Tylee Craft Selected For 2022 Disney Spirit Award

Posted Nov 29, 2022
UNC receiver Tylee Craft has been named the recipient of the 2022 Disney Spirit Award eight months after nearly losing his life to lung cancer. Craft, 20, is now working to resume his playing career while supporting other people going through similar medical struggles. The Disney Spirit Award honors the most inspirational figure in college football. (GoHeels.com)

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