Tar Heels pinning hopes on veteran free agents
Posted Jul 14, 2017
A UNC football team that was already going to be young this season got even younger when juniors Mitch Trubisky, Elijah Hood and Nazair Jones left early for the NFL draft. Faced with more holes to fill than originally expected, Larry Fedora did what any resourceful coach would do. He took to the free agent market in search of veterans. Or at least the college version of it.
(North State Journal)
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