Countdown UNC’s 10 Best Players: #9 Nazair Jones

Posted Jul 28, 2015
Nazair Jones is a 6’5, 295 pound redshirted sophomore from Roanoke Rapids, NC. Barring injury, he should be one of the rotational, if not starting, defensive tackles in new defensive coordinator Gene Chizik’s 4-3 defense. As a 4-3 defensive tackle there are three main things you need to be able to do: (Keeping It Heel)

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