originally verbally committed to Pittsburgh in mid-June. UNC had offered at the time but expressed limited interest. When Mack Brown became head coach, he made Jackson a priority and area recruiter Chad Scott went to work.

Scott's first order of business: to convince Jackson to officially visit UNC this past weekend. That objective was achieved. A day after the official visit, Jackson withdrew his Pitt verbal commitment.

Jackson is the seventh recruit to verbally commit to UNC since Mack Brown became head coach. Khafre Brown, Ben Kiernan, Justin Olson, Emery Simmons, Wyatt Tunall, and Kristian Varner were the other six. Now, UNC's commitment list consists of 14 members.

The three-star prospect is listed as the 67th best safety in the nation by 247Sports Composite. However, the Heels plan to bulk Jackson up and move him to linebacker.

While playing a hybrid strong-side linebacker/safety role on Windemere Prep's defense, Jackson finished his senior season with 40 tackles, including 13 for a loss and two sacks.