North CaroliNa Football • PLAYER PROFILES

North CaroliNa Football • Player Profiles

TarHeelBlue.com • 47


3 • JOSHUA ADAMS 9 • MARVIN AUSTIN

Wide Receiver

6-4, 200, Freshman

Cambridge, Mass.

Cheshire Academy, Conn.

Defensive Tackle

6-3, 305, Junior

Washington, D.C.

Ballou

Enrolled at North Carolina in January 2009 and participated in spring workouts • Has strong hands and great size for the position • Had three receptions for 20 yards in the

Spring Game • Had his knee scoped in May, but returned for summer conditioning and should be completely healthy entering the fall.

Cheshire Academy (Conn.)

SuperPrep All-America • Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl • Considered the

No. 16 prospect in the country by recruiting analyst Tom Lemming • Member of Lemming’s All-America team • Ranked the No. 2 player in Connecticut and the No. 35 wide receiver in the country by Rivals.com • Member of the Rivals 250 • Member of PrepStar’s

High School All-America Team • Played wide receiver and defensive back in high school

• Hauled in 56 catches for 1,131 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior • Had 64 receptions for more than 1,000 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior • Caught 35 passes for

725 yards and six touchdowns and had 75 tackles as a sophomore • Was named the league’s player of the year and earned all-state honors • Started seven games as a freshman and caught 18 passes for 350 yards and two touchdowns • Had nine interceptions as a defensive back as a freshman • Played his first three years at Cambridge (Mass.)

Rindge & Latin before transferring to Cheshire for this final season • Coached by Paul

Gonnella at Cambridge and Dan O’Day at Cheshire Academy • Was named the offensive MVP of the US Army All-American combine after his junior year • Competed in track and basketball • Ran the 100m, 200m, 400m and participated in the high jump and javelin.

Personal

Son of Susan and Timothy Adams • Born Jan.

5, 1991 • People say he looks like actor Morris Chestnut • Favorite

NFL team is the Atlanta

Falcons • Would most like to guest star on CSI:

Miami • New Year’s resolution was to do nothing half-spirted

• Before a game, he listens to music and visualizes what he needs to do on the field • Favorite website is Facebook.

com • Enrolled in the

General College.

Combines with Cam Thomas to form one of the top defensive tackle combinations in the

ACC • Has steadily developed into an outstanding player • Does a good job against the run and fights off blocks well • Has excellent strength and quickness • Will look to be more of a force in 2009 • Has 14 career starts in his first two seasons in Chapel Hill.

2008 - Sophomore Season

Played in all 13 games and started 11, including the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Tied with

E.J. Wilson for the most tackles by a Carolina defensive lineman with 38 • Also had 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one interception and one blocked kick • Recorded two tackles in the Meineke Car Care Bowl vs. West Virginia • Posted two tackles in the win over

Duke • Had two tackles and a 3-yard sack against NC State • Posted three tackles at

Maryland • Had three tackles in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech • Played one of his best games vs. No. 23 Boston College, registering four tackles, one pressure and disrupting the Eagles offense • Had four tackles against Virginia • Earned the coaches player of the game honors for his performance against Notre Dame • Had three tackles, assisted on a tackle for loss and had one quarterback pressure in the win over the Irish •

Picked off his first career pass and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown in Carolina’s win over UConn • Also added a tackle and a pressure against the Huskies • Played well in the Tar Heels’ 28-24 win at Miami with three solo stops • Had one of his best games of the season with six tackles and a pass breakup against Virginia Tech • Was a key figure in limiting the success of Virginia Tech QB Tyrod Taylor • Had two tackles in the win at

Rutgers • Posted three tackles and blocked an extra point attempt in Carolina’s 35-27 season opening victory over McNeese State • The block came after the Cowboys closed the gap to 21-20 and seemed to turn the momentum back in the Tar Heels favor.

2007 - Freshman Season

One of 11 true freshmen to see action • Played extremely well for a true freshman on the defensive line, making three starts and playing in all 12 games • Started against ECU,

Virginia Tech and Miami • Finished the season with 26 tackles, 6.0 tackles for losses and

Year Pri A

2007 16 10

2008 21 17

Totals 37 27

MARvIN AUSTIN - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

26

38

64

TFL

6.0-39

1.5-4

7.5-43

SACKS

4.0-33

1.0-3

5.0-36

INT

0

PBU FF

0

1-23 1

1-23 1

0

0

0

FR BLK

0

0

0

0

1

1

Career Highs: 6 tackles vs. Virginia Tech (2008); 1.5 sacks at Virginia Tech (2007); 1

INT vs. Connecticut (TD) (2008)

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4.0 sacks • Posted four tackles and assisted on a 3-yard sack in the win over Duke • Had one tackle at Georgia Tech • Played well in the win over Maryland with four tackles and two quarterback hurries • Posted one tackle at Wake Forest • Made a 14-yard sack on

South Carolina QB Chris Smelley • Had three tackles and a sack against the Hurricanes

• Started and recorded his first career sack in the Virginia Tech game • Finished the

VT game with four tackles and 1.5 sacks • Had a productive game at No. 23 USF with five solo tackles and a 4-yard tackle for loss • Made his first career start at East Carolina and had a 2-yard tackle for loss • One of eight true freshmen to see action in the first game of the year, a 37-14 victory over James Madison.

Ballou High School

SuperPrep All-America • Parade All-America • Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-

American Bowl • Ranked the No. 1 defensive tackle in the country and the No. 7 overall player in the nation by Rivals • Defensive Player of the Year according to recruiting analyst Tom Lemming • Considered the No. 1 defensive tackle in the country by PrepStar

• Ranked the No. 2 defensive lineman in the country by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 1 player in the Mid-Atlantic by SuperPrep • Earned all-metro honors from The Washington

Post • Transferred from Coolidge High School to Ballou for his senior season and led team to the DC I-AA championship • Had 85 tackles, including 14 for losses and 17 sacks, as a senior • Had 26 tackles for losses and 29 sacks during final two season in high school • Coached by Moses Ware.

Personal

Son of Donna Johnson • Born Jan. 1, 1989 • Majoring in communications • Would like to appear on The Apprentice • Favorite dessert is Nestle cookie with vanilla ice cream

• People say he looks like T-Pain • If he could change the world in one way he would educate African-Americans about money • Never leaves home without his sunglasses

• Would most like to appear on the cover of Forbes magazine • Best friend on another team is Arrelious Benn of Illinois • Says the best thing about Carolina is the family atmosphere.



80 • ED BARHAM

Tight End

6-3, 270, Junior

Bacon’s Castle, Va.

Surry County

Has improved significantly since enrolling at Carolina in 2006 • Is an excellent blocker and will compete for the starting role this fall.

Played in nine games in 2008, primarily as a reserve tight end • Did not have a reception • Also saw action on special teams.

Played in seven games, primarily as a blocking tight end • Saw action in several twotight end sets • Caught one pass for seven yards at South Florida • Redshirted in 2006.

Surry County High School

Played both defensive end and tight end • Earned first-team allstate honors as a defensive end and second-team as a tight end in

2005 • Ranked the No. 24 player in Virginia by SuperPrep • Caught

20 passes for 400 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior • Accumulated 81 tackles (52 solo), including 13 sacks, and batted down six passes on defense • Caught

25 passes for 500 yards and five touchdowns as a junior, while also posting 70 tackles, seven sacks and two interceptions • Named second-team all-state on offense and defense as a junior • Coached by Ervin Jones • Played on the

1-A state championship basketball team as a junior and was named the state’s player of the year •

Averaged over 20 points and 15 rebounds in basketball.

Personal

Son of Linda and Edward Barham

• Born July 31, 1988 • Began playing football in the ninth grade

• Followed the Dallas Cowboys as a child • Recently read “Going Out a Champion” by Doris M. Ellis • Favorite athlete as a kid was Deion Sanders • Likes to fish • Favorite dessert is Grandma’s Sweet Potato Pie • Would like to be a guest star on TV’s “Who

Wants To Be A Millionaire” • If he could change the world, he would help out those less fortunate than he • If he could have dinner with three people dead or alive, he would invite Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and his high school basketball coach • Majoring in communications and exercise and sports science.

11 • CASEY BARTH

Carolina’s primary field goal kicker in 2008 • Did not miss a PAT in his first season, connecting on 33 consecutive tries • Placed on scholarship in Spring ‘09 after playing his first semester as a walk-on.


Walk-on who took over the place-kicking duties prior to the Connecticut game • Connected on 10-of-15 field goal attempts and all 33 PATs • Ranked second on the team with

63 points • Missed his only attempt - a 43-yarder - at Duke • Connected on a 37-yard field goal vs. NC State • Made 2 of 3 attempts at Maryland, including a 38-yarder •

Extended his extra point streak to 23 with four in Carolina’s 28-7 win over Georgia

Tech • Hit a 32-yard field goal and four extra points against Boston College • Tallied seven (2-2 FG, 1-1 PAT) of Carolina’s 13 points in 16-13 overtime setback at Virginia

• Scored a season-high 11 points in UNC’s 29-24 win over Notre Dame and tied a

UNC freshman single-game mark with three field goals • Drilled a season-high 42-yard field goal against the Irish • Connected on the first field goal of his career, a 31-yarder, against Connecticut along with five PATs • Missed his first field goal attempt, a 37-yard try against McNeese State, but still tallied five PATs.

Hoggard High School

Ranked among the top 25 kickers in the country by Scout.com and Rivals.com • Converted 64-of-65 extra points and 14-of-18 field goals with a long of 52 yards as a senior

• Also averaged 42.1 yards per punt with a long of 57 yards and placed 22 of his 37 attempts inside the 20-yard line

• Of his 90 kickoffs, 49 landed in the end zone for touchbacks

• Named to the Associated

Press’s All-State Football Team at kicker as a junior after accumulating 98 total points

• Converted 77-of-79 extra points and 7-of-9 field goals with a long of 50 yards.

Personal

Son of Thomas and Susan

Barth • Brother, Connor, was a four-year starting kicker for

Carolina and now plays for the Kansas City Chiefs • New

Year’s resolution was to be a better person • Favorite TV show is “Family Guy” • Would like to guest star on “Entourage” • Would like to visit

Budapest • Favorite NFL team is the Buffalo Bills • Business major.

Year

Place-kicker

5-11, 180, Sophomore

Wilmington, N.C.

Hoggard

FGM-FGA PCT

2008 10 15

Totals 10 15

Career Highs:

(2008)

CASeY BARTH - CAReeR STATISTICS

.667

.667

0-29

2-3

2-3

30-39

5-7

5-7

40-49 +50 LG PAT

3-4

3-4

0-1

0-1

42 33-33

42 33-33

3 field goals vs. Notre Dame (2008); 42-yard field goal vs. Notre Dame



45 • JOSH BRIDGES

Linebacker

6-2, 205, Sophomore

Charlotte, N.C.

West Charlotte

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Played four years at West Charlotte High School

• Named all-conference at defensive end in 2007 • Was the 2006 Play it Smart Male

Athlete of the Year • Served as team captain • Posted 98 tackles, 11.5 sacks and forced three fumbles as a senior • Had 73 tackles, 12 sacks and forced seven fumbles as a junior • Also competed in track and field • Four-year honor roll student • Born Joshua

W. Bridges on March 24, 1990 • People say he looks like teammate Joshua Adams •

Favorite TV show is “Lost” • Would like to participate in “The Amazing Race” with his mother • Would like to visit Dubai • Favorite NFL team is Carolina Panthers • Dream car is a 2009 BMW 750IL • Enrolled in the General College.

35 • CARTER BROWN

Fullback

5-7, 215, Junior

Salem, Va.

Glenvar/Valley Forge M.A.

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2007 season • Played for Lee Johnson at

Glenvar High School • Played tailback for three years, starting the last two • Rushed for

1,826 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior • Team captain as a senior • Was named first-team all-district, district player of the year, first-team all-region and second-team all-state • Also selected first-team All-Timesland • As a senior, helped lead the team to the state playoffs for the first time in more than a decade • As a junior, rushed for 1,636 yards and 13 touchdowns • Also played point guard on the basketball team • Played one game at Valley Forge Military Academy before tearing his ACL vs. Fork Union • Had

94 rushing yards on eight carries before sustaining the injury • Did not begin playing football until he was 15 because he moved overseas as a child and there was no football leagues available • People say he looks like actor Michael Clark Duncan from “The

Green Mile” • Would most like to have dinner with Martin Luther King Jr., Huey P. Newton and Walt Disney • Would like to be on the reality TV show, “American Gladiators” •

Born Carter Ross Brown on June 12, 1988 in Salem, Va. • Son of Judy Carter Brown •

Communications major.

12 • CHARLES BROWN

2007 - Freshman

Season

Named First-Team All-

ACC freshman by The

Sporting News • Finished second in the ACC

Defensive Rookie of the

Year voting to teammate

Deunta Williams • One of 11 true freshmen to see playing time •

Played in all 12 games and made nine starts at either cornerback or nickel back • Moved to cornerback for the remainder of the season after the South Carolina game • Averaged more than six tackles over the last four games •

Recorded seven tackles, one tackle for loss and broke up a pass in the win over Duke • Had three tackles at Georgia Tech • Posted 10 tackles and a 92-yard interception return for a touchdown against NC State • The 92-yard interception return was the third-longest in school history • In the win over Maryland, had six solo tackles and broke up a pass

• Made four tackles, one sack and 2.5 tackles for losses at Wake Forest • Had four solo stops and one tackle for loss of two yards vs. South Carolina • Started at nickel back and had four tackles and his first career interception against Miami • Interception came at the UNC 8-yard line, stopping Miami’s potential scoring drive • Made three tackles at

Virginia Tech • Recorded three tackles at No. 23 South Florida • Posted two tackles vs.

Virginia • Had four tackles, including two solo stops, at East Carolina • One of eight true freshmen to see action in the first game of the year, a 37-14 victory over James Madison

• Tied for team-high honors with nine tackles, including six tackles and three assists, and assisted on a tackle for loss.

Maple Heights High School

Caught 37 passes for 985 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior • Versatile player who also saw time at running back, cornerback and safety and returned kicks and punts •

Played at the same high school as former UNC tight end Richard Quinn • Maple Heights finished 9-2 and ranked among the top 10 in Division II in Ohio • Caught five passes for

130 yards in the first half against state runner-up Mentor High School before an injury forced him to miss the second half • Coached by Jeff Rotsky.

Personal

Son of Lisa and Charles Brown Sr. • Born Feb. 7, 1989 • Began playing football at the age of 8 because his uncle and grandfather were coaches • Followed the Cleveland

Browns as a kid • Has several religious tattoos • Has a pet named Duke • Favorite cereal is Cookie Crisp • Favorite cartoon characters are the Ninja Turtles • People say he looks like a model • If he could change the world in one way, he would stop racism • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is Sutton’s Drugstore • Best friend on another team is Tyronne

Lattimore of Miami of Ohio • Communications major.

CHARLeS BRowN - CAReeR STATISTICS

Year Pri A Total

2007 42 17 59

2008 12 14 26

Totals 54 31 85

TFL

5.0-10

0-0

5.0-10

SACKS

1.0-3

0-0

1.0-3

INT

1-1

PBU FF FR

2-101 4

2

3-102 6

0

0

0

0

0

0

Season/Career Highs: 10 tackles at Georgia Tech (2007), at Rutgers (2008)

Cornerback

5-10, 205, Junior

Maple Heights, Ohio

Maple Heights

Had a great spring and enters the 2009 season battling for a starting position at cornerback • Battled injuries much of last year and played primarily at nickel back.


Carolina’s starting nickel defensive back • Played in 10 games, including the Meineke

Car Care Bowl • Twisted his ankle at Maryland in the first half and did not return • Did not play against NC State or Duke • Posted two tackles in the 28-7 win over No. 22

Georgia Tech • Registered four tackles in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College •

Had three tackles at Virginia • Posted four tackles, including three solo stops, against

Notre Dame • Broke up two passes and had one tackle in the win over No. 24 Connecticut • Helped limit Miami to 174 yards passing and had one tackle in the Tar Heels’ 28-

24 win • Posted one tackle against Virginia Tech • Led the team and matched his career high with 10 tackles and had one of Carolina’s four interceptions against Rutgers • Was named the coaches player of the game for his performance against the Scarlet Knights •

Did not play in the season opener vs. McNeese State due to a sprained ankle.



96 • TAVARES BROWN 47 • ZACH BROWN


6-0, 310, Senior

Rockingham, N.C.

Richmond County

Linebacker

6-2, 225, Sophomore

Columbia, Md.

Wilde Lake/Hagrave M.A.

2008 - Junior Season

Saw action in five games as a reserve defensive tackle • Played a season-high 11 snaps in the win over Connecticut.


Started against East Carolina and Virginia • Recorded three stops against No. 23 USF •

Credited with one solo stop against Virginia • Made his first career start at East Carolina and had two tackles • Rotated at defensive tackle with Cam Thomas in Carolina’s 37-14 victory over James Madison • Posted two tackles, both solo stops, and had one tackle for loss for one yard.


One of four true freshmen to see playing time • Played in four games as a reserve tackle, including Virginia Tech, Furman, Clemson and Notre Dame • Finished the season with four tackles, including two primary stops and two assists • Assisted on two tackles at

Notre Dame.

Richmond County High School

Ranked the No. 13 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Considered the No. 15 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer • Member of North Carolina’s

Shrine Bowl team • Had four tackles and two sacks in the Shrine Bowl victory over South

Carolina • Helped lead Richmond County (13-1) to the third round of the state 4-A playoffs as a senior • Named to the North Carolina Associated Press All-State team •

Ranked the No. 40 strongside defensive end in the country by Rivals.com • Three-time all-conference selection and the defensive player of the year in the Mid-Southeastern

Conference • Registered 314 tackles and 27.5 career sacks in three years as a starter •

Had 122 tackles and 6.5 sacks as a senior • Coached by Ed Emory • A top wrestler his senior season.

Personal

Born October 21, 1987 • Exercise and sports science major • Would appear on the reality TV show “College Hill” if given the opportunity • Favorite restaurant in Chapel

Hill is Japan Express • Began playing football at the age of 11 because all of his cousins played and football is a tradition in his hometown • Says the best thing about Carolina is

“competing in the blue and white and learning from the best coaches” • Best friends on other teams are Norman Whitley (ECU) and Melvin Ingram (South Carolina) • Majoring in exercise and sports science.

