Maligned Tar Heel secondary comes up big
Posted Sep 3, 2012
North Carolina’s pass defense was 10th in the ACC and 78th nationally last season, numbers junior cornerback Jabari Price couldn’t bear to see again. “You never want to be the weak link on the team,” Price said. While seemingly every position group excelled in UNC’s 62-0 win over Elon Saturday, the most impressive turnaround was made by the secondary.
(Durham Herald-Sun)
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