How Close was Los Angeles Rams Star Todd Gurley to Playing For UNC?

Posted Feb 3, 2019
A three-time Pro Bowler, Todd Gurley and the Los Angeles Rams take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta on Sunday, not far from where Gurley played college football at the University of Georgia. But Gurley, who is from Tarboro, N.C., nearly ended up at UNC instead of Georgia were it not for the firing of former Tar Heel coach Butch Davis.. (Chapelboro.com)

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