Junior Gnonkonde News & Bio

Name: Junior Gnonkonde Hometown: Lakeland, GA High School: Lanier County Height/Weight: 6-4, 260 Position: Defensive End Related: Sylvester Williams | Eric Ebron | Jabari Price | Kareem Martin

The Good, Bad, and Ugly Report: Wake Forest
Junior Gnonkonde picked right up where he left off against Georgia Tech with a team-high nine tackles and two sacks. The defensive line has been...
Sun Oct 18, 2015

Junior Gnonkonde not one to give up on
In just four years, Junior Gnonkonde has gone from being rejected by his dream school to becoming an impact player on the North Carolina defense...
Fri Oct 9, 2015

Junior Gnonkonde’s journey from Africa to UNC includes storybook moment at Georgia Tech
Junior Gnonkonde, a junior defensive end at UNC, had grown up in Abidjan, the largest city in the African nation of Ivory Coast. He left...
Mon Oct 5, 2015

No weight too heavy for defensive end Junior Gnonkonde
It’s August 2008, and a plane lands in San Francisco. A boy gets out, stretches. It’s a long flight from Abidjan, a big city in...
Fri Aug 28, 2015

Chizik, Schoettmer talk defense
Is there anyone on the defensive line who has really stepped up during training camp? Jeff Schoettmer: "Yeah for sure, Junior Gnonkonde, Nazair Jones, Jeremiah...
Fri Aug 21, 2015

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