Year Pri A

2006 2 2

2007 6 3

2008 0 0

Totals 8 5

9

0

TAvAReS BRowN - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

4

13

TFL

0-0

1.0-1

0-0

1.0-1

Career Highs: 3 tackles vs. USF (2007)

SACKS

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

INT PBU FF

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

FR

0

0

0

0

Penciled in as the starting outside linebacker entering the fall • Played primarily on spe cial teams last year • Clocked a 4.28 time in the 40-yard dash during offseason conditioning • Ranked No. 5 on ESPN.com’s workout warrior list.


True freshman who played on special teams and as a reserve linebacker • Posted six tackles, including four primary stops and two assists • Recorded one tackle in the

Meineke Car Care Bowl vs. West Virginia • Had one tackle vs. Georgia Tech • Assisted on one special teams tackle vs. Boston College • Had a special teams tackle on a kickoff return vs. Virginia Tech • Had two tackles in the win at Rutgers.

wilde Lake High School/Hargrave Military Academy

Rated the No. 12 prep player in the country by Rivals.com •

Blocked a punt for a touchdown in a game against Marshall while at Hargrave • Played running back and linebacker at

Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md. • Rushed for 1,537 yards and 20 touchdowns and collected over 90 solo tackles as a senior • Also had a successful wrestling career, going 29-0 with 17 pins and five technical falls • Won the class 3-A title in the 100-meter dash (10.67 seconds) and 200-meter dash

(21.52) • Coached by Doug

Duvall at Wilde Lake High

School and Robert Prunty at

Hargrave Military Academy •

Personal

Son of Sandra Orr and Lewis

Brown • Nickname is “Little

Thig” because people say he looks like former UNC linebackers coach Tommy Thigpen •

Likes to dance before games •

Favorite TV show is “Family Guy” • Wants to visit Rome one day • Favorite NFL team is the St. Louis Rams • Born Oct. 23, 1989 • Enrolled in the General College.

Year Pri A

2008 4

Totals 4

2

2

ZACH BRowN - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

6

6

TFL

0-0

0-0

SACKS

0-0

0-0

INT

0-0

0-0

PBU FF

0

0

0

0

FR BLK

0

0

0

0

25 • LEE BROWNE

Wide Receiver

5-10, 175, Sophomore

Raleigh, N.C.

Broughton/Tennessee

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Attended University of Tennessee before trans ferring to UNC • Played football at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. • Was a three-time all-conference player and two-time team captain • Earned WRAL’s Extra Effort

Award • Was Broughton’s leader in receptions and return yards as a junior and senior

• Also competed in track (100m, 200m) and field (long jump) • Member of the National

Honor Society • Founder of Broughton Ducks Unlimited, only the second high school DU chapter in the country • Born John Lee Browne Jr. on March 24, 1989 • Nickname is

“Boots” or “Peanut Butter” • Favorite TV show is “Hunter Specialties” • Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys • Favorite website is GQ.com • Communications major.



77 • KEVIN BRYANT

Offensive Tackle/Guard

6-7, 340, Sophomore

Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.

Anderson

Can play either guard or tackle • Continues to recover from a wrist injury that he first injured in the spring of 2008.


Played in seven games, primarily on special teams and as a reserve offensive lineman •

Re-injured his wrist midway through the season and did not play in the final five games of the year • It was the same wrist he had surgery on in the spring.

Anderson High School

Ranked the No. 27 offensive lineman in the country by Scout.com • Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-Southeast Team • Ranked the No. 34 player in Florida by SuperPrep • Called the “biggest and strongest Division 1-A recruit in Florida” by SuperPrep

• Had 56 pancake blocks and did not allow a sack all season for Anderson High School, which went 9-3 his senior season • Graded out over 80 percent as a senior on the offensive line • Earned first-team all-state honors in class 6A • Started on both sides of the ball for Hallandale High School as a junior • Coached by Mark James.

Personal

Son of Mary Bryant • Born July 12, 1988 • Business major • Was an overwhelming choice as the team’s funniest player • Communications major.

16 • KENDRIC BURNEY

Cornerback

5-9, 190, Junior

Jacksonville, N.C.

Southwest Onslow

2008 second-team All-ACC selection • Should contend for all-conference honors this season • Plays bigger than his size • Has good ball skills and is tough to beat in pass coverage • Tough player who ranked third on the team with 78 tackles last year.


Had a terrific season with 78 tackles, 7.5 tackles for losses, three interceptions for 71 yards and five pass breakups • Started all 13 games at cornerback, averaging nearly 70 plays per game • Recorded seven tackles and had two tackles for losses, against West

Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Had nine tackles, including seven solo stops, in the 28-20 win at Duke • Posted seven tackles and 1.5 tackles for losses against NC State

• Recorded eight tackles and broke up a pass at Maryland • Had one tackle against

Georgia Tech’s run-oriented offense • Posted eight tackles (all primary stops), intercepted two passes and broke up a pass in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College • Returned his second interception of the game 37 yards to the BC 1-yard line where Carolina scored one play later • Had four tackles at Virginia • Recorded four tackles in the win over Notre Dame • Had eight tackles and broke up two passes in Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24 Connecticut • Made several key stops in Carolina’s 28-24 win over Miami

• Finished the game with seven tackles and a 2-yard tackle for loss • Solid effort vs.

Virginia Tech with three solo tackles • Had six tackles, a key pass breakup in the second quarter and a 34-yard interception return at Rutgers • It was one of four interceptions for the Tar Heels against the Scarlet Knights • Was named by the coaches as one of the defensive players of the game for his performance at Rutgers • Posted five tackles, including one tackle for loss, in Carolina’s season-opening win over McNeese State.


Started all 12 games at cornerback • Made 50 tackles, 4.5 tackles for losses, one sack, one interception and four pass breakups • Had six tackles, including two tackles for losses in the season finale win over Duke • Made three solo stops at Georgia Tech • Returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown against NC State and added six tackles and a pass breakup against the Wolfpack • Had two tackles in the win over Maryland

• Had three tackles, including his first career sack at Wake Forest • Made four tackles against South Carolina, including three solo stops • Had two tackles and a six-yard tackle for loss in the win over Miami • Posted three tackles at Virginia Tech • Recorded two tackles and had a pass breakup against No. 23 USF • Had a season-high 11 tackles, including 10 solo stops, vs. Virginia • Posted five tackles, including four solo stops, in the loss at ECU • One of 21 freshmen to see action in the Tar Heels’ 37-14 victory over

James Madison • Made his first career start against the Dukes and had three tackles and a PBU • Redshirted in 2006.

Southwest onslow High School

Named to the North Carolina Associated Press All-State team in football and baseball

• Considered the No. 17 football player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer •

SuperPrep’s 25th-ranked player in North Carolina • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine

Bowl team • Rushed for 1,345 yards and scored 16 touchdowns from the quarterback position as a senior • Also threw for 478 yards • Started at quarterback and defensive back • Averaged 10 tackles per game and finished as the school’s career interception leader with 25 • Helped lead Southwest Onslow to 2-A state titles in 2003 and 2004 •

Team finished 10-3 in 2005 and advanced to the second round of the playoffs • Also played wide receiver • Coached by Phil Padgett • A three-sport (football, baseball, basketball) star in high school • Batted .424 (28 of 66) as a junior with 10 doubles, four home runs and 15 RBI • Made 14 appearances as a pitcher and was 3-0 with two saves and a 1.24 ERA • Coached by Eric Leary in baseball • Attended the same high school as former Carolina All-America Marcus Jones.

Personal

Son of Monica and Tyrone Burney • Born February 14, 1988 • Communications major

• Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “Real World/Road Rules” • Has two tattoos, a cross and a Tiger • Favorite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny • People say he looks like Chris Rock • Began playing football at age 8 • Played on the UNC baseball team as a freshman • Nickname is “Golden Child” • Favorite TV show is “CSI: Miami”

•Favorite NFL team is the Baltimore Ravens • Before a game he makes sure to talk to his parents.

Year Pri A

2007 40 10

2008 63 15

Totals 103 25

KeNdRIC BURNeY - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

50

78

128

TFL

4.5-12

7.5-18

SACKS

1-1

0-0

12.0-30 1-1

INT PBU FF

1-76 4

3-71 5

4-147 9

0

0

0

Career Highs: 11 tackles vs. Virginia (2007); 2 INTs vs. Boston College (2008)

0

0

FR

0

38 • CURTIS BYRD

Fullback

6-1, 230, Junior

Durham, N.C.

Riverside

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2007 season • Played in three games in 2008 as a reserve fullback • Lettered at Riverside High School where he helped lead the team to the 2006 4-AA state championship game, which they lost to Charlotte Independence

• Coached by Tommy Blalock • Also played basketball • Member of the National Honor

Society and Spanish Honor Society • Favorite TV show is “Boondocks” • Favorite NFL team is the Minnesota Vikings • Son of Goldie and Jesse R. Byrd • Born Curtis Randall

Byrd in Durham, N.C. on April 17, 1989 • Business major.



32 • TYLER CALDWELL

Cornerback

5-10, 185, Senior

Kernersville, N.C.

East Forsyth

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2006 season • Lettered three seasons in foot ball at East Forsyth High School and was twice named the team’s top wide receiver •

Coached by Todd Willert • Team advanced to the playoffs as a junior and senior • Also lettered twice in basketball • Son of Lisa and Alan Caldwell • His father, Alan, lettered three times at Carolina and was captain of the 1977 team that won the ACC title under

Bill Dooley • Born August 27, 1988 • Business major.

54 • BRUCE CARTER

Linebacker

6-3, 230, Junior

Havelock, N.C.

Havelock

One of the most exciting players on the field • Has a knack for blocking kicks and being around the ball • Should contend for postseason honors • Has improved his speed and strength significantly since enrolling at Carolina • Has great lateral quickness and recovery speed.


Started all 13 games at outside linebacker in 2008 • Ranked fourth on the team with

68 tackles and led the team with 11 tackles for losses • Also had five sacks and one interception • Led the nation with five blocked kicks - a punt at Miami, three punts vs.

Connecticut and a field goal attempt at Virginia • Had seven tackles, including two sacks, in the Meineke Car Care Bowl vs. West Virginia • Posted six tackles, including three solo stops, in the 28-20 win at Duke • Had five tackles and a 2-yard sack against NC State •

Recorded a career-high 11 tackles, including two tackles for losses, at Maryland • Posted three tackles, one tackle for loss and a quarterback pressure in the 28-7 win over No.

22 Georgia Tech • Playing with a slightly sprained ankle, had three tackles in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College • Blocked a field goal attempt, broke up a pass and had three tackles at Virginia • Posted three tackles, including his first two career sacks for 18 yards, in the win over Notre Dame • Was named one of the coaches’ defensive players of the week for his performance against the Irish • Set a single-game ACC record by blocking three punts – all in the second quarter - in the win over No. 24 Connecticut •

His third block was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown by Matt Merletti • It was the fourth-consecutive punt he had blocked, including Miami’s last punt and Connecticut’s first three • Carter also recorded seven tackles, including two tackles for losses and broke up a pass • Posted four solo tackles, a 3-yard tackle for loss and partially blocked a punt late in the fourth quarter to give Carolina outstanding field position in a 28-24 win at

Miami • Following the block, Carolina drove 56 yards for the game-winning touchdown • Recorded five tackles, including three solo stops and two assists, and had one quarterback pressure, against Virginia Tech • Was slowed during the game with a slight hamstring pull • Had three tackles and ran back a 66-yard interception for a touchdown at Rutgers in the third quarter to give Carolina a 31-6 lead • Was named one of the coaches defensive players of the game • Posted eight tackles, including five primary stops and three assists, in the season opener vs. McNeese State.


Played in all 12 games and started seven • Played his best football down the stretch with

18 of his 25 tackles coming in the final five games • Had four tackles and recovered a fumble in the win over Duke • Played one of his best games at Georgia Tech with seven tackles and one tackle for loss • Had two tackles and a pass breakup at NC State •

Posted three tackles in the win over Maryland • Had two tackles at Wake Forest • Also played on special teams • Saw limited action against USF due to a thigh bruise • Started vs. Virginia and had two tackles before injuring his thigh • Made his first career start in the loss at ECU and posted four tackles, including a 1-yard tackle for loss • One of eight true freshmen to see action in the first game of the year, a 37-14 Carolina victory over

James Madison • Blocked a punt in that game that was recovered on the 1-yard line and led to a touchdown one play later • Forced to play the entire second half at outside linebacker after Chase Rice left the game with an ankle injury • Participated in spring practice after enrolling in January 2007 • Graduated from high school in 2006 and delayed his admission due to a knee injury.

Havelock High School

SuperPrep All-America • Ranked the No. 8 skill athlete in the country and the No. 7 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 33 safety in the country and the

No. 19 player in North Carolina by Rivals.com • Considered the No. 14 player in North

Carolina by The Charlotte Observer • Played quarterback, safety and running back in high school • Ran the ball from the quarterback position more than he threw it, gaining

1,063 yards and scoring 15 touchdowns on the ground • Also passed for 585 yards and five scores as a senior • Threw for nearly 700 yards and rushed for approximately 850 yards and scored 13 touchdowns as a junior • Coached by Charlie Smith • Also played basketball.

Personal

Nickname is “Bruuuuuuce” • Son of Tammy and Bruce Pritchard • Born February 19,

1988 • Communications major • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is Spanky’s • Favorite dessert is red velvet cake • Favorite cartoon character is Batman • Began playing football in the eighth grade • His mother would describe him as “energetic” • Would most like to be on the cover of ESPN the Magazine • Followed the Carolina Panthers as a child •

Has a pet dog named Cookie • Best friend on another team is Koyal George (NC State)

• Says the best thing about Carolina is “representing your state in that Carolina blue jersey” • New Year’s resolution was to work twice as hard as he did in 2008 • Gameday superstition is to wear wrist bands for each game • Would like to be a guest on “Oprah.”

Year Pri A

2007 16 9

2008 49 19

Totals 65 28

BRUCe CARTeR - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

25

68

93

TFL

2-2

11-44

13-46

SACKS

0-0

5-28

5-28

INT

0

PBU FF

3

1-66 2

1-66 5

0

0

0

FR BLK

1 1

0 5

1 6

Career Highs: 11 tackles at Maryland (2008); 2 sacks vs. Notre Dame (2008), vs.

West Virginia (2008)



64 • JONATHAN COOPER

Offensive Guard

6-3, 295, Freshman*


Hoggard

A promising young lineman who can play guard or center • Enters the season competing for one of the guard positions • A strong player with quick feet • Redshirted in 2008.

Hoggard High School

Ranked the No. 8 player in North Carolina and the No. 21 offensive guard in the country by Rivals.com • Voted the conference’s player of the year as an offensive lineman •

Played mostly guard in high school, but also played defensive end • Helped Hoggard claim the state 4-A championship as a senior, paving the way for three players who rushed for 600 yards or more • Hoggard won the title with a 16-0 record • Considered the No. 14 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Earned all-state honors as a senior

• Also a standout heavyweight wrestler • Coached by Scott Braswell.

Personal

Son of Velma and Michael Cooper • One of his brothers attends NC State, a sister attends Meredith College, and another sister lives in Durham • Born Jonathan Javell

Cooper on Jan. 19, 1990 • Nickname is “Coop” • New Year’s resolution was to earn a starting spot in 2009 • People say he looks like actor Michael Clarke Duncan • Would like to appear on the TV show, “Making The Band” • Has four siblings - Gina, Michael,

Jasmine and Joshua • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers • Exercise and sports science major.

Year Pri A

2008 6 2

QUINToN CoPLeS - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

8

TFL

3.5-11

SACKS

1.5-5

INT

0

PBU FF

0 0

FR

1 he moved from unranked to No. 105 in Rivals.com’s list of the top 250 players in the country • Had the East squad’s only sack in the game • Considered the No. 8 prospect in

North Carolina by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 6 defensive end in the country by Rivals.

com • Ranked the No. 21 defensive end in the country by Scout.com • Rated the No. 34 defensive end in the country by ESPN.com • Member of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Super Southern 100 • Had 63 tackles and seven sacks as a junior at Kinston High School

• Transferred to Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia for his senior year and had eight sacks to lead Hargrave • Coached by Tony Edwards at Kinston and Robert Prunty at

Hargrave.

Personal

Son of Gail Coples and Timothy Koonce • Born June 22, 1990 • Nickname is “Q” • His

New Year’s resolution was to take advantage of his opportunities • People say he looks like NBA basketball player Shane Battier • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show, “College Hill” • Favorite NFL team is the Pittsburgh Steelers • Exercise and sports science major.

56 • ALEX CRISP

Linebacker

6-0, 210, Senior

Burlington, N.C.

Williams/Furman

90 • QUINTON COPLES

Defensive End

6-6, 275, Sophomore

Kinston, N.C.

Kinston/Hargrave M.A.

Joined the team in 2007 after transferring from Furman • Born Hannibal Alexander Crisp on Dec. 23, 1987 in Burlington, N.C. • Football coach was Sam Story at Williams High

School in Burlington • Saw action at outside linebacker and strong safety • Posted 256 tackles and nine interceptions in his career • Served as team captain and earned all-area and first team Associated Press all-classification all-state honors as senior after totaling

116 tackles and six interceptions while leading his squad to a 14-2 record and state runnerup finish • Mid-State Defensive Player-of-the-Year and Burlington Times-News Playerof-the-Year selection in 2005 • Tied a school record with three interceptions in Williams’

Mid-State Conference championship game victory • Tallied 84 tackles and three interceptions and garnered all-conference all-region honors as a junior in 2004 • Played bass in the school orchestra • His uncle, Pete Moore, played football at Duke and currently serves as assistant commissioner of marketing/development for the Southern Conference • Has a black belt in tae kwon do • Exercise and sports science major.

Played well in his rookie season, seeing action in 12 games, including the bowl game vs.

West Virginia • Had outstanding size and quickness for the position.


Had eight tackles, 3.5 tackles for losses, 1.5 sacks and one fumble recovery • Did not play in the season opener vs. mcNeese State, but saw action in the next 12 consecu tive games, including the meineke car care Bowl • Posted one tackle against West

Virginia in the bowl game • Had one tackle for loss and recovered a fumble at mary land • Had one tackle and one quarterback pressure in the 28-7 win over No.

