Terps are first test for Heels

Posted Nov 15, 2008
Most of the time, the best wide receiver UNC cornerbacks and safeties see all week is when they line up in practice opposite Hakeem Nicks. That's not necessarily the case this week. Not with No. 17 UNC traveling to Maryland for an important ACC game at Byrd Stadium. And not with the Terrapins boasting dynamic wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, a 6-3, 206-pound wideout who UNC coach Butch Davis said this week is creating significant buzz among NFL scouts. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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