While North Carolina dropped a six-overtime game to Virginia Tech on Saturday, 43-41, several Tar Heels turned in impressive performances.

Here are our 3 Stars from UNC loss at Virginia Tech:

Howell completed 26 of 49 pass attempts for 348 yards, 5 TDs and no interceptions. He now owns the single-season UNC record for TD passes by a freshman and his 5 scoring passes ties a UNC single-game mark. Howell has nine TD passes in the last two games and has thrown at least two in every Tar Heels’ game this season.

The junior had 9 receptions for 112 yards and two touchdowns, one of which went for 47 yards. He scored UNC’s first TD and was a weapon all day for Sam Howell.

For much of the game, Surratt was awesome. He registered 17 tackles, including two for a loss of yards, one of which was a sack, and he was just all over the field delivering several vicious blows.

Voting: Sam Howell 5; Dazz Newsome 5; Chazz Surratt 4 and Michael Carter 1.