Dwight Jones makes impact for Tar Heels after long journey to UNC
Posted Oct 19, 2011
During UNC’s game against East Carolina, CBS announcers said wide receiver Dwight Jones had hands the size of a coffee table. It’s a strange analogy, no doubt. But the road from Burlington’s Cummings High School to stardom in Chapel Hill has had its obstacles. And in order to handle everything he’s faced, Jones has needed those coffee table-sized hands.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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