Class of 2006: Last Bunting Bunch Hot/Cold
Posted Oct 22, 2009
Kendric Burney was sorry to see John Bunting go, but he and the other class members were excited by the possibility of playing for Butch Davis, a successful college coach at Miami before jumping to the NFL. “Luckily, it was only a year under Bunting,” Burney said. “We didn’t get attached to that coaching staff as we would have” The class produced one certified superstar in wide receiver Hakeem Nicks.
(ACC Sports Journal)
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