Former UNC football player bags yams to donate to community

Posted Apr 10, 2017
A truckload of sweet potatoes arrived at UNC this weekend to be bagged and donated. The process was part of Yam Jam, a new event sponsored by the North Carolina Study Center that aims to provide locally grown sweet potatoes to organizations and people that need food. First Fruits Farm, owned by former UNC football and NFL player Jason Brown, contributed to the event. (Daily Tar Heel)

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