Durell Mapp Ready to Prove Critics Wrong

Posted Aug 10, 2007

When Durell Mapp picked up the Sporting News football preview this summer, he was intrigued to learn that North Carolina had no ACC-caliber talent at the linebacker position. The former walk-on has grown accustomed to being overlooked, and plans to change those opinions once and for all during his final season as a Tar Heel. (Inside Carolina)

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