University of North Carolina Athletics
2026 Spring Football Roster
Shamar Easter
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Ashdown, Ark.
- High School:
- Ashdown
2025 - Redshirt Sophomore Season at Carolina
- Appeared in seven games for Carolina in 2025, earning the start against Stanford and Wake Forest
- Made two catches for 17 yards
- Caught his first pass as a Tar Heel against Syracuse and had a 15-yard grab at NC State
2024 - Redshirt Freshman Season at Arkansas
- Appeared in one game as a redshirt freshman
- Hauled in a 16-yard pass from KJ Jackson during a fourth-quarter touchdown drive in a season-opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Aug. 29)
2023 - Freshman Season at Arkansas
- Redshirted in his first season as a Razorback.
High School
- A consensus four-star prospect according to 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and On3
- No. 157 prospect in Rivals250 rankings
- No. 158 prospect in Top247 rankings
- No. 201 prospect in ESPN 300 rankings
- The consensus No. 1 player in Arkansas by 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and On3
- Rated the No. 6 tight end nationally by ESPN
- No. 7 tight end in the country according to 247Sports Composite, Rivals and On3 Consensus
- Played for head coach Matt Richardson at Ashdown High School in Ashdown, Ark.
- As a junior, caught 30 passes for 519 yards (17.3 ypc) and five touchdowns
- As a senior, made 15 catches for 160 yards (10.7 ypc) and rushed six times for 116 yards and a touchdown
- Responsible for 12 pancake blocks
Personal
- Has two siblings, Nevaeh Easter and Mykei Hopkins
- Birthdate: Jan. 18, 2005.
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