Shakeel Rashad on UNC: "I love Chapel Hill so much"

Posted May 20, 2016
When you talk to former UNC linebacker Shakeel Rashad, you can't help but feel his love and enthusiasm for North Carolina. It's even more apparent when you know the story of how he ended up in Chapel Hill. Former UNC head coach Butch Davis started the recruitment of the then 6-2, 215-pound linebacker from Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Fla. (Carolina Blue)

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