22 Georgia Tech • Had a

1-yard sack on Notre Dame’s

Jimmy clausen in uNc’s win over the Irish • Posted one tackle in carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24 connecticut

• Had a 5-yard tackle for loss in uNc’s 28-24 win at miami • Saw action as a reserve defensive end vs.

Virginia Tech • Played in his first career game at rutgers and posted two tackles and assisted on a sack.

Kinston High School/Hargrave Military Academy

SuperPrep All-America •

Played in the U.S. Army All-

America game • Member of recruiting analyst Tom

Lemming’s All-America team

• After his performance in the Army All-America game,


86 • ADAM CURRY

Defensive End

6-4, 230, Sophomore

Durham, N.C.

Northern Durham

Joined the team as a walk on in 2008 • Played football and competed in track and field at Northern Durham High School • Earned all-conference honors as a senior • Served as team captain as a senior • Finished third in the shot put at the state championship meet

• Member of the National Honor Society • People say he looks like the Geico Caveman

• Would like to appear on the TV show, “House” • Favorite websites are facebook.com and weather.com • Born Sept. 15, 1989 • Son of Kathleen Gorczyca and Kevin Curry •

Enrolled in the General College.


35 • HERMAN DAVIDSON

Linebacker

6-2, 225, Sophomore

Long Beach, Calif.

Polytechnic

Entered the program as a defensive back, but moved to linebacker • Has worked hard ot improve his size and strength • Physical player with good athleticism.


Saw action primarily on special teams in six games • Played against Boston College,

Georgia Tech, Maryland, NC State, Duke and West Virginia • Did not register a tackle.

Polytechnic High School

Ranked the No. 19 cornerback in the country by Scout.com • Rated the 36th-best player in California by SuperPrep • Considered the No. 65 safety in the country by Rivals.com

• Finished the 2007 season (13-1) with 71 tackles and six interceptions and two fumble recoveries • Saved the Poly season with a fumble recovery at the goal line in the final seconds of their 2-0 win over Orange Lutheran in the semifinals • Helped the Jackrabbits to the 2007 CIF-SS Pac-5 Division title • Earned first-team all-division honors • Played sparingly as a junior for Long Beach (Calif.) Poly but moved into the starting lineup during his senior year • Became the first California native to sign with the Tar Heels since

Chris Keldorf in 1996 • Coached by Raul Lara.

Personal

Son of Herman and Sadonia Davidson • Born March 6, 1990 • Nickname is “Cali

Kid” • New Year’s resolution was to become physically stronger • People say he looks like singer Pharrell Williams • Enjoys playing video games • Would choose to run “The

Amazing Race” TV show with his father • Favorite NFL team is the St. Louis Rams • Psychology major.

20 • SHAUN DRAUGHN

Tailback

6-0, 210, Junior

Tarboro, N.C.

Tarboro

A pleasant surprise in 2008 after moving from safety to tailback in preseason camp •

Became the starter midway through the season and enters 2009 as the starting tailback

• Could contend for all-conference honors • Has good quickness and the ability to make tacklers miss.


Played in all 13 games and started the final six of the season at tailback • Led the Tar

Heels in rushing with 866 yards and three touchdowns on 198 carries • That is the highest rushing total for a Tar Heel since Jonathan Linton had 1,004 yards in 1997 •

Draughn ranked sixth in the ACC in rushing with 66.6 yards per game • Averaged 4.4 yards per carry, tops among Tar Heels with more than 11 carries • Rushed for 769 yards over the last nine games for an average of 85.4 yards per contest • Named one of the

Tar Heels’ offensive players of the week in UConn, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech wins •

Is the first Tar Heel with three 100-yard games in a season since Ronnie McGill in 2006

• Rushed for 65 yards on 17 carries and caught three passes for 11 yards against West

Virginia in the bowl game • Carried 29 times for 110 yards and a touchdown at Duke •

Scored on a 4-yard run in the first quarter after running for 57 yards on Carolina’s opening drive • Also caught four passes for 28 yards and an 11-yard receiving TD for his first career multi-touchdown game and 138 yards from scrimmage • Rushed for 56 yards on

13 carries and added two catches for three yards against NC State • Ran 13 times for

46 yards at Maryland and caught two passes for a career-best 23 yards • Rushed for 90 yards on 17 carries and added two catches for 18 yards in the win over No. 20 Georgia

Tech • Named one of the team’s offensive players of the week in the victory over the

Jackets • Carried 18 times for 64 yards and added a 5-yard catch in the win over No.

23 Boston College • Ran for a career-best 138 yards on 30 carries at Virginia • The 30 carries were the most by a Tar Heel since Linton carried 36 times against Duke in 1997 •

Carried 17 times for 91 yards in the Notre Dame win • Rushed for 109 yards and a TD on 19 carries against No. 23 Connecticut • Touchdown came on a career-best 39-yard scamper • 100-yard game was the first by a UNC running back this season • Named one of the team’s offensive players of the week against the Huskies • Ran for 13 yards on five carries at Miami • Rushed five times for 10 yards against Virginia Tech • Ran for 44 yards on just eight carries at Rutgers • Rushed for 30 yards and a touchdown on seven carries against McNeese

State • First career TD came on a 13-yard run in the fourth quarter against the Cowboys.


Saw action in 11 games, primarily on special teams

• Played against James

Madison and Virginia at safety • Finished the season with five tackles, including three solo stops and two assists • Had two tackles against James

Madison, one at South

Florida and two at NC

State • Redshirted in

2006.

Tarboro High School

Three-year starter •

Ranked the No. 10 player in North Carolina and the

No. 30 athlete in the country by Rivals.com • Ranked the No. 12 player in North

Carolina by SuperPrep •

Considered the No. 18 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer

• Played quarterback, defensive back, linebacker and tailback in high school • Named first-team 2A all-state by NC Preps • Gained 1,452 rushing yards on 253 carries and scored 21 touchdowns as a senior • Named player of the year by the Daily Sentinel and offensive player of the year by the Rocky Mount Telegram as a senior • Also earned all-league honors • Won

Eastern Plains Offensive Player of the Year, Daily Southerner Player of the Year and Red

Zone Player of the Week honors three times as a senior • Rushed for 952 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior • Coached by Jeff Craddock.

Personal

Son of Shirley and Kenneth Draughn • Both of his parents are ministers • Born December

7, 1987 • Double major in communications and exercise sports science • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “College Hill” • People say he looks like Nelly, LL

Cool J and Curious George • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is Japan Express • Began playing football in the fourth grade because he grew to love it by watching with his father and grandfather • Favorite NFL team as a kid was the Dallas Cowboys • If he could appear on a magazine cover, it would be Ebony as the man of the month • Says the best thing about Carolina is the “family atmosphere.”

Year

2008

Rushing

SHAUN dRAUGHN - CAReeR STATISTICS

4.4 3

No. Yards Avg. Td LP

198 866 39

Receiving

No. Yards Avg. Td LP

16 81 5.1 1 14

Career Highs: 138 yards rushing at Virginia (2008); 30 carries at Virginia (2008);

39-yard run vs. Connecticut (2008); 28 yards receiving at Duke (2008)



69 • LOWELL DYER 67 • GREG ELLEBY

Center

6-4, 295, Senior

Durham, N.C.

Riverside

Offensive Guard

6-5, 300, Junior

Tabor City, N.C.

South Columbus

Named to the 2009 Rimington Award watch list, which honors the best centers in the country • Two-time Academic All-ACC (2007 & 2008) • Smart player who has seen significant action in each of the last two seasons • Has started 15 career games • Began his career as a walk-on, and earned a scholarship prior to the 2008 season.


Played in all 13 games and made nine starts at center • Injured his hand and played just 11 plays against Duke and did not start the bowl game vs. West Virginia • Named one of the Tar Heels’ offensive players of the week in wins against Notre Dame and

Georgia Tech • Graded out at 80 percent against NC State • Logged a 70 percent grade at Maryland • Graded at 81 percent with five knock-downs against the No. 20 Yellow

Jackets • Logged a 74 percent grade in the Boston College victory • Recorded one knock-down at Virginia • Logged an 82 percent grade and two knock-downs against

Notre Dame • Named one of the Tar Heels’ offensive players of the week for against the

Irish • Made first start of the season against Connecticut • Posted a 74 percent grade and four knock-downs against the Huskies.

At Carolina (2007 & 2006)

Saw considerable action in relief of Scott Lenahan at center in 2007 • Started six games and played on 267 offensive snaps • Posted five knock-down blocks on the season, including four at Virginia Tech • Graded out at 80 percent against Virginia • Joined the team as a walk-on in the fall of 2005 • Redshirted in 2005 • Four-year starter and two-year captain at Riverside High School in Durham • Participated in the Shrine Bowl

• Played in the East-West All-Star game • Coached by Tommy Blaylock • Also was a captain on the lacrosse team • Named an Advanced Placement Scholar with distinction.

Personal

Son of Donna Dyer and Fred Battaglia • Born December 16, 1986 • Double major in

English and philosophy • If he could have dinner with any three people dead or alive, he would choose FDR, Jeremy Piven and Brett Favre • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show

“The Real World”

• Favorite cartoon character is Scooby

Doo • People say he looks like Arnold

Schwarzenegger from Pumping Iron

(when he had long hair) • Favorite restaurant in Chapel

Hill is Bin 54 • Has a cat named Murray

• Would most like to appear on the cover of GQ • Recently read “Outliers” by

Malcolm Gladwell

• Would most like to appear on TV show “Entourage” •

Would choose to run

“The Amazing Race” with Bear Grylls.

Versatile athlete that moved from defensive line to offensive line in the spring • Has a chance to make an impact this season at guard.


Played in every game either on special teams or as a reserve defensive end and had six tackles, including three primary stops and three assists • Had two tackles in the win at Rutgers • Played well in Carolina’s win over McNeese State with four tackles and a

6-yard tackle for loss • Also forced a fumble that Carolina recovered.


Played in six games with a season-high 11 snaps vs. James Madison and NC State •

Had three tackles and a tackle for loss on the season • Made his biggest play of the year when he dropped a Maryland running back for a 4-yard loss on first and goal, eventually forcing the Terps to kick a field goal • Redshirted in 2006.

South Columbus High School

Ranked the No. 18 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Considered the No. 25 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer • Ranked the No. 51 defensive tackle in the country and the No. 17 player in North Carolina by Rivals.com • All-area selection by The Wilmington Star-News • Three-year starter • Recorded 65 tackles as a senior • Helped lead South Columbus to a 12-2 record and the quarterfinals of the state

2-A playoffs • Posted 65 tackles, 16 tackles for losses and five sacks as a junior, helping lead South Columbus to a 9-2 record • Coached by Joey Price.

Personal

Son of Larry and Bobbie Elleby • Born April 25, 1988 • Communications major •

Would most like to appear on the reality show “Big Brother” • Has a tattoo of Jesus

Christ carrying a cross, representing “anything is possible” • Favorite cartoon character is Batman • Would most like to appear on the cover of GQ • Has always been a Carolina fan since he was a kid • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is Mayflower • Says the best thing about Carolina is “We are a family.”

74 • SAM ELLIS

Offensive Tackle

6-5, 285, Junior

Carrboro, N.C.

Chapel Hill

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2007 season • Exercise and sports science major • Earned all-conference and all-area honors in 2006 as a lineman at Chapel

Hill High School • Coached by Isaac Marsh • Served as team captain and named the squad’s 2006 lineman of the year • Also participated in track and field • Has earned

Eagle Scout badge • Father is Jeff Garnica, who lettered at UNC from 1985-88 and was a first-team All-ACC center and third-team All-America • His father is the last Tar Heel to win the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the league’s top offensive lineman • Son of Debbie

Ellis and Jeff Garnica • Began playing football at the age of five • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers • Born Samuel Wiley Ellis on Feb. 7, 1989.



6 • ANTHONY ELZY 55 • LINWAN EUWELL

Running Back

5-10, 215, Junior

Warren, Ohio

John F. Kennedy

Linebacker

6-2, 225, Sophomore

Pinetops, N.C.

Southwest Edgecombe

Versatile player who can play fullback or tailback • Is a good receiver out of the back field • Was having a solid season in 2008 until fracturing his shoulder blade.


Fractured his right scapula (shoulder blade) at Virginia and missed the remainder of the season • Had been a consistent receiving threat out of the backfield up to that point •

Moved from tailback to fullback for 2008 season • Caught seven passes for 86 yards on the season • Had two catches for 25 yards at Virginia before leaving with the injury

• Posted a 4-yard catch vs. Notre Dame • Had three catches for 38 yards against Connecticut • Rushed for five yards on two carries at Miami • Had a 19-yard reception at

Rutgers.


Finished second on the team with 321 yards rushing on 92 carries • Scored a team-high five rushing touchdowns • Also caught 10 balls for 73 yards • Saw action in all 12 games • Rushed for 10 yards and a touchdown on six carries at Georgia Tech • Carried four times for 10 yards and had a 5-yard catch at NC State • Ran for 37 yards on eight fourth-quarter carries in the win over Maryland • Also named one of the Tar Heels’ special teams players of the week in the victory over the Terps • Rushed for 18 yards on five carries at Wake Forest • Carried 11 times for 23 yards against South Carolina •

Ran for 169 yards over a five-quarter stretch against Virginia Tech and Miami • Rushed for a career-high 95 yards on 25 carries against Miami and added four catches for 39 yards (134 total yards) • Scored the first TD of the game on a 39-yard run • Made his first career start against the Canes and was named one of the team’s co-offensive players of the week by the coaching staff • Posted 74 yards on 11 fourth-quarter carries at

Virginia Tech • Scored his third touchdown against the Hokies and posted a 25-yard run

• Added two catches for 25 yards for a total of 99 yards of total offense in Blacksburg

• Rushed for three yards and added a 4-yard catch at USF • Had 23 yards on eight rushes at East Carolina and a 6-yard reception • Also had a two-point conversion reception against the Pirates • Rushed 11 times for 28 yards and scored two touchdowns in the 37-14 victory over James Madison • Scored on runs from two and one yards •

Redshirted in 2006.

John F. Kennedy High School

Rushed for more than 2,000 yards and scored 21 touchdowns as a senior •

Ranked the No. 43 running back in the country by Rivals.com and the No. 27 player in Ohio • Considered the No. 44 player in the Midwest, a six-state region, by SuperPrep • Rushed for 2,511 yards and scored 30 touchdowns in his junior season • Had one game in which he rushed for 470 yards on 22 carries and scored seven touchdowns • Twice rushed for more than 400 yards in a game and twice scored seven touchdowns • Was the second-leading rusher in the state of Ohio as a junior • Named first-team all-state,

All-Northeast Ohio and was twice named the state’s Division 5 offensive player of the year • Coached by Tony Napolet.

Personal

Son of Robin and Tony Elzy • Born July

11, 1987 • African-American studies major.


Came back from a devastating knee injury he suffered in 2007 to play in six games on special teams in 2008 • Celebrated his return with a tackle on a kickoff vs. Boston College on his first career play • Redshirted in 2007.

Southwest edgecombe High School

Ranked the No. 20 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-Southeast Team • Ranked among the top 30 weakside defensive ends in the country by Rivals • Earned area defensive player of the year honors • Had

78 tackles, 11 sacks and 26 tackles for losses as a senior • Led a defense that limited opponents to 10.5 points and 193.8 total yards • Two-time first-team all-conference •

Recorded 98 tackles, 27 tackles for losses and 12 sacks as a junior • Named Defensive

Player of the Year by the Rocky Mount Telegram and Wilson Daily News • Coached by

Raymond Cobb.

Personal

Son of Elizabeth and Linwood Euwell • Born July 1, 1989 • Communications major •

Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “College Hill” • Favorite TV show is

“Family Guy” • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is B’Skis • Followed the San Diego

Chargers as a kid • Would most like to appear on the cover of Vibe • People say he looks like Chris Tucker • Began playing football at the age of 11 because his parents encouraged him to do so.

Year Pri A

2008 1 0

Total

1

LINwAN eUweLL - CAReeR STATISTICS

TFL

0-0

78 • T. MOORE EVINS

Offensive Guard

6-2, 300, Sophomore

Oxford, N.C.

Woodberry Forest (Va.)

SACKS

0-0

INT

0

PBU FF

0 0

FR

0

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Born Thomas Moore Evins on July 19, 1990 •

Son of Elizabeth and Tom Evins.

ANTHoNY eLZY - CAReeR STATISTICS

Year

Rushing

Att Yards Avg. Td LP

2007 92 321

2008 3 5

Totals 95 326

3.5

0

5

0

3.4 5

39

4

39

Receiving

Rec.

10

7

17

Yards Avg. Td

73

86

159

7.3

12.3 0

9.4

0

0

LP

20

19

20

Career Highs: 95 yards rushing vs. Miami (2007); 39 yards receiving vs. Miami

(2007); 39-yard run vs. Miami (2007)



37 • L

e

COUNT FANTROY 29 • BRIAN GUPTON

Cornerback

5-11, 185, Sophomore


Ballou/Milford Academy

Safety

6-3, 195, Sophomore

Nashville, Tenn.

Pearl-Cohn

Has long arms, good speed and is developing his knowledge of the defense • Will con tinue to see action on special teams while competing for playing time at cornerback.


Played in eight games, primarily on special teams and as a reserve cornerback •

Recovered a fumble near the end of the first half vs. Notre Dame • Redshirted in 2007 •

Enrolled at Carolina in January 2007 after spending one semester at Milford Academy.

Ballou High School

Ranked the No. 4 player in Washington D.C. by Rivals.com • Ranked the No. 28 player in the Mid-Atlantic, which includes Delaware, West Virginia, Washington D.C. and

Maryland, by SuperPrep • Three-time all-conference selection • Washington Post All-

Metro selection • As a senior, posted 53 tackles and had seven interceptions • Scored nine touchdowns, including five on special teams • Played quarterback, running back, defensive back and wide receiver in a playoff game • Coached by Noel Cyrus.

