Garrett Walston Answering the Challenge at Tight End for UNC

Posted Oct 23, 2019
One catch in three years is not what a highly touted tight end recruit imagines when he commits to a school. But that is what UNC redshirt junior Garrett Walston experienced after he flipped his commitment from the Georgia Bulldogs to UNC in the fall of 2015. After redshirting in 2016, Walston caught one pass in the 2017 and 2018 combined seasons. (Inside Carolina)

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