Coming off three straight trips to the College World Series—plus an 8-4 season in football—North Carolina has landed the nation’s No. 2 player in the 2009 prep class.

Sources have confirmed to Baseball America a scout.com report that Donavan Tate, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound quarterback/outfielder from Cartersville, Ga., High, has committed verbally to North Carolina and will try to play both sports. Tate, the son of former Georgia and NFL running back Lars Tate, is the top-ranked hitter in the class, a five-tool athlete and who also possesses the best set of baseball skills of any position player in this draft class. [...] Continue Reading »