Personal

Son of Lisa and LeCount Fantroy • Born Oct. 24, 1988 • Sociology major • If he could eat dinner with three people, dead or alive, he would choose Deion Sanders, Sean Taylor and his mother • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “Wild’n Out” • If he could change the world in one way, he would help the homeless • Began playing football at age 6 because he wanted to be around his father more often • Best friend on another team is Nico Scott of Syracuse • Favorite NFL team is the Washington Redskins.

Year Pri A

2008 0 0

L e

CoUNT FANTRoY - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

0

TFL

0-0

SACKS

0-0

INT

0

PBU FF

0 0

FR

1


Played in five games primarily on special teams and as a reserve cornerback • Saw action vs. Georgia Tech, maryland, Nc State, Duke and West Virginia • Did not register a tackle • Redshirted in 2007.

Pearl-Cohn High School

Helped lead Pearl-Cohn High School to a 10-4 record and the semifinals of the state playoffs • Had 478 yards receiving and three touchdowns • Averaged 31.9 yards per reception as a senior • Picked off four passes on the defensive side of the ball • Teammate of Rashad Mason • Coached by Tony Brunetti • Also ran track.

Personal

Son of Toni and John Gupton-Knight • Born April 18, 1988 • Communications major •

Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “The Real World” • Has a tattoo of a cardinal to represent his mother’s favorite bird • People say he looks like Snoop Dogg •

If I owned a racehorse, I would name it “Santa’s Little Helper” • Began playing football at the age of 5 because he liked running • Favorite football team as a kid was the Dallas

Cowboys because of Deion Sanders • New Year’s resolution is to be a better person this year than he was last year • Favorite NFL team is the Tennessee Titans.

57 • DION GUY

71 • CARL GASKINS

Linebacker

6-4, 225, Freshman*


Woodson


6-5, 300, Sophomore

Melbourne, Fla.

Palm Bay

Coaches are excited about his potential • Tall, athletic tackle who runs well • Has school record in the 40-yard dash for an offensive lineman with 4.87.


Played in games against Rutgers, Connecticut, Boston College, Georgia Tech and NC

State on special teams and as a reserve tackle.

Palm Bay High School

Ranked among the top 100 prospects in Florida by the Orlando Sentinel • Earned firstteam all-state honors in the 5A classification by the Florida Sportswriters Association •

Also named first-team All-Space Coast • Played in Florida’s North-South All-Star Game

• Also played in the Central Florida All-Star Game • Coached by Dan Burke.

Personal

Son of Carl Gaskins Sr. • Born July 13, 1989 • Majoring in sociology.

Entered the program as a player who could play either linebacker or defensive end • Has good size and is improving his strength • Redshirted in 2008.

woodson High School

Recorded more than 100 tackles in 2007 • Helped lead his team to an 8-4 record and earn a berth in Washington D.C.’s city championship • Posted eight tackles and had a safety in the championship game • Had 82 tackles, five sacks and two interceptions as a junior • Named honorable mention All-Metro by the Washington Post • Earned alldistrict honors • Coached by Greg Fuller • Also ran track.

Personal

Son of Joyce Womack and Kerry Wilson • Born Sept. 14, 1990 • Enrolled in the General College.



14 • BRADEN HANSON 23 • STEVEN HATLEY

Quarterback

6-6, 200, Freshman*

Charlotte, N.C.

Charlotte Latin

Running Back

5-10, 210, Sophomore

Charlotte, N.C.

Providence

Charlotte Latin High School

North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year • Played in the Under Armour All-American game and completed one pass for 12 yards • Named the 2007 All-Southern Player of the Year for North Carolina by the Orlando Sun-Sentinel • Member of recruiting analyst

Tom Lemming’s All-America team • Left-hander is ranked the No. 18 quarterback in the country by Scout.com • Considered the No. 25 prospect in North Carolina by Rivals.

com • Ranked among the top 20 players in North Carolina by SuperPrep • One of seven finalists for the Joe Montana Quarterback of the Year Award given by the DeBartolo Sports University • One of the Top 25 players in North Carolina by The Charlotte

Observer • Completed 345 of 498 passes for 5,623 yards and 81 touchdowns over the last two seasons • Led Latin to consecutive independent school state crowns as a junior and senior • Passed for 2,695 yards and 39 touchdowns as a junior • Coached by Larry

McNulty • Also played basketball.

Personal

Son of Janet and Bryan Hanson • Born Sept. 15, 1989 • Business major • Favorite NFL team is the Kansas City Chiefs • Lived in Kansas City until he was eight, often going to

Chiefs games.

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Played football at Providence High School in

Charlotte, N.C., where he earned all-conference honors at running back and was named the team’s most improved player • Had approximately 2,200 all-purpose yards and

25 touchdowns in his final two seasons • Also ran track • Was a member of the honor roll all four years of high school • People say he looks like comedian Wayne Brady •

Favorite TV show is “Southpark” • Would like to visit Toyko, Japan • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers • Born May 10, 1990 • Son of Rita Isler and Dwayne Hatley •

Communications major.

23 • JORDAN HEMBY

Cornerback

5-10, 190, Senior

Morganton, N.C.

Freedom

82 • TODD HARRELSON

Wide Receiver

6-2, 190, Freshman*

Chesapeake, Va.

Oscar Smith

Has good hands and speed • Redshirted in 2008 • Will have an opportunity to prove himself this fall. oscar Smith High School

Ranked the No. 13 player in Virginia by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 15 player in

Virginia and the No. 52 wide receiver in the country by Rivals.com • Considered one of the top 100 wide receivers in the country by Scout.com and ESPN.com • Recorded 46 receptions for 892 yards and 13 touchdowns while leading Smith to a 13-1 record as a senior • In the state semifinals, he had 15 catches for 354 yards and three touchdowns

• Named first-team all-state as a senior • Named second-team all-state at defensive back after intercepting six passes and breaking up 23 • Earned first-team all-district honors at defensive back and second-team as a wide receiver/tight end as a junior • Had 32 receptions for 710 yards and seven touchdowns as a junior • Coached by Richard Morgan

• Also played basketball.

Personal

Son of Geazell Harrelson • Born Jan. 31, 1990 • His New Year’s resolution was to improve his study habits • People say he looks like actor Mos Def • Listens to Lil Wayne on his iPod before every game • Most embarrassing moment was fumbling a punt in the state semifinals • Would like to visit China • Favorite NFL team is the Atlanta Falcons •

Majoring in exercise and sports science.

Started 13 games in 2008 after battling injuries the previous two seasons • Has outstanding speed • Enters the fall as the co-starter at cornerback.


Had 49 tackles, three tackles for losses, three pass breakups and a team-high three fumbles forced • Posted four tackles and forced a fumble against West Virginia in the

Meineke Car Care Bowl • Recorded three tackles and broke up a pass against Duke

• Had one tackle against NC State • Posted a career-high eight tackles and forced a fumble at Maryland • Had six tackles in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech •

Posted three tackles in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College • Had four tackles, including two tackles for losses, at Virginia • Had six tackles and forced a fumble in the win over Notre Dame • Forced a fumble on Notre Dame’s final offensive play, which

Carolina recovered to seal the victory • Posted two tackles and broke up a pass in Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24 Connecticut • Had a career-high seven tackles in a 28-24 win at Miami, including six solo stops • Recorded one tackle vs. Virginia Tech • Had two tackles in the win at Rutgers • Played well in his first career start vs. McNeese State •

Posted two tackles, one tackle for loss and broke up a pass.

Previously At Carolina

Played on special teams in 2007, but did not record a tackle •

Played in three games in 2006 before tearing the ACL in his left knee at Clemson and missing the remainder of the season • Has six career tackles, all in 2006

• Saw action against

Virginia Tech, Furman and Clemson • Had five tackles against the

Tigers, including three primary stops and two assists.

Year Pri A

2007 4 2

2008 36 13

Totals 40 15

JoRdAN HeMBY - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

6

49

55

TFL

0-0

3.0-5

3.0-5

Career High: 8 tackles at Maryland (2008)

SACKS

0-0

0-0

0-0

INT

0

0

0

PBU FF

0

3

3

0

3

3

FR

0

0

0



Freedom High School

Considered the best defensive back in North Carolina • Did not play cornerback fulltime until his senior year • Ranked the No. 18 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep •

Ranked the No. 23 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer • Led Freedom to an 8-3 record as a senior with seven interceptions • Also returned kicks and rushed for

750 yards • Coached by Tim McMahon • Played at the same high school as former Tar

Heel tailback Leon Johnson.

Personal

Son of Jas and Irene Hemby • Born on July 21, 1987 • Communications major • Nickname is “Cookie Monster” • Favorite TV show is “Martin” • Prays before every game

• Wears No. 23 because of Michael Jordan • Favorite website is livemixtapes.com •

Would like to visit Tokyo, Japan.

32 • RYAN HOUSTON

Tailback

6-2, 245, Junior

Charlotte, N.C.

Butler

66 • CAM HOLLAND

Center

6-2, 310, Sophomore

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Perry Traditional Academy

Provides depth at center • Strong player who can bench press a team-best 500 pounds.


Saw action in wins over Georgia Tech and Boston College • Redshirted in 2007.

Perry Traditional Academy

Ranked among the top 30 players in Pennsylvania by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 79 offensive lineman in the country by Scout.com • Named first-team 3A all-state by the

Associated Press • Named Harrisburg Patriot-News “Platinum 33” team • First-team allcity honors as a senior • Earned All-WPIAL honors as a junior • Helped lead team to an

11-2 record and a city-league title • Had 47 pancake blocks as a senior • Coached by

Bill Gallagher • Also participated in track and field •

Personal

Son of Turley and Leroy Holland • Born March 26, 1989 • Chemistry major • People say he looks like teammate Mike Dykes • New Year’s resolution was to give up vegetables • Favorite TV show is “Heroes”• Says the one word his mother would use to describe him is “consuming” • Says he would never leave home without his “character” • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is Top of the Hill • Began playing football at the age of 14 because his sister made him do so • Says the best thing about Carolina is “the people” •

Favorite NFL team is the Pittsburgh Steelers.

A powerful running back who has worked hard to become quicker and faster since enrolling as a freshman • Often used in short-yardage situations.


Played in all 13 games • Carried 77 times for 299 yards and a team-best eight rushing touchdowns, the most by a Tar Heel since Chad Scott also ran for eight in 2004 •

Needed just eight games to surpass his season rushing total from a year ago • Averaging 3.9 yards per carry • Scored a rushing TD in seven of the last 10 games • Had four carries for four yards vs. West Virginia in the bowl game • Rushed for 25 yards on nine carries at Duke • Ran for 27 yards and a 5-yard score on seven carries against NC State

• Rushed for 10 yards on four carries at Maryland • Ran for a career-best 74 yards on just 13 carries and posted first career multi-TD game in the victory over No. 20 Georgia

Tech • Named one of the Tar Heels’ offensive players of the week for his performance against the Jackets • Rushed for 22 yards and a 1-yard TD on seven carries versus No.

23 Boston College • Ran 11 times for 32 yards and a 1-yard TD at Virginia • Ran for

28 yards and a touchdown on eight carries against Notre Dame • Scored on a 2-yard run versus the Irish • Rushed for a season-best 39 yards and a score against No. 23

Connecticut • Scored the Tar Heels first TD on a 1-yard run against the Huskies and also added a career-best 35-yard run • Ran for 18 yards on five carries and scored a twoyard touchdown, the second of his career, at Miami • Rushed for 18 yards on five carries at Rutgers • Carried one time for two yards against McNeese State.


One of 11 true freshmen to play • Saw action in seven games • Bruising back finished fourth on team with 145 rushing yards on 44 carries • Carried once at NC State • Had one carry for one yard vs. Maryland • Rushed for 17 yards on four carries at Wake Forest • Ran for 18 yards on just five carries against South Carolina • Rushed for 13 yards vs. Miami • Ran for 54 yards on 18 carries at Virginia Tech • Saw first career action at

USF and rushed for a team-best 43 yards on 11 carries in the second half • Scored first career TD against the Bulls on a 5-yard run.

58 • MATT HOUSE

Deep Snapper

6-1, 220, Junior


Hoggard

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2007 • Served as the team’s deep snapper for the first half of the season (six games) before fracturing his finger • Played for Scott Braswell at

Hoggard High School in Wilmington, N.C. • Selected to play in the East-West All-Star

Game as a senior • Earned all-conference honors as a senior • Also played baseball and basketball • Born Mark Anthony House on Nov. 27, 1988 in Wilmington, N.C.

RYAN HoUSToN - CAReeR STATISTICS

Year

Rushing


2007 44 145

2008 77 299

Totals 121 444

3.3 1

3.9 8

3.7 9

10

35

35

Receiving

Rec.

-

-

-

Yards Avg. Td

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LP

Career Highs: 74 yards vs. Georgia Tech (2008); 18 carries at Va. Tech (2007)



Butler High School

SuperPrep All-America • Ranked the No. 7 player in North Carolina and the No. 21 running back in the country by Rivals • Considered the No. 9 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 20 running back in the country by Scout.com • Member of Tom Lemming’s All-America team • Member of the Rivals250 all-star team • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Named to the East-Meets-West National All-Star

Game • Rushed 377 times as a senior for 2,219 yards and 32 touchdowns • Became the all-time leading rusher and touchdown maker in Mecklenburg County, which includes the city of Charlotte • As a junior, rushed for 1,910 yards and 34 touchdowns as Butler went 10-3 • Earned all-area honors as a junior and senior • Averaged more than seven yards per carry in his career • Coached by Mike Newsome • Averaged 17 points and

11 rebounds as a forward on the basketball team.

Personal

Son of Kim Singleton and Anthony Houston • Born July 23, 1989 • Communications major • If he could invite three people to dinner, dead or alive, he would choose Brandon

Jacobs, Beyonce and Jesus • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “Survivor” • Has 24 tattoos • Favorite cartoon character is Spongebob Squarepants • People say he looks like NBA star Carmelo Anthony • Wants to be a teacher if he does not play professional football • If he owned a racehorse, he would call it “Champion.”

Personal

Son of Cynthia and Michael Ingersoll • Born January 9, 1988 • Communications major

• If he could have dinner with three people, dead or alive, he would choose Michael

Jordan, Julius Caesar and the President of the U.S. • People say he looks like Christopher

Reeves in Superman and David Hasselhoff • The one word his mother would use to describe him is “motivated” • Began playing football in the eighth grade, the first time he was allowed • Favorite NFL team as a kid was the Carolina Panthers • Would choose to sing Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin if he were a contestant on American Idol.

Tight End

6-7, 235, Junior

Charlotte, N.C.

Vance

33 • HAYDEN HUNTER

84 • VINCE JACOBS

Linebacker

6-0, 225, Junior

Austin, Texas

Stephen F. Austin

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2007 season • Was a three-year starter at inside linebacker at S.F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas • Earned all-district honors

• Served as team captain • Named to Max Emfinger’s All-America list • Registered 133 tackles, forced four fumbles, recovered four fumbles and picked off a pass for a touchdown as a senior • Also a standout baseball player in high school, lettering three times •

Named a Top Guns showcase selection as a pitcher • Pitched a perfect game • Intended to play college baseball before injury derailed his career • Was a two-time academic alldistrict selection • Named to academic honor roll all four years and was a Hall of Honor member • Born James Hayden Hunter on March 23, 1989 in Austin, Texas • Political science and communications major.

66 • MIKE INGERSOLL

Played tight end as a freshman, defensive end as a sophomore and has moved back to tight end for his junior campaign.

At Carolina

Played on special teams in 2007 • Saw action on one play against Virginia Tech in

2006, but received a medical redshirt due to a wrist injury.

Providence day High School

Ranked the No. 15 tight end in the country and the No. 7 player in North Carolina by

Rivals.com • Considered the No. 13 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer

• Named to the Charlotte Observer’s regional first team at tight end • Named the No.

25 tight end in the country by ESPN.com • Named the No. 13 player in North Carolina and No. 28 tight end in the country by Scout.com • Ranked the No. 21 player in North

Carolina by SuperPrep • Played in the private school Shrine Bowl • Earned first-team all-state honors in tight end • Caught 67 passes for 10 touchdowns, playing primarily at wide receiver and tight end, over his final two seasons in high school • Made 39 receptions for 497 yards and four touchdowns as a senior • Versatile athlete that also played H-Back and defensive end • Had 12 tackles, two sacks and three pass breakups in limited time at defensive end • Coached by Keith Flynn • All-state in track in the high jump • All-Charlotte Observer track team • Once high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches in a prep track meet • 2003 4A state championship basketball team member (Vance High School)

• 2005 NC state basketball champions AAU, 17 and under.

Personal

Son of Lillie and Vince Jacobs • Born September 16, 1987 • Management and society major.

56 • PEYTON JENEST


6-5, 300, Junior

Mint Hill, N.C.

Butler

Versatile lineman who has played guard, center and tackle • Enters the fall competing for the right tackle spot.


Versatile player who saw action in every game in 2008 on special teams and as a reserve tackle • Can also play tight end • Saw action on 78 snaps.


Played in six games, including contests against James Madison, Virginia, Virginia Tech,

Miami, Georgia Tech and Duke • Had two knockdown blocks.

Butler High School

Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Ranked the No. 30 tight end in the country and the No. 20 player in North Carolina by Rivals.com • One of the top 35 players in North Carolina according to SuperPrep • Played tight end, offensive guard and defensive end in high school • Projects as an offensive lineman in college • Caught

16 passes for 200 yards, two touchdowns and a two-point conversion during his senior campaign • Helped lead Butler high school to a 10-3 record and the second round of the 4-AA state playoffs in 2005 • Earned all-conference honors as a senior at tight end and was honorable mention at guard as a junior • Named to the Charlotte Observer’s regional second team at tight end • Finalist for the Charlotte Touchdown Club’s Roman

Gabriel Award for Academics • National Honor Society member • Had a GPA over 4.0 throughout high school • Law Explorer’s Club member • Coached by Mike Newsome.

Center

6-5, 290, Sophomore

Davidson, N.C.

North Mecklenburg

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Played three seasons of varsity at offensive tackle

• Coached by Glenn Padgett • Earned all-conference as a junior and senior • Also played Rugby • Son of Brian and Sarah Jenest • Born Peyton Simmons Jenest on Jan.

16, 1990 • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers • Enrolled in the General College.



