Ex-teammates face off in UNC-N.C. State game

Posted Sep 22, 2005

When Jacoby Watkins looks across the field at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh on Saturday, he'll see both an enemy and a friend. The enemy for North Carolina's junior cornerback will be the N.C. State Wolfpack. Wearing jersey No. 4 for the Wolfpack will be a former Scotland High teammate, a mentor and one of Watkins' closest friends, J.J. Jones. (Fayetteville Observer)

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