3-Star Virginia Running Back Intrigued By Dre Bly, UNC
Posted Aug 6, 2019
Norfolk, Virginia, 3-star class of 2021 running back Malik Newton was in Chapel Hill in July for North Carolina’s football recruiting cookout. The 5-foot-11, 215 pounder hails from the same region of Virginia that UNC legend and current assistant Dre Bly is from. The Lake Taylor High School standout is getting to know Bly, and is excited about how things are going.
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
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