SI's Top 20 Scouting Reports: North Carolina

Posted Aug 13, 2009
Note to basketball coach Roy Williams: Should you come up short of point guards, it wouldn't be a bad idea to check out the Tar Heels' trio of hyperquick linebackers. All have the wheels to run your frenetic fast break, and Bruce Carter, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound junior who played a little hoops in high school, has serious hops. He blocked a school-record five kicks or punts in 2008. (Sports Illustrated)

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