Put me in, Coach: "Walk-On U" spotlights UNC's walk-ons

Posted Feb 22, 2018
Junior Zach Goins, who works for The Daily Tar Heel, is a walk-on football player at North Carolina who created UNC’s version of “Walk-On U” in fall of 2016. The Twitter page has a 1,296 followers with strong connections to comparable walk-pages from other schools. Goins said he jokes that walk-ons have a motto that they are going pro in something other than sports. (Daily Tar Heel)

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