Rookie center Russell Bodine gets chance to start

Posted May 27, 2014
Center Russell Bodine would snap the ball, hold a block a couple seconds and watch his running back dart upfield. It worked at North Carolina. He and running back Giovani Bernard will get a chance to try to make it work in the NFL, too, perhaps as soon as August. The Tar Heels tandem will be in the spotlight during the Cincinnati Bengals’ training camp. (Washington Post)

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