Elder Statesman Austin Proehl Taking On New Role
Posted Jul 1, 2017
Mitch Trubisky is now off to the NFL, along with Ryan Switzer, Bug Howard and Mack Hollins, leaving Austin Proehl behind as the Tar Heels’ most experienced receiver back for the 2017 season. Yet, if you ask Proehl about that, he almost never makes it about himself. Every answer quickly morphs into a unit thing, a team deal, because that’s how he is.
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
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