Video: Locked On Tar Heels - More On Lejond Cavazos, Football Recruiting For A New Scheme

Posted May 13, 2022
College football recruiting insider John Garcia, Jr. has more on Ohio State transfer Lejond Cavazos and how he chose UNC. Armando Bacot played a bigger role than one might have guessed. The Tar Heels have a new defensive coordinator in Gene Chizik. How long does it take a new coordinator to recruit players to run a specific scheme?

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