Five-star Jalek Felton talks offer, Tar Heels

Posted Nov 17, 2014
North Carolina and Roy Williams offered class of 2017 guard Jalek Felton on Friday after defeating N.C. Central 76-60 in the Dean Dome. Felton is a 6-foot-2, five-star combo guard out of Mullins (SC) High and the nephew of former UNC point guard Raymond Felton CarolinaBlue caught up with Felton to discuss UNC and what the offer means to him: "North Carolina, its pretty much family. With my uncle going there and me wanting to keep the tradition, that kind of gives them the edge." (Carolina Blue)

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