72 • KYLE JOLLY 83 • DWIGHT JONES


6-6, 310, Senior

Powhatan, Va.

Blessed Sacrament Huguenot

Wide Receiver

6-4, 220, Sophomore

Burlington, N.C.

Cummings/Hargrave M.A.

Started 25 straight games at left tackle • Has good size and quickness • One of the most experienced tackles in the ACC • Should contend for all-conference honors.


Started all 13 games in 2008 • Graded at 87 percent at Duke and had three knockdown blocks • Graded at 75 percent against NC State • Logged a 72 percent grade and one knockdown at Maryland • Graded at 77 percent in the victory over No. 20 Georgia

Tech • Registered an 87 percent grade and two knock-downs in the win over No. 23

Boston College • Posted a 76 percent grade with two knockdowns at Virginia • Graded at 80 percent with four knockdowns versus Notre Dame • Recorded an 87 percent grade and three knockdowns versus Connecticut • Logged an 82 percent grade and three knockdowns at Miami • Graded out at 78 percent with two knockdowns versus Virginia

Tech • Notched an 83 percent grade at Rutgers • Posted a team-best 92 percent grade and six knockdown blocks against McNeese.


Started all 12 games at left tackle • Posted a 78 percent grade with 31 knock-downs on the season • Registered an 89 percent grade and four knock-downs in the win over

Duke • Graded at 80 percent with three knock-downs at Georgia Tech • Graded out at 80 percent with four knock-downs vs. Maryland • Graded at 75 percent with a pair of knock-downs at Wake Forest • Registered five knock-downs in the win over Miami

• Recorded an 84 percent grade and four knock-downs at Virginia Tech • Rated at 83 percent at USF • Had an 85 percent grade against Virginia • Graded at 72 percent with five knock-downs at ECU • Made first career start at left tackle vs. JMU and recorded two knock-downs.


Saw action as a reserve tackle and on special teams on extra points in 2006 • Redshirted in 2005.

Blessed Sacrament Huguenot

Ranked among the top 30 players in Virginia by SuperPrep • Three-year starter on offense and defense at tight end and defensive tackle • Earned all-state private school honors as a tight end and defensive tackle • Named first-team All-Richmond Metro • Caught

15 passes with five touchdowns and registered 70 tackles as a senior • Voted team MVP and offensive MVP • Named first-team All Virginia Commonwealth Conference tight end and first-team All-VCC defensive tackle • First-team

All Metro Offensive Tackle as selected by Richmond Times

Dispatch • Team won the

Virginia Division I championship as a junior • Thought to be the first player from

Powhatan County to receive a Division I-A scholarship •

Outstanding youth swimmer

• Coached by Mike Henderson.

Personal

Son of Eric and Joan Jolly

• Born on July 22, 1987 •

Majoring in exercise and sports science • People say he looks like the Geico Caveman • Favorite TV show is

“House” • Wears the same number his grandfather did in college • Would like to visit Italy • Favorite NFL team is the Detroit Lions •

Would most like to have dinner with Barry Sanders,

Julius Caesar and Genghis

Khan • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is Bin 54 •

Has a dog named Amy •

Would like to be an Athletic

Director.

Has a chance to be an impact player as a sophomore • Has good size and speed •

Played well in the spring and enters the fall as the starter at one of the wideout positions.


Played against Virginia, NC State and Georgia Tech • Did not have a reception.

Cummings High School/Hargrave Military Academy

Attended Hargrave Military Academy in 2007-08 • SuperPrep High School All-America

• Parade All-America • Considered the No. 1 player in North Carolina and the No.

4 wide receiver in the country by Rivals • Considered the No. 22 player in the country regardless of position by Rivals • Ranked the No. 1 player in North Carolina and the

No. 11 wide receiver in the country by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 3 wide receiver in the country by PrepStar • Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-America team

• Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Four-year starter at Cummings, fourtime all-conference selection and three-time all-area selection • Also played defensive back his first two seasons • Had 112 receptions, 2,315 yards and 20 TDs over the last two seasons, including 67 for 1,396 yards and 12 TDs as a senior to help his team to the state 2-A title • Caught 45 passes for 919 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior • Had nine interceptions as a freshman • Coached by Steve Johnson at Cummings High School and Robert Prunty at Hargrave Military Academy • Also played basketball and led Cummings to two state titles.

Personal

Son of Deborah and Dwight Jones, Sr. • Born Jan. 1, 1989 • Favorite TV show is

“Family Guy” • Listens to music before each game • Would run the realty TV show “The

Amazing Race” with his mom • Would like to visit Africa • Favorite NFL team is the

Atlanta Falcons • Enrolled in the General College.

19 • TRASE JONES

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2007 season • Became Carolina’s punt returner at midseason after Brandon Tate was injured in the Notre Dame game • Had five returns for 36 yards, including a long of 12 yards • Had one kickoff return for 15 yards •

Played football for Tim Bennett at Roanoke Rapids High School • Four-year letterwinner who earned all-conference honors every season • Also a four-time all-county and allarea selection • Played in North Carolina East-West all-star game • Played quarterback and was the place-kicker • Was among Rivals.com top 10 athletes in North Carolina in his junior year • Also played basketball, baseball and soccer • Three-time all-conference selection in basketball as a shooting guard • Led the conference in scoring • Played on a traveling soccer and baseball team • His cousin, Emily Mohorn, is a cheerleader at Carolina • People say he looks like actor Paul Walker • Wants to visit the Virgin Islands •

Listens to music and wears the same undershirt for every game • Likes to play basketball

• Favorite NFL team is the Miami Dolphins • Exercise and sports science major • Born

Thomas Ray Jones III on Oct. 9, 1988 • Son of Gwen and Tommy Jones.

Year

Place-Kicker/Holder/Kick Returner

6-0, 185, Junior

Roanoke Rapids, N.C.

Roanoke Rapids

Punt Returns

Att

2008 5

Yds

36

TRASe JoNeS - CAReeR STATISTICS

Avg Td

7.2 0

LP

12

Kickoff Returns

Att. Yds

1 15

Avg Td LP

15.0 0 15



8 • GREG LITTLE

Wide Receiver

6-3, 215, Junior

Durham, N.C.

Hillside

Versatile athlete who played both tailback and wide receiver in 2008 • Began the year as the starting tailback and moved to wide receiver midway through the year • Is an exciting player with the ball in his hands • Enters the season as the most experienced wide receiver on the team with just two starts at that position.


Shifted back to wide receiver prior to the Virginia game following Brandon Tate’s knee injury • Rushed for 339 yards and three touchdowns on 78 carries • Had 11 catches for

146 yards • Totaled 485 yards from scrimmage on the season • Rushed for 34 yards and caught two passes for 36 yards against West Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl

• Combined for 109 yards from scrimmage at Duke • Caught four balls for a career-best

67 yards, including a career-best 32-yarder, and rushed for 42 yards on two carries •

Caught two passes for a season-best 36 yards against NC State • Also logged a careerbest 27-yard catch against the Wolfpack • Ran for three yards at Maryland on one carry

• Carried twice for 13 yards in the win over No. 23 Boston College • Had two catches for three yards in first game back at receiver at Virginia • Carried twice for seven yards against Notre Dame • Rushed for six yards on three carries versus No. 23 Connecticut

• Carried 14 times for 38 yards and a touchdown at Miami • Scored the Tar Heels’ first

TD against the Canes on a 6-yard run in the second quarter • Ran for a season-best 71 yards on 18 carries for the second straight game against Virginia Tech • Scored on a

50-yard TD run against the Hokies for his career-long run • Rushed for 71 yards on 18 carries at Rutgers • Carried 14 times for 37 yards and a touchdown against McNeese

State • Scored on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter against the Cowboys.


Versatile rookie who played in all 12 games • One of 11 true freshmen to play • Ran for

300 yards and two scores on 59 carries and had 13 catches for 99 yards and a receiving TD • Averaged 5.1 yards per game, a team-best for tailbacks • Moved from wide receiver to tailback for the final two games and rushed for 247 yards • Also averaged

13.2 yards on 11 kickoff returns • Starting his second straight game at tailback, carried

26 times for a career-best 154 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner in overtime against Duke • Also caught two passes for 11 yards vs. the Blue Devils and was named one of

UNC’s offensive players of the week by the coaches • Started at tailback for the first time at Georgia Tech and ran for 89 yards on 24 carries • Also caught three passes for

13 yards for 102 total yards from scrimmage

• Had three catches for 22 yards and returned two kickoffs

30 yards at NC State •

Carried twice for seven yards vs. Maryland

• Ran for 12 yards and had a 22-yard kickoff return at Wake

Forest • Broke out with 79 total yards (50 rec., 29 rush) against

South Carolina •

Scored first career

TD on an 18-yard reception • Lined up under center and ran the ball four times vs. the Gamecocks • Also caught four passes, including a long of 22 yards • Had a 9-yard rush in the win over Miami • Caught one pass for three yards vs. JMU;

UNC Basketball

(2007-08): Walked on to the North Carolina

GReG LITTLe - CAReeR STATISTICS

Year

Rushing


2007 59 300

2008 78 339

Totals 137 639

5.2 2

4.3 3

4.6 5

38

50

50

Receiving

Rec.

13

11

24

Yards Avg. Td

99

146

245

7.6 1

13.3 0

10.2 1

LP

22

32

32

Career Highs: 154 yards rushing vs. Duke (2007); 26 carries vs. Duke (2007); 50yard run vs. Virginia Tech (2008); 67 yards receiving at Duke (2008); 4 receptions vs.

South Carolina (2007), at Duke (2008) basketball team following the football season and played in 10 games, scoring five points

• Set UNC record for a tailback in the long jump (10’-7.5”) .

Hillside High School

SuperPrep All-America • USA Today All-America selection • Ranked the No. 2 player in the state of North Carolina and the No. 6 athlete in the country by SuperPrep • Member of Tom Lemming’s All-America team • Has been hailed by most recruiting analysts as

“the most versatile player in the country” • Excelled at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, linebacker, safety and cornerback while helping Hillside to a 10-3 finish • As a senior, had 55 catches for 969 yards and nine touchdowns as a receiver, 800 yards on

140 carries and 14 touchdowns as a running back and four interceptions on defense •

Returned one interception for a touchdown • Named the Gatorade Player of the Year in

North Carolina • All-conference selection • Coached by Ray Harrison • Also competed in basketball and track and field.

Personal

Son of Gail and Gregory Little • Born May 30, 1989 • Communications major • Nickname is “Freak” • New Year’s resolution is to be more family oriented • People say he looks like Lebron James and Greg Oden • Pregame superstition is to take a shower right before putting on his game day jersey • Would like to guest star on “Saturday Night

Live” • Would run “The Amazing Race” with teammate Bruce Carter • Favorite website is theshoegame.com • Would like to visit Athens, Greece • Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys • Has a tattoo that says, “Hustle - he uses strength to lift everyone” Favorite

Chapel Hill restaurant is Sutton’s Drugstore.

3 • PETER MANGUM

Defensive Back

5-10, 175, Sophomore

Raleigh, N.C.

Leesville Road

Joined the football team as a walk-on in 2008 • Played football at Leesville High School in Raleigh, N.C., where he lettered three times and was named all-conference each year

• Was the team’s MVP as a senior and the Defensive Player of the Year • Was featured on News Channel 17’s “Play of the State” twice in 2007 • Served as team captain •

Started every game during his varsity career • Ran track and made the state championship finals in the 300m hurdles • Was team MVP on the track team as a senior • Was a regional finalist in the 100m/300m hurdles and 4x400m relay team three years •

Member of the National Honor Society and a four-year member of the honor roll •

People say he looks like actor Tom Cruise • Favorite TV show is “The Office” • Would run “The Amazing Race” reality show with his brother, Ryan • Favorite NFL team is the

San Francisco 49ers • Born Peter Marshall Mangum Jr. on Sept. 20, 1989.



85 • RASHAD MASON

Wide Receiver

6-5, 225, Sophomore

Nashville, Tenn.

Pearl-Cohn

Tall wideout with good hands and speed • Has a great opportunity to earn playing time this fall.


Saw action in the Rutgers game, but did not catch a pass.

Pearl-Cohn High School

SuperPrep All-America • Ranked the No. 6 wide receiver in the country by SuperPrep •

Considered the No. 2 player in Tennessee by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 14 wide receiver in the country by Scout.com and the No. 18 wide receiver by Rivals • Considered the No. 4 prospect in Tennessee by Rivals • Member of the Rivals250 all-star team • Finished his senior season with 26 catches for 610 yards and 13 touchdowns as Pearl-Cohn

High School went 10-4 and advanced to the semifinals of the state playoffs • Earned all-region, all-mid state and all-state honors as a senior • Missed his junior season due to injuries from a car accident • Is a childhood friend of former UNC basketball player

Brandan Wright • Teammate of Brian Gupton • Coached by Tony Brunetti.

Personal

Son of Mailena Benson • Born January 25, 1989 • Communications major.

Football Lineman finalist as a senior • Earned all-state, all-area and all-district honors after collecting 36 tackles including 13 sacks and 12 tackles for a loss as a junior • Also played tight end for Antioch, where he was mostly used as a blocker • Coached by Mike

Woodward • Was an all-state performer for the basketball team as a junior.

Personal

Son of Janai Shelton • Born July 9, 1990 • Nickname is “Mac” • New Year’s resolution was to be the best in everything he does • People say he looks like Julius Peppers

• Favorite TV show is “The First 48” • Wears No. 94 because it’s the reverse of Julius

Peppers’ No. 49 • Favorite website is www.23isback.com • Would like to visit the Dominican Republic • Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys • Listens to his favorite song by Pastor Troy before every game • Enrolled in the General College.

Year Pri A

2008 6

Totals 6

3

3

MICHAeL M c

Adoo - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

9

9

TFL

3-15

3-15

SACKS

2.5-14

2.5-14

INT PBU FF

0-0 0

0-0 0

0

0

FR

0

0

Career High: 2 tackles at Rutgers (2008)

25 • MATT MERLETTI

Safety

5-11, 200, Junior

Cleveland, Ohio

St. Ignatius

94 • MICHAEL M

c

ADOO

Defensive End

6-7, 245, Sophomore

Antioch, Tenn.

Antioch

Tall, physical defensive end who played well during his rookie season in 2008 • Will compete for playing time at both end positions.


Played well during his rookie season with nine tackles, three tackles for losses and 2.5 sacks • Played in 11 games, including the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Had one tackle vs.

West Virginia in the bowl game • Posted one tackle against NC State • Recorded three tackles, a sack and 1.5 tackles for losses at Maryland • Had his best game in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech with two tackles, a sack and two quarterback hurries •

Played in his first college game at Rutgers • Posted two tackles and assisted on a sack vs. the

Scarlet Knights.

Antioch High School

Considered the No. 23 weakside defensive end in the country and the No. 12 player in Tennessee by Rivals.com •

Rated the No. 35 defensive end in the country by ESPN.

com • Ranked the No. 13 player in Tennessee by Super-

Prep • Childhood friend of

UNC teammates Brian Gupton and Rashad Mason • Rated among the top 50 defensive ends in the country by Scout.

com • Posted 60 tackles, including 12 tackles for losses and five sacks as a senior

• Had 19 receptions for 29 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior • Was a Class 5A Mr.


One of Carolina’s top special teams players • Earned special teams co-captain honors in 2008 along with Ryan Taylor • Hard-hitter who will compete for playing time at safety this season.


Special teams captain and reserve defensive back • Was one of the Tar Heels’ top tacklers on kickoff returns • Finished the season with 11 tackles and recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown vs. Connecticut • Recovered a fumble on a punt in the

28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech and Carolina scored on the next possession • Posted a career-high five tackles in the win at Rutgers.


One of 11 true freshman to play • Played in 10 games, primarily on special teams • Had four tackles, including stops against East Carolina, Miami, Wake Forest and Georgia

Tech.

St. Ignatius High School

Played running back, receiver and defensive back at St. Ignatius • Rushed for 1,113 yards, averaged 5.6 yards per carry and scored 12 touchdowns before suffering a toe injury late in the season • Team won its first six games before Merletti injured his toe • Averaged 10.6 yards on 16 receptions and made three interceptions • Named first-team All-Northeast

Lakes district • Coached by Chuck Kyle

• Also competed in track.

Personal

Was a ball boy for the Cleveland

Browns when Butch Davis was Cleveland’s head coach • Son of Patricia and Lew Merletti • His father is Senior

Vice President for the Cleveland Browns and is the former director of the U.S.

Secret Service • Born July 18, 1988

• Communications major • Would most like to have dinner with Jesus, Pat

Tillman and his grandfather • Favorite dessert is lava cake from Fleming’s

Steakhouse • People say he looks like

Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater in Saved By

The Bell) • Began playing football at the age of 7 because the other parents were upset he was tackling their kids in

Year Pri A

2007 4

2008 5

Totals 9

0

6

6

MATT MeRLeTTI - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

4

11

15

TFL

0-0

0-0

0-0

SACKS

0-0

0-0

0-0

INT

0

0

0

PBU FF

0

0

0

0

0

0

FR

0

1

1

North CaroliNa Football • Player Profiles soccer • Followed the Cleveland Browns as a kid • Outside of football, he would choose to be in the U.S. Secret Service • Recently read the book, “10 Seconds Will Change Your

Life Forever” • Favorite TV show is “American Idol” • Likes to go to the beach • Would like to appear on the TV show “Saved By The Bell” as A.C. Slater’s long lost brother

• Would run “The Amazing Race” reality show with his brother, Mike, a U.S. Army

Ranger.

62 • SCOTT MINCEY

Center

6-2, 280, Sophomore

Yanceyville, N.C.

Bartlett Yancey

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Played football at Bartlett Yancey High School in

Yanceyville, N.C., where he twice earned all-conference honors • Was an all-metro and all-region selection • Selected to play for North Carolina’s team in the 2008 Shrine Bowl

• Earned the Powerade Sportsmanship Award • Also participated in wrestling and track

• Born Warren Scott Mincey on March 7, 1990 • Favorite TV show is “Top Gear” •

Most embarrassing moment was running into the goal post on his first time running out of the tunnel • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers • Business major.

