12 Days of ACC Football: North Carolina

Posted Aug 7, 2011
If there was a silver lining in the clouds of last year's NCAA and school academic suspensions, was that a lot of young players saw significant playing time and they responded well...Withers welcomes back 44 lettermen and 14 starters, including six each on offense and defense. Sophomore QB Bryn Renner, a talented pass-run threat, emerged from the spring as T.J. Yates' successor. (The ACC)

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