Tar Heels sign football recruiting class of 29

Posted Feb 5, 2009
North Carolina capped its 2009 football recruiting year today on the NCAA's national signing day by signing one of the most highly regarded classes in school history. UNC signed 29 players in the second full recruiting year for Coach Butch Davis. It signed all 28 of the players from whom it had commitments and added Josh Hunter, a 6-2, 185-pound defensive back from Charlotte and Mallard Creek High School. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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