UNC names inside linebackers room for Onslow County great Quincy Monk, who died of cancer

Posted Apr 8, 2021
UNC announced that its inside linebackers room has been named in remembrance of Quincy Monk. Monk was a White Oak High School graduate who became a star at UNC and in the NFL. He died on November 24, 2015 in Raleigh of adenocarcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer. He suffered a stroke earlier in the year that led to the cancer diagnosis. (WNCT)

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