UNC Wide Receiver Emery Simmons Set For Bigger Role

Posted Jun 24, 2020
UNC wide receivers coach Lonnie Galloway expects South View High graduate Emery Simmons to play a big role for the Tar Heels during the 2020 season, despite playing behind a talented group of starters. Simmons spent his freshman season in Chapel Hill as an understudy behind the starting trio of Dazz Newsome, Dyami Brown and Beau Corrales. (Lexington Dispatch)

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