97 • ALERIC MULLINS

2006

Received a waiver from the NCAA Initial Eligibility Waiver Committee allowing him to practice with the team in 2006, but not play.

east wake High School

SuperPrep All-America • Ranked the No. 2 player in North Carolina and the No. 14 defensive lineman in the country by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 3 defensive tackle in the country by ESPN.com • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Earned allconference honors four consecutive seasons • Named the conference player of the year •

Led East Wake to an 8-3 record and into the second round of the North Carolina playoffs

• Named East Wake MVP • Earned all-state honors as a sophomore • Posted 92 tackles, 9.5 sacks and 22 tackles for a loss to go along with four fumbles on defense • Also saw time at fullback and gained 106 yards and scored five touchdowns on 10 carries •

Ranked the No. 29 defensive tackle in the country by Rivals.com • Ranked the No. 31 defensive tackle in the country by Scout.com • Coached by Jimmy Williams.

Personal

Son of Stacey Mullins • Born April 4, 1986 • African-American studies major • Would most like to have dinner with Jay-Z, Dave Chappelle and Bill Clinton • Began playing football at the age of 15 • Would sing “If This World Were Mine” if he were a contestant on American Idol • Outside of professional football, he would choose to be a teacher and coach • Would most like to appear on the cover of XXL magazine.

Year Pri A

2007 11 8

2008 7 5

Totals 18 13

ALeRIC MULLINS - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

19

12

31

TFL

3.5-11

2.0-9

5.5-22

SACKS

2-9

1-7

3-16

INT

0

0

0

PBU FF

1

0

1

1

1

2

FR

1

2

3

Career High: 3 tackles vs. James Madison, Wake Forest (2007), at Rutgers (2008)

78 • JORDAN NIX


6-3, 305, Senior

Caruthersville, Mo.

East Wake (N.C.)

Powerful defensive tackle who plays with good leverage • Will be in the rotation at tackle and could contend for a starting spot • Is listed as a senior and has one year of eligibility, but can earn back another year by meeting academic performance benchmarks.


Played in all 13 games and had 12 tackles, two tackles for losses, one sack and two fumble recoveries • Rotated at defensive tackle with Cam Thomas and Marvin Austin •

Recovered a fumble in the 28-20 win at Duke • Posted one tackle in the 28-7 win over

No. 22 Georgia Tech • Had one tackle at Virginia • Hit Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen, forcing a fumble which he recovered to give Carolina the ball, in the win over the Irish

• Also had two tackles, including a sack for seven yards, vs. Notre Dame • Was named one of the coaches’ players of the game for his performance against the Irish • Recorded one tackle in

Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24

Connecticut • Had a solid performance at Miami with two tackles

• Posted three tackles, including a

2-yard tackle for loss, in UNC’s 44-

12 win at Rutgers • Had two tackles vs. McNeese State.


Started five games, including the last four of the season against Maryland,

NC State, Georgia Tech and Duke •

Had two tackles in the win over Duke

• Played his best game of the year against the Yellow Jackets with two tackles, an 8-yard sack, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup • Had one tackle against the Wolfpack • Earned his first career start in the win over

Maryland and recorded his first career sack • Matched his seasonhigh with three tackles at Wake Forest • Registered one tackle and a quarterback hurry in the win vs. Miami • Had one tackle at Virginia Tech • Made his first career start at No.

23 USF and had two tackles • Assisted on one tackle vs. Virginia • Had two tackles in the loss at ECU • Was one of 10 players on the defensive line to see action in Carolina’s

37-14 victory over James Madison • Posted three tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss.


6-4, 295, Sophomore

Lawton, Okla.

MacArthur/Northeast Oklahoma A&M

Defensive tackle who redshirted last year • Has three years of eligibility after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules • Played one year at Northeast Oklahoma A&M

College in 2007 • Originally signed with the University of Oklahoma and attended OU from June-August 2007 • As a senior at MacArthur High School, he recorded 59 tackles

(21 unassisted), 5.5 sacks and six QB hurries • Coached by Ernie Manning • Played in the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Football Game • Enrolled in the General

College.

58 • EBELE OKAKPU

Linebacker

6-2, 215, Sophomore

Roswell, Ga.

Roswell

Athletic, fast player with quick feet • Needs to continue to learn the system.


Saw action as a true freshman last year in seven games on special teams and as a reserve middle linebacker • Had a season-high 12 snaps vs. NC State.

Roswell High School

SuperPrep All-America • Considered the No. 17 player in Georgia and the No. 25 linebacker in the country by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 11 middle linebacker in the country by Scout.com • Considered the No. 30 prospect in Georgia and the No. 28 linebacker in the country by Rivals.com • Named to the Georgia Football Magazine 2007 All-

Classification All-State team • Member of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern

100 • Posted 151 tackles as a senior and returned a touchdown for an interception in the playoffs • Led Roswell to a 10-3 record and a run to the third round of the 5-A state playoffs • Had 121 tackles, nine tackles for loss, three sacks, and four fumble recoveries as a junior, helping lead his team to the state championship game, which ended in a



14-14 tie • Coached by Tim McFarlin • Also played basketball • Son of Lina and Walter

Okakpu • Born April 20, 1990 • Enrolled in the General College.

Year Pri A

2008 1 1 eBeLe oKAKPU - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

2

TFL

0-0

SACKS

0-0

INT

0

PBU FF

0 0

FR

0

40 • KENNY OWENS

nine interceptions • Earned third-team all-state honors as a junior • Coached by Joe

Casamente.

Personal

Son of Denise and David Paulus • Born October 12, 1988 • Communications major •

His brother, Greg, was a senior point guard for Duke’s basketball team • Mike and Greg lived together this summer in an apartment in Durham • Brothers David, Matt, Danny and

Chris played football at Georgetown • His sister, Sarah, is a basketball player at Fairfield

• Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “The Bachelor” • People say he looks like Justin Timberlake • Best friend on another team is his brother, Greg, a quarterback on Syracuse’s football team • Would most like to appear on the cover of ESPN The

Magazine’s Next issue • Did not start playing football until he was 16 years old • Says the best thing about Carolina is the people.

70 •ALAN PELC

Linebacker

6-0, 225, Sophomore

Fayetteville, N.C.

Jack Britt

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Played football at Jack Britt High School in

Fayetteville, N.C., where he was a two-year letterwinner and a starter on both sides of the ball • Earned second-team all-conference as a senior and was honorable-mention as a junior • Had 70 tackles, 18 tackles for losses and four sacks as a senior • Also participated in track and field • Member of the National Honor Society • Born Kenneth Craig

Owens Jr. on July 29, 1990 • Likes to fish with his brother and father • Favorite TV show is “House” • Eats a bag of sunflower seeds before each game • Would like to be on the

TV show, “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire” • Favorite NFL team is the Baltimore Ravens

• Enrolled in the General College.

7 • MIKE PAULUS

Quarterback

6-4, 215, Sophomore

Syracuse, N.Y.

Christian Brothers Academy

Enters the fall as the backup to starting quarterback T.J. Yates • Has worked hard in the offseason to improve his footwork and quickness • Played well in the spring, completing

12 of 15 attempts for 51 yards in the Spring Game.


Played in four games and was 4-for-13 for 33 yards with two interceptions • Saw action on the final series in the win over

No. 23 Boston College • Made first career start at Miami and was 1-for-4 for 10 yards • Entered the Virginia Tech game for an injured T.J. Yates and was 3-for-8 for

23 yards and two picks • Saw first career action in the fourth quarter at Rutgers and was 0-for-1 passing • Redshirted in 2007.

Christian Brothers Academy

SuperPrep All-America • Ranked the No.

1 player in New York by SuperPrep •

Ranked the No. 4 pro-style quarterback in the country by Rivals.com • Considered the No. 7 quarterback in the country by

PrepStar • Named the New York state

Gatorade Player of the Year • Member of Tom Lemming’s All-America team •

Ranked the No. 10 quarterback in the country by Scout.com • Considered the

No. 15 quarterback in the country by

SuperPrep • Completed 58 percent of his passes for 2,304 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior • Led team to an 11-1 record as a junior, falling in the state semifinals • Completed 131 of 234 attempts for 2,084 yards and 23 touchdowns and

Year A-C-I

2008 13-4-2


MIKe PAULUS - CAReeR STATISTICS

Pct.

30.8

Yards

33

Td

0

LP

11

Yds/Gm

11.0

Offensive Guard

6-6, 325, Junior

Houston, Texas

Pearland

Had a solid sophomore season and returns as the starting guard • Has good quickness and moves his feet well.


Started the final 10 games at left guard • Graded out at 85 percent at Duke • Posted a

74 percent grade and four knock-downs against NC State • Graded at 84 percent with a pair of knock-downs at Maryland • Registered a game-best 85-percent grade and four knock-downs in the victory over No. 20 Georgia Tech • Graded at 75 percent with three knock-downs against No. 23 Boston College • Notched a pair of knock-down blocks at

Virginia • Posted an 84 percent grade in the Notre Dame victory • Made first career start in the win over No. 23 Connecticut • Named one of the team’s offensive players of the week in the victory over the Huskies • Graded at 73 percent with 11 knock-downs against UConn.


Played in three games against James Madison, East Carolina and Wake Forest.

Pearland High School

First-team all-district 6-A, the largest classification in Texas, as a senior • Played just one season on the varsity, but immediately began attracting attention from college coaches and receiving offers • Semifinalist for the offensive Houston Touchdown Club award •

Anchored a line that had the best rushing attack in Houston • Named to the academic all-state honorable mention • Coached by Tony Heath • Also played basketball for Pearland.

Personal

Son of David and Janet

Pelc • Born June 9, 1988

• History major • Would most like to have dinner with George Bush, Neil

Armstrong and his grandfather • Would most like to appear on the reality

TV show, “Iron Chef” •

Favorite dessert is chocolate cinnamon sheet cake

• People say he looks like

Fred Flintstone • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is Qdoba • Began playing football in the seventh grade • Favorite NFL team as a kid was the Houston

Oilers and Houston Texans because he watched them with his grandfather •

Would choose to be a pilot if not a professional football player.


17 • ZACK PIANALTO 81 • QUENTIN PLAIR

Tight End

6-4, 255, Junior

Springdale, Ark.

Springdale

Wide Receiver

6-1, 185, Junior

Lawrenceville, Ga.

Greater Atlanta Christian Academy

Enters the season as the starter at tight end • Should play an important role in the offense this year • Coming off an injury-plagued 2008 season, but is healthy heading into the fall.


Played in seven games and made two starts • Had seven catches for 69 yards and a touchdown on the season • Suffered a fractured left fibula in the win over No. 20 Georgia Tech and missed the final four games of the year • Scored first career touchdown on an 8-yard pass from Cameron Sexton before leaving due to the injury • Missed the

Virginia and Boston College games with a right ankle injury • Made a 5-yard grab against Notre Dame • Posted a 7-yard reception versus Connecticut • Made one grab for 18 yards at Miami • Had three catches for 31 yards, including a long of 16, against

Virginia Tech.


Honorable mention Freshman All-America by CollegeFootballNews.com • Sporting News

First-Team Freshman All-ACC • One of 11 true freshmen to see action • Started eight games at h-back/tight end • Finished fourth on the team with 24 catches for 204 yards on the season• Made one catch for eight yards vs. Duke • Had four grabs for 29 yards at Georgia Tech • Had four catches for 52 yards, including a career-best 20-yard catch, at NC State • Made a career-best six receptions for 55 yards at Wake Forest • Had one catch for five yards vs. South Carolina • Made two grabs for five yards at USF • Had five catches for 43 yards, including a long of 16 vs. Virginia • Made first career catch, a four-yard grab, at East Carolina • Enrolled in January after graduating early from

Springdale High School and participated in Carolina’s spring workouts.

Springdale High School

Ranked the No. 7 player in Arkansas by Rivals • Considered the No. 10 player in

Arkansas by SuperPrep • Ranked the No. 20 tight end in the country by Scout.com •

Helped lead Springdale to the 5A state championship as a junior • Had 14 receptions for 337 yards and three touchdowns as a junior despite mainly being used as a blocker •

Caught 12 passes for 141 yards as a senior • Missed all but two games as a senior with a broken collarbone • From the same hometown as head coach Butch Davis • Coached by Kevin Johnson at Springdale.

Personal

Son of Sherri and Kenneth

Pianalto • Born May 27, 1989

• Communications major •

Favorite TV show is “American

Idol” • Wears No. 17 because it’s the same number his grandfather wore • Listens to the Al

Pacino speech from “Any Given

Sunday” before each game •

Would chose to run “The Amazing Race” with his brother,

Cole • Favorite NFL team is the

Indianapolis Colts • Would most like to have dinner with Tiger

Woods, Mike Tyson and Brett

Favre • People say he looks like

Eli Manning of the NY Giants

• Favorite restaurant in Chapel

Hill is the Italian Pizzeria III •

Has a boxer dog named Red •

Began playing football when he was eight because he loved all sports • Wants to one day be a football coach.

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2007 season • Played for Jimmy Chupp at

Great Atlanta Christian High School • Three-year letterwinner at cornerback • Earned

All-County honors as a senior • Team captain • Team advanced to the playoffs three straight seasons • Also played basketball and ran track • National Honor Society member • Born Quentin Jerome Plair on Sept. 16, 1988 • Business major.

91 • TYDREKE POWELL


6-3, 300, Sophomore

Ahoskie, N.C.

Hertford County

Big, athletic player who should see significant playing time in the defensive line rotation this fall • Has a lot of talent and plays well against the run.


Impressive freshman season with 18 tackles, 4.5 tackles for losses, one sack and one fumble recovery • Played in 12 of 13 games and started once • Assisted on a tackle vs.

West Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Had one tackle at Duke • Recorded three tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss at Maryland • Made his first career start in the

28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech and had two tackles and a quarterback pressure

• Had one tackle at Virginia • Had three tackles against Notre Dame • Did not play vs. Connecticut due to a chest injury • Had four tackles, three of which were for losses, in Carolina’s 28-24 win at Miami • Also had a 4-yard sack against the Hurricanes •

Recorded one tackle vs. Virginia Tech • Had one tackle in the win at Rutgers • Recovered a fumble and had a tackle for loss in the season opener vs. McNeese State • Redshirted in 2007.

Hertford County High School

Pronounced TIE-dreek • SuperPrep All-America • Ranked the No. 3 player in North Carolina and the No. 10 defensive tackle in the country by Scout.com • Considered the No.

Year

2007

2008

Totals

Rec.

24

7

31

ZACK PIANALTo - CAReeR STATISTICS

Yards

208

69

277

Avg.

8.5

9.9

8.9

Td

0

1

1

LP

20

18

20

Career Highs: 6 receptions vs. Wake Forest (2007); 55 yards receiving vs. Wake Forest

(2007); 20-yard reception vs. NC State (2008)

Year Pri A

2008 13 5

Totals 13 5

TYdReKe PoweLL - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

18

18

TFL

4.5-9

SACKS

1.0-4

4.5-9 1.0-4

INT

0-0

0-0

PBU FF

0

0

0

0

FR

1

1



6 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s

All-America team • Named Lemming’s No. 27 player in the country • Member of North

Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Three-year starter who never missed a game • Two-time all-state team member • Earned Player of the Year honors in his conference as a senior after making 114 tackles and 13 sacks • Helped lead Hertford to a an 11-2 record and the second round of the 3-A state playoffs • Was among the state leaders in sacks as a junior with 11 • Coached by Greg Watford • Also played basketball.

Personal

Son of Rita Powell • Born June 14, 1988 • African-American studies major • Began playing football in the ninth grade • Favorite NFL team is the St. Louis Rams • Would most like to have dinner with Beyonce, Bill Gates and Oprah • Would most like to appear on the cover of Jet magazine • Says the best thing about Carolina is “you feel like it’s home and the people are great.”

42 • ROBERT QUINN

45 • DEVON RAMSAY

Defensive End

6-5, 270, Sophomore

Ladson, S.C.

Ft. Dorchester

Outstanding young man who has battled back from brain surgery as a high school senior to become a starter on the defensive line for the Tar Heels • Looks to build on a standout freshman campaign.


Named the ACC’s Brian Piccolo Award winner as the league’s most courageous player

• Finished third in the voting for the ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year honors • Became the starter in the second game of the season at Rutgers after Darrius Massenburg went down with a knee injury • Started 12 games and collected 34 tackles, 6.5 tackles for losses, two sacks and forced two fumbles • Had two tackles vs. West Virginia in the

Meineke Car Care Bowl • Recorded three tackles, including an 8-yard sack, in the win at Duke • Had six tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss vs. NC State • Posted another solid outing with five tackles (all primary) at Maryland • Had his best game in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech • Registered a season-high six tackles, had one tackle for loss, one quarterback pressure and forced two fumbles against the Yellow Jackets •

Posted one tackle and had a quarterback pressure in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston

College • Recorded one tackle at Virginia • Had one tackle and broke up a pass in

Carolina’s win over Notre Dame • Posted three tackles, including one tackle for loss, in Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24 Connecticut • Had three tackles, including two tackles for losses and his first career sack, vs. Virginia Tech • Also recorded two pressures against the Hokies • Made his first career start in the 44-12 victory at Rutgers • Posted three tackles and had a 3-yard tackle for loss against the Scarlet Knights.

Ft. dorchester High School

SuperPrep All-America • Ranked the No. 7 player in South Carolina by SuperPrep •

Member of South Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team and the U.S. Army All-American Game

• Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-America team • Ranked the No.

3 player in South Carolina and the No. 18 strongside defensive end in the country by

Rivals.com • Rated the No. 11 defensive end in the country by ESPN.com • Ranked the No. 19 defensive end in the country by Scout.com • Member of the Atlanta Journal-

Constitution Super Southern 100 • Senior season was shortened after undergoing brain surgery for a benign tumor • Made a full recovery and will be able to resume his football career • Had 54 tackles and five sacks, 10 TFL and 21 quarterback hurries before the surgery • Coached by Steve LaPrad • Two-time defending state heavyweight champion •

Personal

Son of Maria and James Quinn • Born May 18, 1990 • Nickname is “El Roy” • People say he looks like Cheeseburger Eddie from the movie “The Longest Yard” • Favorite TV shows are “Law & Order” and “House” • Listens to music before games • Would like to guest star on WWE • Would like to visit Puerto Rico • Favorite NFL team is the Dallas

Cowboys • Enrolled in the General College.

