UNC players' draft status likely dented

Posted Oct 12, 2010
Receiver Dez Bryant missed the final 10 games of his college career at Oklahoma State last year after he lied to NCAA investigators. He was projected to go in the top 10 of last spring's NFL draft but ended up being picked No.24 by the Dallas Cowboys, a drop that potentially cost him about $16 million. Does the same fate await the three UNC football players who were sidelined by the NCAA and the university Monday? (Charlotte Observer)

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