Former UNC linebacker Kennedy Tinsley suddenly lost his NFL dream. Then he found another

Posted Aug 23, 2023
After playing four years at UNC, from 2006-09, Kennedy Tinsley signed with the LA Rams in 2010 and was cut before the preseason games began. The next year, in 2011, Tinsley was drafted by the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. Tinsley was training in Chapel Hill with former UNC teammate Bruce Carter in the summer of 2011. (Charlotte Observer)

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