Fullback

6-2, 245, Sophomore

Red Bank, N.J.

The Lawrenceville School

Powerful running back who is overcoming shoulder surgery from a year ago • Can play either fullback or tailback.


Played in five games, primarily on special teams and as a reserve fullback • Was lost for the year after undergoing shoulder surgery in the middle of the season • Redshirted in

2007.

Lawrenceville Prep

Ranked the No. 6 fullback by Rivals • Rushed for 1,078 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior • Trenton-Times all-area team member • Posted 42 tackles, six sacks and an interception on defense • Lawrenceville Prep won its final four regular season games and finished with an overall record of 5-4 • Coached by Ken Mills.

Personal

Son of Sharon Lee and Devon Ramsay • Born December 8, 1988 • Public policy major

• Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “The Real World” • People say he looks like a model • If he could change the world in one way, he would eliminate disease

• Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is B’Skis • Began playing football when he was 10 •

Would most like to appear on the cover of GQ.

Year Pri A

2008 22 12

Totals 22 12

RoBeRT QUINN - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

34

34

TFL

6.5-19

6.5-19

SACKS

2.0-11

2.0-11

INT

0-0

0-0

Career High: 6 tackles vs. NC State, Georgia Tech (2008)

PBU FF

1

1

2

2

FR

0

0



48 • KEVIN REDDICK 4 • BOBBY ROME

Linebacker

6-3, 230, Freshman

New Bern, N.C.

New Bern/Hargrave M.A.

Fullback

5-11, 245, Senior

Norfolk, Va.

Granby

Enrolled at Carolina in January, 2009 • Had mononucleosis and was not able to partici pate in spring practice • Should see action this year on special teams and compete for playing time at outside linebacker.

New Bern High School/Hargrave Military Academy

Rated the No. 23 inside linebacker in the country by ESPN.com • Ranked the No. 9 player in North Carolina and the No. 33 outside linebacker in the country by Rivals.

com • Considered the No. 10 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Ranked the No.

12 middle linebacker by Scout.com • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team

• Was a varsity starter as a sophomore at fullback, and earned offensive MVP honors in the state 4-AA finals as a senior at that position after scoring two touchdowns to end

Charlotte Independence’s reign • Named the Coastal Conference defensive player of the year • Earned first-team all-state honors at linebacker as a senior • Recorded 189 tackles, eight sacks, six forced fumbles and blocked four punts • Also rushed for 163 yards and six touchdowns at fullback • Earned all-conference and all-area honors as a junior •

Coached by Bobby Curlines.

Personal

Son of Kevin Reddick Sr. and his stepmother, Janelle • Born Dec. 28, 1989 • People say he looks like former Tar Heel linebacker Brian Simmons • Favorite TV station is the NFL network • Plays the video game NCAA Football on his off days • Would like to visit Africa • Favorite NFL team is the Baltimore Ravens • Enrolled in the General College.

51 • BRANDON ROBERTS

Linebacker

6-0, 205, Sophomore

Durham, N.C.

Jordan/Brevard College

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Played football at Jordan High School • Played one season at Brevard College before transferring to North Carolina • Ranked fifth all-time at Jordan High School in career tackles with 269 • Earned honorable-mention all-conference honors • Earned first-team FNFRDU honors in 2006 • All-regional team selection in 2006 • Wrestled as a senior and earned all-conference honors • Born Brandon Len Roberts on Aug. 23, 1988 • People say he looks like his father • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers • Would like to guest star on “The Real World” reality TV show • Exercise and sports science major.

One of the nation’s top fullbacks

• Is a powerful blocker and catches the ball well out of the backfield • Entered Carolina as a quarterback, but moved to fullback as a freshman in 2006.


Played in all 13 games and started five • Caught eight passes for

65 yards • Caught one pass for four yards against West Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl •

Posted two grabs for 15 yards at

Duke • Caught two passes for 22 yards against NC State • Had a

6-yard catch at Maryland and completed a 44-yard halfback pass to Brooks Foster • Seasonlong reception of 15 yards came in the win over No. 23 Boston

College • Had a 3-yard catch versus McNeese State.


Played in all 12 games, starting four • Had 16 catches for 183 yards, good for an 11.4-yard average • Caught two passes for 17 yards at Georgia Tech

• Threw a 50-yard TD pass to Brandon Tate and made two catches for 12 yards at

NC State • Also rushed twice for three yards • Had four catches for 37 yards and had his first career touchdown, an 11-yard catch, at Wake Forest • Registered two catches for 27 yards vs. South Carolina • Had two grabs for 59 yards, including a career-best

53-yarder at ECU • Caught two passes for 16 yards vs. JMU.


Played in all 12 games and started three (Duke, NC State, Clemson) • Had a 19-yard reception in the win over NC State • Saw his first career action at tailback, carrying five times for 11 yards in the loss at Notre Dame • Was forced into action at tailback after

Ronnie McGill went down with a shoulder bruise in the fourth quarter • Had a careerhigh 28-yard reception against USF, catching a screen pass and rushing for most of the yardage • Made his first career start against Clemson and had one catch for 16 yards

• Caught two passes for five yards, including a long of seven, against Furman • Played against Virginia Tech, but did not have a reception • Saw his first action at Carolina against Rutgers as a fullback • Caught one pass for 11 yards against the Scarlet Knights

• Redshirted in 2005.

Granby High School

Four-year starter at quarterback • Granby finished 7-3 in 2004 and won the Eastern

District • Ranked among the top 25 players in Virginia by The Roanoke Times • Ranked among the top 35 players in Virginia by SuperPrep • Second-team All-Tidewater •

Passed for 1,726 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior • Passed for 1,400 yards and

13 touchdowns as a junior, despite playing just eight games due to an ankle injury

• Coached by Dave Hudak • Played at the same high school as former Carolina firstteam All-ACC safety Dexter Reid.

Personal

Son of Dolphine and Bobby Rome, Sr. • Born on April 29, 1986 • African-American studies major • If he could eat dinner with any two people, dead or alive, he would

BoBBY RoMe - CAReeR STATISTICS

Year

Rushing


2006 5

2007 2

2008 -

Totals 7

11

3

-

14

2.2

1.5

-

2.0

0

0

-

0

5

2

-

5

Receiving

Rec. Yards Avg. Td LP

7

16

8

31

80

183

65

328

11.4 0

11.4 1

8.1 0

10.6 1

28

53

15

53

Career Highs: 59 yards receiving at East Carolina (2007); 11 yards rushing at Notre

Dame (2006)


North CaroliNa Football • Player Profiles choose Jay-Z and Ronald Curry • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show,

“Pros vs. Joes” • Says one word his mother would use to describe him is “silly” • Began playing football when he was four years old by playing catch with his dad • Would most like to appear on the cover of Ebony • Nickname is Bobby “Big Boy” Rome.

39 • GRANT SCHALLOCK

Punter

6-7, 225, Junior

Webster, N.C.

Smokey Mountain

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2007 season • Will compete for the starting punting job left vacant by the graduation of two-year starter Terrence Brown • Had a good spring as the only punter on the team, but has never punted in a game • Played for coach Dale Galloway at Smoky Mountain High School • Was the Western North

Carolina special teams player of the year • Averaged 39 yards per punt as a senior and made 6 of 11 field goals and 18 of 19 extra point attempts • Earned all-conference honors at punter • Played soccer, baseball and swam in high school • Was All-Western

North Carolina two years in soccer • Born April 4, 1989 in Martinsville, Va. • Psychology major.

21 • D

a

’NORRIS SEARCY

Personal

Son of Tracy and Donald

Searcy • Born Nov. 16,

1988 • Communications major • Wears No. 21 because his grandmother was born in 1921 • Likes to draw in his spare time

• Frequently visits scout.

com and YouTube.com

• Favorite NFL teams are the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers •

Would most like to have dinner with Walter Payton,

God, Sean Taylor and his grandmother • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “College

Hill” • Has four tattoos – a cross and angel wings to represent his grandmother and great grandmother and a scorpion and spider web • Says his mother would describe him as

“outgoing and open minded” • People say he looks like Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens

• Began playing football when he was four years old • Is interested in pursuing a career in sports broadcasting • Says one of the best things about Carolina is the Old Well Walk on football Saturdays.

28 • JONATHAN SMITH

Safety

6-0, 210, Junior

Decatur, Ga.

Towers

Pronounced SIR-cee • Has the ability to be a standout player in the defensive backfield •

Enters the season competing for the safety position • Had his best game in the Meineke

Car Care Bowl with 10 tackles.


Played primarily on special teams and as a reserve safety, but started the Meineke Car

Care Bowl vs. West Virginia and had a career-high 10 tackles and two sacks • Played in all 13 games • Finished the season with 25 tackles, two sacks and three pass breakups

•Had two tackles and broke up a pass in the 28-20 win over Duke • Posted a seasonhigh four tackles and broke up a pass against NC State • Assisted on one tackle in the

45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College • Used as a sixth defensive back in Carolina’s win over Notre Dame and had an important pass break up in the end zone on the Irish’s final offensive possession • Posted two tackles in Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24

Connecticut • Had a career-high five tackles at Rutgers • Had one tackle in the win over

McNeese State.


One of 11 true freshmen to see action • Played in all 12 games primarily on special teams • Also saw action in eight games as a reserve safety • Finished the season with nine tackles, including four solo stops and five assists • Posted a season-high two tackles vs. Virginia • Scooped up a blocked punt against Miami and returned it 12 yards to the

Miami 11-yard line to set up a Carolina touchdown.

Towers High School

Two way standout at both defensive back and running back at Towers High School •

Ranked the No. 17 player in Georgia by SuperPrep • Recorded 71 tackles, including 21 solo stops, eight tackles for losses and three sacks, as a senior • Rushed for 1,607 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior • Had 707 rushing yards and seven touchdowns as a junior • Posted 41 tackles, 18 primary hits and 12 tackles for losses in seven games as a junior • Coached by Phillip Noble.

Year Pri A

2007 4 5

2008 14 11

Totals 18 16 d

9 a

25

34

’NoRRIS SeARCY - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total TFL

0-0

2-11

2-11

SACKS

0-0

2-11

2-11

Career High: 10 tackles vs. West Virginia (2008)

Int

0

0

0

PBU FF

0

3

3

0

0

0

FR

0

0

0

Tough player who excels on special teams • Will compete for playing time at safety this fall.

2008 Sophomore Season

Played in all 13 games primarily on special teams and as a reserve defensive back •

Had six tackles • Recorded one tackle at Maryland • Had one tackle in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech • Posted one tackle vs. Connecticut • Had two special teams tackles at Miami and was named the coaches’ special teams player of the week.

2007 Freshman Season

One of 11 true freshman to see action • Played in 10 games primarily on special teams •

Recorded six tackles on special teams, including four solo stops and two assists • Had a seasonhigh three stops in his first career game at East Carolina • Also had tackles against Virginia,

Miami and Maryland.

Hillside High School

Considered among the top 25 players in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Collected 216 career tackles, 19 sacks and seven interceptions • Posted 118 tackles with seven sacks and 11 tackles for losses as a senior • Made four interceptions, returning two for touchdowns • Earned all-state honors as a senior • Had 97 tackles, 11 tackles for losses and

Year Pri A

2007 4

2008 5

Totals 9

2

1

3

JoNATHAN SMITH - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

6

6

12

TFL

0-0

0-0

0-0

SACKS

0-0

0

0-0

Int

0

0

0

PBU FF

0

0

0

0

0

0

FR

0

0

0


Safety

6-2, 210, Junior

Durham, N.C.

Hillside

North CaroliNa Football • Player Profiles four sacks as a junior • Ranked the No. 33 weakside linebacker in the country by Scout.

com • Coached by Ray Harrison.

Personal

Son of Princess Smith • Born Sept. 28, 1989 • Business major • Nickname is “Yessss Sir”

• New Year’s resolution is to win a national championship • Favorite TV show is “The

Game” • His pregame ritual is to take three sips of three new Gatorades • Would choose to run “The Amazing Race” with Matt Merletti • Would like to visit Brazil • Favorite NFL team is the Chicago Bears • Communications major.

Personal

Son of Julie and Tom Stuart • Born December 28, 1987 • Was a fan of the Nebraska

Cornhuskers as a kid because his mother is from that state • Has a pet dog named

Nacho • Favorite TV show is “House” • Would like to guest star on “24” • Most frequently visits ESPN.com • Favorite NFL team is the Houston Texans • Favorite cartoon character is Superman • Began playing football when he was in the third grade • Favorite musical artist is Brad Paisley • Communications major.

52 • QUAN STURDIVANT

7 • JOSH STEWART

Safety

6-1, 180, Junior

Greensboro, N.C.

Grimsley

Linebacker

6-2, 235, Junior

Oakboro, N.C.

West Stanly

Walk-on who joined the team prior to the 2007 season • Exercise and sports science major • Coached by Todd Shuping at Grimsley High School where he was a quarterback

• Earned Metro 4A Offensive Player of the Year honors as a senior • Earned all-conference honors as a junior and senior • Named All-Area as a senior • Was a Wendy’s

High School Heisman nominee • Played basketball and ran track • Honor roll member all four years • His father played football at Duke • Born Josh Aaron Stewart on Sept.

17, 1988. • Favorite NFL team is the Chicago Bears • Wears No. 7 because his dad wore it at Duke • Favorite TV show is “Man vs. Wild.”

55 • TREY STRICKLAND


6-6, 340, Sophomore

Charlotte, N.C.

South Mecklenburg

Joined the team as a walk-on in 2008 • Lettered two years on varsity at South Mecklenburg High School where he played offensive tackle • Earned all-conference and all-county as a senior • Coached by James Martin • Earned school’s academic award

• Was on the track and field team and played one year of basketball and one year on the wrestling team • Son of Jennifer Strickland • Born Christopher Trey Strickland on

Oct. 10, 1990 • Has a younger sister named Tori • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina

Panthers • Enrolled in the General College.

51 • TREVOR STUART

Deep Snapper

6-3, 245, Junior

Sugar Land, Texas

Stephen F. Austin

Enters the fall as the starting deep snapper • Took over the deep snapping responsibilities in the middle of the 2008 season, playing for the first time in the Boston College game.

At Carolina

Played in six games at deep snapper in 2008 • Did a good job and returns in 2009 battling for the starting position • Redshirted in 2006 and did not see any game action in 2007.

Stephen F. Austin High School

Played tight end and offensive line in high school • Member of the Houston Touchdown

Club preseason team • Earned all-district and all-area honors as a sophomore, junior and senior • Also earned all-academic honors in the district (carried 3.5 GPA) as a sophomore, junior and senior • Caught 32 career passes for 502 yards as Sugar Land was primarily a running team • Caught 10 passes for 200 yards as a senior • Caught

30 passes for 300 yards as a junior • Coached by his father, Tom • Played basketball as a freshman and sophomore.

Should contend for all-conference and national honors in 2009 • Moved to middle linebacker in the spring and will call the defensive signals • A converted quarterback • Fast linebacker with great closing speed.


Led the nation with 87 unassisted tackles • Started all 13 games at outside linebacker •

Named second-team All-ACC by the ACC Sports Journal • Led the team with 122 tackles

• Ranked third in the ACC and 20th in the country with 9.4 tackles per game • Posted a team-best 11 tackles against West Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Led the team and tied his career high with 13 tackles and forced a fumble in the 28-20 win at Duke

• Had nine tackles and broke up a pass against NC State • Recorded a game-high 12 tackles, including a tackle for loss, and broke up two passes at Maryland • Posted eight tackles and a tackle for loss in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech • Recorded five tackles and had a 3-yard sack in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College • Posted a career-high 13 tackles (10 solo) and broke up a pass at Virginia • Had another doubledigit tackle game with 10 vs. Notre Dame • Intercepted a pass and returned it 32 yards on Notre Dame’s first possession of the second half • The INT for a touchdown pulled

Carolina to within one point at 17-16 and was called an “inspirational” play by head coach Butch Davis • Tied his career-high with 11 tackles in Carolina’s 38-12 win over

No. 24 Connecticut • Had one sack and two tackles for losses vs. the Huskies • Recorded three tackles, including two solo stops, in the 28-24 win at Miami • Posted nine tackles, including eight solo stops, vs. Virginia Tech • Had seven tackles and a 57-yard interception return in the win over Rutgers • Led the team and matched his career high with 11 tackles in the win over McNeese State • Had nine primary stops and two assists.


Honorable-mention Freshman All-America by Scout.com • Sporting News First-Team

Freshman All-ACC • One of 11 true freshmen to see action • Played in all 12 games as a true freshman and started five at linebacker • Started against Miami, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Maryland and NC State • Saw action on a season-high 83 snaps at NC State • Finished the season with 47 tackles, 1.5 tackles for losses, one sack, one interception and blocked one punt • Had one tackle in the win over Duke • Did not start, but played well against

Georgia Tech with five tackles

• Recorded a season-high

11 tackles, including three solo stops and eight assists, at

NC State • Had five tackles and one quarterback pressure in the win over Maryland •

Led the team with eight tackles at Wake Forest • Recovered a fumble and had four tackles vs. South Carolina • Started against Miami and had four tackles, blocked a punt and

Year Pri A

2007 26 21

2008 87 35

Totals 113 56

QUAN STURdIvANT - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

47

122

169

TFL

1.5-9

5.5-20

7.0-29

SACKS

1.0-7

2.0-4

3.0-11

INT

1-1

PBU FF

0

2-89 4

3-90 4

0

1

1

FR

1

0

1

Career High: 13 tackles at Virginia (2008), at Duke (2008)


North CaroliNa Football • Player Profiles recorded his first career interception • Had eight tackles and a sack for seven yards against Virginia Tech • Had played primarily on special teams until the Virginia Tech game • Enrolled at Carolina in January after graduating high school early • Played quarterback in high school • Enrolled in January 2007 and participated in Carolina’s spring drills • Played most of his high school career as a quarterback.

west Stanly High School

Enrolled in January after graduating early from West Stanly high school • Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-Southeast Team • Earned conference offensive player of the year honors as a senior • Played quarterback for most of his career, and also spent time at safety on defense • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team •

Completed 99 of 179 passes for 1,794 yards and 21 touchdowns and rushed 111 times for 745 yards • Had 12 tackles, one interception and two pass breakups on defense •

Helped lead West Stanly to a 9-4 record and the second round of the 2-A state playoffs

• Earned all-state honors twice and all-conference honors three times • Coached by Rich

Williams.

