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Tar Heels Land 7 of Top 10 football recruits in NC

Posted Jan 24, 2009
Rivals.com recently released their list of top high school football players in 21 different states. and company have pulled in an impressive haul, nabbing 7 of the top 10 football recruits in the state of North Carolina:

1. (*****/DE/Jacksonville, NC)
3. (****/WR/Gastonia, NC)
4. (****/DT, Chapel Hill, NC)
6. (****/LB/Smithfield, NC)
7. (****/DB/Charlotte, NC)
8. (****/DB/Norwood, NC)
9. (****/LB/Matthews, NC)

Additionally, five other UNC recruits were ranked between 11 and 35 in North Carolina.

Other UNC recruits appearing on the lists were as follows:

Georgia #5: (****/ATH/Cartersville, GA)
Georgia #15: (****/OL/Perry, GA)
Massachussetts #2: (****/OL/West Roxbury, MA)
Connecticut #1: (****/WR/Cheshire, CT)

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