UNC won't let Ebele Okakpu participate in pro day

Posted Mar 13, 2012
Ebele Okakpu had hoped to work out for NFL scouts at North Carolina next week despite being dismissed from the team last fall. The school has said no and isn't budging, a sign of how much times have changed in the year since letting the three biggest offenders from an NCAA investigation into the football program return to campus for pro day. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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