Extra Points: 2020 Vision

Posted Dec 22, 2019
"When I start recruiting a kid, I ask myself, 'Who does he remind me of?'" Tim Brewster said. "With (Desmond Evans), two guys immediately came to mind. First was Greg Ellis. Same kind of body, small-town Eastern North Carolina kid. Julius Peppers was the other guy. I see some of both those guys in Des." Evans is the touchstone of UNC's 2020 signing class. (GoHeels.com)

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