Five Players Every ACC Fan Needs To Know

Posted Aug 1, 2008

The Tar Heels are on everyone's short list of teams that are poised to make that big leap ahead during the 2008 college football season. Every preview magazine, television show and newspaper is touting TJ Yates, Brandon Tate, Greg Little and Hakeem Nicks as the player on the cusp of breaking out on the national scale. Here are five other Heels that are incredibly essential to the Tar Heels' successes. (Bleacher Report)

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