North Carolina's Giovani Bernard runs wild in ACC

Posted Dec 24, 2011
Giovani Bernard recovered from a devastating knee injury that wiped out his 2010 season to become just the second freshman Tar Heels tailback (Amos Lawrence, 1977) in history to earn first-team All-ACC honors. However, Bernard's breakthrough 2011 campaign and bright future on the gridiron isn't what makes North Carolina's interim head coach Everett Withers gush. (Shreveport Times)

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