What it's like to balance campus fame and normal life for UNC's student-athletes

Posted Nov 18, 2016
The jersey never comes off — that’s one thing UNC student-athletes are told to remember. Luke Maye, a sophomore forward on the basketball team, said he wishes students would be less shy in interactions with him. Senior wide receiver Ryan Switzer said people approach him as he runs errands around Chapel Hill. Switzer said there are also downsides to celebrity. (Daily Tar Heel)

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