Top 40 UNC football and basketball players of all time: No. 33 - Don McCauley

Posted May 10, 2022
Don McCauley was a two-time ACC Player of the Year and 1970-71 ACC Male Athlete of the Year He was a consensus All-America in 1970. That season, he set an NCAA record with 1,720 rushing yards, breaking O.J. Simpson’s single-season mark. That number remains the third highest single-season total in ACC history, and it came in an 11-game season. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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