Darien Rankin ready to start?
Posted Aug 6, 2012
Coming off an excellent spring season and a good summer of quality work in the weight room, where he's added significant muscle mass, redshirt freshman Darien Rankin finds himself running with the starters at free safety as the Tar Heels work through the first week of training camp.
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
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