Former UNC star Dwight Jones' career comes to bizarre end

Posted Jun 2, 2012
When the news broke that Dwight Jones, who finished his college career at UNC last fall, reportedly walked away from a shot at making the Houston Texans and terms like "retirement" and "not wanting to play football" got thrown around, it was a stunning conclusion to a bizarre seven-month span of bad press and what appeared to be bad decisions. (Fayetteville Observer)

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