Deunta Williams, UNC safety, learning on the job

Posted Oct 11, 2007

The future of North Carolina’s football program can be found in free safety Deunta Williams. Williams is a redshirt freshman, one of 42 freshmen and redshirt freshmen on the roster. He is also a starter. Williams is 6-2 and weighs 195 pounds, and he is one of the best athletes in the program. He has made good plays and mistakes this season and will make more of both before this season ends. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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