UNC Safety Donnie Miles Selected to Play in Tropical Bowl
Posted Jan 4, 2018
Senior safety Donnie Miles was selected to play in the 2018 Tropical Bowl. The event is a Division I College All-Star Game played in Daytona Beach, Florida which serves mainly as a proving ground for the top seniors in the country in front of NFL scouts and general managers. Miles–who is from Florida–started 39 games in the UNC secondary during his career.
(Chapelboro.com)
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