Top 40 UNC football and basketball players of all time: No. 19 - Brad Daugherty

Posted May 26, 2022
Brad Daugherty arrived in Chapel Hill as a 16-year-old freshman and was an important member of the rotation right away. In his four years at North Carolina, Daugherty was a two-time first-team All-ACC center, a consensus All-American as a senior in 1986, he played on two UNC teams that reached the Elite Eight and combined to go 45-11 in ACC play. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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