 Throughout the course of the Tar Heels' football history, a player has rushed for over 1,000 yards in a season 28 times.The first player to rush for over a 1,000 yards was Don McCauley, who rushed for 1,092 yards in the 1969 season.The most recent player to have rushed for 1,000 yards is Michael Carter, who rushed for 1,003 yards in 2019.