Healthy & Happy, Dajuan Drennon Has High Expectations For The DL

Posted Aug 13, 2017
This month, in Dajuan Drennon's last time through fall camp as a Tar Heel, the 6-4, 245-pound senior from Clemontown, NJ, is healthy, happy and excited. “It’s been great. It’s totally different,” he said. “Now, I’m more in tune with what’s going on, I can actually run through the reps with the guys. It’s not as much just watching film, I can see myself making the plays.” (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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