UNC confident as it faces the No. 10 running back in the nation

Posted Oct 28, 2014
North Carolina fears The Duke. And it should. This isn’t the Duke that answers to a Blue Devil and can’t travel eight miles through the snow. In fact, this Duke has run for almost three-fifths of a mile on the gridiron this season. This is Duke Johnson, Miami’s third-year, tier-one tailback and the haunter of the Tar Heel defense’s dreams. (Daily Tar Heel)

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