Shakeel Rashad on Playing For Gene Chizik: Respect, Reeducation, Results

Posted Jan 12, 2022
Former UNC linebacker Shakeel Rashad on the hiring of defensive coordinator Gene Chizik (Video): "Man, I was pumped. If you give me a wish list, I would have written Gene Chizik for the top seven spots. But I thought there's no way he's leaving ESPN. There's a lot of great candidates out there. And then I see that it was Chiz and I was ecstatic." (Inside Carolina)

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