Carolina Welcomes Five January Enrollees
Posted Jan 10, 2011
UNC coach Butch Davis welcomed five incoming student-athletes to the Tar Heel football program Monday, including four freshmen and one junior college transfer. Freshmen Marquise Williams, T.J. Thorpe, Landon Turner and Travis Riley all graduated early from high school before arriving to campus this weekend. Sylvester Williams, a defensive tackle from Coffeyville Community College (Kan.), also arrived in Chapel Hill this weekend and will join the four freshmen as part of the 2011 recruiting class.
(Tar Heel Blue)
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