Turner's Take: Built To Last

Posted Oct 13, 2014
Last week at Media Day, Brice Johnson said he weighed 230 pounds, a full 43 pounds heavier than when he first got to Chapel Hill as an 18 year-old. “It’s been a very difficult process,” he said of learning to play with his new body. “For one, I’m not used to playing with a lot of weight on my body, and two, it’s a very hard thing to keep running with it." (GoHeels.com)

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