My Carolina Experience: Jonathan Cooper

Posted May 27, 2015
By his standards, Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman Jonathan Cooper was not highly recruited coming out of high school. He recalls getting offers from most of the schools in the ACC and one in the SEC. Carolina almost lost him to Duke but he says, “I chose UNC because of the combination of great academics, the social aspect, and the history and traditions of all its athletics." (GoHeels.com)

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