Julius Peppers: The Best Defensive End in College Basketball

Posted Aug 29, 2018
Julius Peppers enters his 17th NFL season next week. Before he became a NFL superstar, Peppers was a Tasamanian Devil of a two-sport athlete. In the August 2001 issue of Sports Illustrated, Tim Crothers detailed the story of Peppers in a way only Crothers could do. Peppers, a native of Bailey, N.C., was heavily recruited out of Southern Nash high school for both basketball and football. (Dadgum Box Scores)

Related: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting

Four games in, Cole Anthony is sold on the NBL
He may have only been around Australia's NBL for a few months and featured in four games, but Cole Anthony can already see the trajectory...
Wed Oct 7, 2026

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Cameron Fens' Eligibility Uncertainty
UNC Basketball faces major frontcourt uncertainty as South Dakota transfer Cameron Fens’ eligibility remains unresolved. Could this 7-foot, 255-pound big man be the key to...
Wed Oct 7, 2026

Cameron Fens won’t play, but UNC’s exhibition vs. USC will show Michael Malone 'where we’re at'
Two days after his appearance Wednesday at ACC Tipoff, Coach Michael Malone’s Tar Heels will play an exhibition game against Southern Cal at 7 p.m...
Wed Oct 7, 2026

Video: Michael Malone, Jarin Stevenson, Neo Avdalas ACC Tipoff Press Conference
North Carolina head men's basketball coach Michael Malone, guard Neoklis Avdalas, and forward Jarin Stevenson speak with the media on Tuesday morning at the annual...
Wed Oct 7, 2026