Gio Lopez was Bill Belichick's first college QB. He left in search of something more familiar

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — This was all new for Gio Lopez.He was a high school star in Alabama. A bowl game MVP as a freshman at South Alabama. A year later, he threw for 18 touchdowns and five interceptions in his first year as a full-time college starter.But last fall, he was the banged-up quarterback of a North Carolina team led by the most successful coach in NFL history. One that was making headlines as its losses piled up.“It was just really the first time I’d dealt with public failure,” Lopez told The Athletic.Advertisement