North Carolina Tar Heels · WR RoomWR

#17 Nyqir Helton

Class  FRStatus  True freshmanHt / Wt  5'11" · 182 lbHometown  Sicklerville, NJ · Winslow Township

Depth-chart placement

Current role

Placement

Depth

Room

Wide Receiver

Experience

FR (3)

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

WR room context

Nyqir Helton holds the WR-SL · Depth spot in North Carolina Tar Heels’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WR-X · StarterJordan ShippStarter

WR-Z · StarterMason HumphreyStarter

WR-SL · StarterTrech KekahunaStarter

WR-X · BackupMadrid TuckerBackup

WR-Z · BackupNathan LeacockBackup

WR-SL · BackupDayton SneedBackup

WR-SL · DepthNyqir HeltonDepth

North Carolina2026 — present

Recruiting3-star · No. 1211 nationalOriginSicklerville, NJ · Winslow Township