Lucas Crowley, Nick Weiler Selected to Play in East-West Shrine Bowl

Posted Dec 14, 2016
Some of the UNC football team’s most talented outgoing players are at the doorstep of their professional dreams. A pair of those seniors–center Lucas Crowley and kicker Nick Weiler–inched closer to that reality on Wednesday when it was announced they had accepted invitations to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl on Jan. 21 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Chapelboro.com)

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