UNC freshmen turn heads in football training camp

Posted Aug 19, 2013
Among the candidates to replace Giovani Bernard (in the kick return game) is an equally undersized true freshman who has proven himself to be a playmaker in his own right. “He’s telling me he’s 5-foot-9,” sophomore T.J. Thorpe said of Ryan Switzer. “I know good and well he’s not 5-foot-9.” Switzer, who doesn’t yet have an assigned position, has broken onto the scene during camp. (Daily Tar Heel)

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