UNC running back Giovani Bernard has battled to become a budding star

Posted Oct 10, 2012
For Giovani Bernard, a 5-9, 205-pound jitterbug who ran for a career-high 262 yards in a win over Virginia Tech last week, Saturday’s pivotal ACC Coastal Division showdown at Sun Life Stadium will be the first time his older brother and father get to see him play in a college football game in person. And get-togethers don’t happen quite often enough in his very proud, hardworking Haitian family. (Miami Herald)

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