Sam Pittman, Part II: Recruiting Tales
Posted Feb 9, 2010
It is always interesting to hear a different perspective on how a recruit becomes a verbal commitment, then a signee, then a Tar Heel. Sam Pittman shared a couple of those stories. When Nick Appel gave his verbal commitment to UNC, the first reaction of most was, “Who?” How did UNC come to get a verbal commitment from someone who was off the radar screen?
(Inside Carolina)
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