Personal

Son of Marcella Sturdivant • Born Dec. 5, 1988 • Communications major • Would like to go to dinner with Michael Jordan, LeBron James and God • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “College Hill” • Has a tattoo that says “Only the strong survive” • People say he looks like Steve McNair • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is

Sutton’s Drugstore • Best friend on another team is Melvin Ingram of South Carolina •

New Year’s resolution was to get faster and stronger • Wears No. 52 because of Ray

Lewis and Jon Beason • Would like to visit Africa • Favorite NFL team is the San Francisco 49ers.

49 • RYAN TAYLOR

to see playing time • Played in 11 games primarily on special teams • Had four tackles, including two solo stops and two assists • Both primary tackles came at Clemson.

Mount Tabor High School

Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Considered the No. 21 player in North

Carolina by The Charlotte Observer • Ranked the No. 47 tight end in the country by

Rivals.com • Two-time all-conference selection • Helped lead Mount Tabor to a 12-2 record and the quarterfinals of the 4-A state championships in 2005 • Was instrumental in

Mount Tabor’s quarterfinal appearance in 2004 • Mount Tabor also played for the state title in his sophomore season • Set school single-season records with 64 receptions for

1,180 yards and scored 13 touchdowns as a senior • Also rushed 13 times for 85 yards and scored three times • Returned nine kickoffs for 177 yards and 16 punts for 111 yards • Caught 54 passes for 995 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior • Also played defensive end • Coached by Bob Sapp • Turned down lacrosse scholarship offers to play football at North Carolina.

Personal

Son of Bobbi and David Taylor • Born November 16, 1987 • Communications major •

Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “The Amazing Race” and would run the contest with teammate Deunta Williams • Would like to be a guest on “The View” •

Most embarrassing moment was getting hit at Miami on the kickoff • Favorite cereal is

Cinnamon Toast Crunch • If he owned a racehorse, he would name it, “Out In Front” •

Began playing football when he was five years old because he wanted to wear the pads

• Has a golden retriever named “MacGregor” • Is interested in a career in law enforcement • Would most like to appear on the cover of GQ magazine • Favorite musical artist is George Strait.

93 • CAM THOMAS

Tight End

6-3, 240, Senior

Winston-Salem, N.C.

Mount Tabor


6-3, 325, Senior

Eagle Springs, N.C.

North Moore

One of the team’s top special teams players • Will begin the 2009 season primarily at h-back • Hard-nosed football player who doesn’t shy away from contact • Had offseason shoulder surgery, but should be completely healthy for the fall.


Earned UNC’s special teams captain honors along with Matt Merletti • Posted 19 tackles, primarily on special teams, but also as a reserve linebacker • Had one tackle in the bowl game vs. West Virginia • Became the first Tar Heel in recent memory to play on offense

(tight end), defense (linebacker) and special teams in the same game when he did so against NC State •

Had two kickoff returns for

18 yards as the upback •

Had a season-high four tackles in the win vs. Connecticut • Also had three tackles against NC State

• Is one of the hardesthitting players on the team and plays with relentless tenacity.


Posted five tackles on the season • Recovered a blocked punt against James

Madison to set up an Anthony Elzy touchdown run

• Named one of the team’s special teams players of the week for his efforts vs. the

Dukes.


One of four true freshmen

Year

Totals

Pri A

2006 2

2007 5

2

0

2008 12 7

19 9

RYAN TAYLoR - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

4

5

19

28

TFL

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

SACKS

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

INT PBU FF

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

FR

0

0

0

0


Has great size for the position and has improved every year • Agile and athletic for his size • Plays well against the run.


Massive defensive tackle who started all 13 games and finished the season with 34 tackles, 3.5 tackles for losses and one sack • Posted four tackles against West

Virginia in the Meineke

Car Care Bowl • Had three tackles, including one tackle for loss, against Duke • Assisted on two tackles against

NC State • Recorded two tackles, including a 2-yard tackle for loss, at Maryland

• Had his best game of the season in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia

Tech with a career-best six tackles, including one sack for five yards • Had one tackle in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College

• Posted one tackle at

Virginia • Had one tackle vs. Notre Dame • Had two tackles, one pressure and assisted on a tackle for loss in Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24 Connecticut •

Posted two tackles in the Tar

Heels’ 28-24 win at Miami

• Recorded four tackles,

Year Pri A

2006 9

2007 4

9

4

2008 19 15

Totals 32 28

CAM THoMAS - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

18

8

34

60

TFL

1.5-9

1.5-11

3.5-9

SACKS

1.5-9

1.0-9

1.0-5

6.5-29 3.5-23

INT PBU FF

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

FR

0

0

0

0

Career High: 6 tackles vs. Georgia Tech (2008)

North CaroliNa Football • Player Profiles including two solo stops and two assists, vs. Virginia Tech • Had one tackle in the win at

Rutgers • Started against McNeese State and matched his career high with five tackles.


Started three games and played in seven • Started against James Madison, South Carolina and Wake Forest • Battled a severely sprained ankle throughout the season which caused him to miss five games • Had one tackle at Georgia Tech • Had two tackles and a sack at Wake Forest • Returned to the starting lineup vs. South Carolina after missing time with an ankle sprain • Posted three tackles against the Gamecocks • Saw limited action against Miami, Virginia Tech and USF • Started in Carolina’s 37-14 victory over

James Madison and assisted on a tackle for loss for two years.


Played in all 12 games as part of the rotation at defensive tackle • Finished the season with 18 tackles, including nine solo stops and 1.5 sacks • Posted a season-high five tackles vs. Furman • Had three tackles at Clemson • Posted three tackles and a sack at Duke

• Redshirted in 2005.

North Moore High School

Ranked the No. 16 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer • Ranked the

No. 19 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep • Played both defensive tackle and fullback in high school • Ran for 798 yards and 12 touchdowns on 130 carries as a senior

• Led the team with 50 tackles as junior • Rushed for 600 yards and six touchdowns as a fullback as a junior • Coached by Bryan Lee • Also played basketball.

Personal

Son of Janet and Milton Person and Ronnie Thomas • Born on December 12, 1986 •

African-American studies major • Would most like to have dinner with his deceased grandmother and two aunts • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show “College

Hill” • Has 10 tattoos, including one on his left arm for his deceased grandmother and aunts • Favorite dessert is Nestle cookie with vanilla ice cream • People say he looks like

Big O from the movie Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins • Would choose to sing “You’re

Not Alone” by Michael Jackson if he were a contestant on American Idol • Favorite restaurant in Chapel Hill is Red Lobster • Says the best thing about Carolina is “waking up every morning knowing that you are going to one of the top schools in the nation.”

36 • KENNEDY TINSLEY

Personal

Son of Evelyn and Anthony Tinsley • Born on December 4, 1986 • Exercise and sports science major • Would most like to have dinner with Jesus, Jon Beason and Ray Lewis •

Favorite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny • People say he looks like Mike Tyson • If he owned a racehorse, he would name it “Superman” • Began playing football when he was 10 • Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys • Would like to visit Jamaica • Aspires to be an Athletic Director.

61 • BRIAN WHITE

Defensive End

6-3, 220, Senior

Garner, N.C.

Middle Creek

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2006 season • Lettered three years at Garner

High School and earned all-conference honors at defensive end as a junior and senior

• Played his freshman year at Wake Christian Academy • Garner made the playoffs during his last two seasons • Was academic all-conference all three years • Coached by

Anthony Barbour in 2003 and 2004 and Ron Pendergrass in 2005 • Son of Don and

Lou White • Born January 17, 1988 • Management and society major • Favorite TV show is “King Of The Hill” • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers.

34 • JOHNNY WHITE

Wide Receiver/Kick Returner

5-10, 205, Junior

Asheville, N.C.

Asheville

Linebacker

6-0, 225, Senior

Greensboro, N.C.

Dudley

Solid special teams performer • Participates in nearly all of the UNC football team’s community service projects • Set UNC linebacker record in the power clean (360 lbs.).


Played in the first six games primarily on special teams and as a reserve linebacker •

Named the coaches’ special teams player of the game vs. Notre Dame with two tackles

• Recorded one tackle in Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24 Connecticut • Posted one special teams tackle at Miami • Had one tackle vs. Virginia Tech • Played well in the win at Rutgers with four tackles • Named one of the coaches’ special teams players of the week vs. the Scarlet Knights.


Reserve linebacker and starter on special teams who had seven tackles on the season •

Played well in Carolina’s 37-14 victory over James Madison, posting three solo tackles •

Also had tackles against Georgia Tech and Duke • Missed spring workouts prior to the season due to a foot injury.


A converted fullback who played in all 12 games primarily on special teams and as a reserve linebacker • Had five tackles, including three solo stops and two assists • Assisted on two tackles at Duke • Moved to linebacker prior to the season • Redshirted in 2005.

dudley High School

Had 165 carries for 1,148 yards and 10 touchdowns leading Dudley to the Class 3-AA state final despite ankle injuries • Also caught 15 passes for 157 yards and two touchdowns • Coached by Stephen Davis.

Year Pri A

2006 3

2007 5

2008 4

2

2

5

Totals 12 9

KeNNedY TINSLeY - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

5

7

9

21

TFL

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

SACKS

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

INT FF

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

FR

0

0

0

0

Versatile player who has played wide receiver, cornerback, tailback and returned kicks during his first two seasons in Chapel Hill • One of the fastest players on the team •

Enters the fall as the starting kick returner.


Played cornerback for the first seven games before returning to running back where he played in 2007 • Became the team’s top kick returner after the injury to Brandon Tate • Led the team with 379 kickoff return yards and had a 25.3 average •

Had one kickoff return for 19 yards vs. West Virginia in the bowl game • Returned four kicks for 107 yards, including a career-best 50-yard effort at

Duke • Had one carry, caught one pass and returned one kick for 27 yards versus NC State

• Returned three kicks for 80 yards at Maryland • Returned one kickoff for 27 yards in the

28-7 win over No. 20 Georgia

Tech • Had three kickoff returns for 69 yards, including a long of 29, in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College •

Made two tackles at Virginia

• Returned one kickoff for 27 yards against the Cavaliers •

JoHNNY wHITe - CAReeR STATISTICS

Year

Rushing


2007 95 399

2008 2 0

Totals 97 399

4.2

0.0

4.1

0

0

0

21

0

21

Receiving

Rec.

15

1

16

Yards Avg. Td

159

-3

156

10.6 0

-3.0

9.8

0

0

LP

33

-3

33



Had three tackles vs. Notre Dame • Had one tackle in Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 23

Connecticut • Posted one tackle vs. Virginia Tech • Had one tackle in the win at Rutgers •

Missed the first game of the year vs. McNeese State with a sprained ankle.


Started eight games at tailback and led the team with 399 rushing yards on 95 carries

• His 4.2 yard per carry average was second on the team among backs with more than

11 carries • Also had 15 catches for 159 yards • Third on the team with 558 all-purpose yards • Had one carry for six yards against Duke • Carried eight times for 11 yards and added two catches for 13 yards at NC State • Rushed for a career-best 92 yards on 18 carries in the win over Maryland • Added two catches for 18 yards for a total of 110 yards from scrimmage • Named one of the team’s offensive players of the week • Ran for 31 yards on six carries and had three catches for 20 yards at Wake Forest • Rushed for a team-high 37 yards on only six carries vs. South Carolina • Also added a careerbest 33-yard reception vs. the Gamecocks • Ran for 19 yards on three carries against

Miami • Rushed for 10 yards and had an 8-yard catch at Virginia Tech • Ran for 36 yards at USF • Rushed 16 times for 60 yards and had a 4-yard catch against Virginia

• Combined for 101 yards rushing (43) and receiving (58) at East Carolina • Made his first career start in the season opener against James Madison and had a team-high 12 carries for 49 yards, including a long run of 21 yards • Had ankle surgery after spring workouts, but was healthy in fall camp and started the first game of the year.

Asheville High School

Ranked the nation’s No. 11 all-purpose back by Rivals.com • Considered the No. 10 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer and SuperPrep • Started just two seasons at tailback and rushed for 5,133 yards to break a 63-year-old school record previously held by legendary Carolina back Charlie “Choo-Choo” Justice • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Rushed for 55 yards despite an injured ankle in Asheville’s 13-10 victory over Western Alamance in the 2005 3-A state championship game • Asheville completed the season 15-0 to win its first state title since 1922

• Rushed for 1,855 yards on 207 carries and scored 31 touchdowns as a senior •

Also had 10 catches for 150 yards and a touchdown • Rushed for 2,200 yards and 39 touchdowns as a junior • Named the Asheville Citizen-Times All-Western North Carolina

Player of the Year • Coached by Danny Wilkins.

Personal

Son of Belinda White • Born February 3, 1988 • Communications major • Would most like to have dinner with Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Seuss • Would most like to appear on the reality TV show, “The Real World” • Favorite cartoon character is Bob the

Builder • If he owned a racehorse, he would name it “Ding Ding” • Says the one word his mother would use to describe him is “unique” • Would most like to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated • Wears No. 34 because of Walter Payton • Would like to visit the White House • Favorite NFL team is the Philadelphia Eagles.

Personal

86 • RANDY WHITE

Tight End

6-5, 245, Freshman*

Bristol, Va.

Virginia

Redshirted in 2008 • Will contribute on special teams and compete at tight end • Could contend for the deep snapper position.

virginia High School

Had 17 receptions for 269 yards and six touchdowns as a junior • Ranked among the top 40 players in Virginia by SuperPrep • Senior season was ended prematurely due to shoulder surgery • Coached by Terry Smith, who also coached former North Carolina tight end Jon Hamlett at a different high school • Also an excellent deep snapper • Finished third in the shot put and ninth in the discus at the 2-A state meet.

Son of Dianna and Randall White • Born Sept. 24, 1988 • Nickname is “Crandall” •

New Year’s resolution was to become a more intelligent, more well-rounded person •

People say he looks like Will Ferrell • Favorite TV show is “Scrubs” • Favorite website is

YouTube.com • Would like to visit Japan • Favorite NFL team is the New England Patriots • Enrolled in the General College.

27 • DEUNTA WILLIAMS

Safety

6-2, 210, Junior

Jacksonville, N.C.

White Oak

Should contend for all-conference honors • Playmaker with good instincts who studies the game • Missed spring practice with a wrist injury and should be completely healthy in the fall.


Started all 13 games and ranked fifth on the team with 65 tackles, including 55 solo stops • Also had three interceptions, three pass breakups and one forced fumble • Had seven tackles, one interception, two pass breakups and recovered a fumble vs. West

Virginia in the Meineke Car Care Bowl • Posted seven tackles, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the 28-20 win at Duke • Had five tackles against NC State • Recorded four tackles at Maryland • Had three tackles in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech •

Posted five tackles in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College • Recorded seven tackles at Virginia • Picked off a pass for eight yards and had six tackles in the win over Notre

Dame • Had three tackles in Carolina’s 28-24 win at Miami • Picked off his first pass of the season and had four solo tackles vs. Virginia Tech • Ran back the interception 25 yards • Had three tackles in Carolina’s 44-12 victory at Rutgers • Posted five tackles, including four primary stops, in the 35-27 win over McNeese State in week one.

2007 - Redshirt Freshman Season

ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year by The Associated Press & The Sporting News •

First-Team Freshman All-America by the Football Writers Association of America and

Rivals.com • Honorable-mention Freshman All-America by Scout.com • Sporting News

First-Team All-ACC Freshman • Switched from wide receiver to safety in the fall • Started all 12 games and ranked fifth on the team with 57 tackles • Led the team with three interceptions for 84 yards and broke up two passes • Posted two tackles in the win over

Duke • Had five tackles, one tackle for loss, one forced fumble and one pass breakup at

Georgia Tech • Had six tackles at NC State • Had one tackle in the win over Maryland

• Posted four tackles at Wake Forest, but was sidelined for part of the game with a hip flexor • Had three tackles vs. South Carolina • Had an outstanding game vs. Miami with seven tackles, a tackle for loss and an interception • Matched his career high with nine tackles at Virginia Tech • Also picked off a pass against the

Hokies and returned it 39 yards • Posted a career-high nine tackles at No. 23 USF •

Had seven tackles, including four solo stops and three assists, vs. Virginia • Made one tackle in the loss at ECU

• One of 21 freshmen to see action in the Tar Heels’ 37-14 victory over James Madison

• Picked off a pass that was tipped by teammate Chase

Rice and returned it 45 yards to the JMU 12-yard line, which led to a field goal •

Also had three tackles.

Year Pri A

2007 40 17

2008 55 10

Totals 95 27 white oak High School

SuperPrep All-America •

Ranked the No. 4 skill athlete in the country by SuperPrep

• Was named the defensive

MVP for the North Carolina team in the Shrine Bowl •

Recorded six tackles in the

28-24 victory • Ranked the No. 2 player in North

Carolina and the No. 12 safety in the nation by Scout.

com • Considered the No. 4 player in North Carolina by deUNTA wILLIAMS - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

57

65

122

TFL

2.0-4

1.0-1

3.0-5

SACKS

0-0

0-0

0-0

INT PBU FF

3-84 2

3-33 3

6-117 5

1

1

2

FR

0

1

1

Career High: 9 tackles vs. South Florida & Virginia Tech (2007)



SuperPrep • Ranks as the No. 8 player in North Carolina and the No. 25 athlete in the country by Rivals.com • Considered the No. 8 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte

Observer • As a senior, caught 29 passes for 299 yards on offense and averaged eight tackles per game and intercepted seven passes on defense • As a junior, had 400 yards receiving, 250 yards rushing and 200 yards passing • Caught 16 passes and scored on

11 of those • Coached by Robert Ellis • Also played basketball and ran track • Attended the same high school as former UNC standout Quincy Monk.

Personal

Son of Danine Landor and Curtis Dowdy • Born November 21, 1987 • Management and society major • Would most like to have dinner with Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr. and his granddad • Would like to be on the reality TV show “College Hill” • Favorite dessert is Sweet Potato Pie • People say he looks like Teddy Pendergrass • If he could change the world in one way, he would allow for free healthcare • Favorite restaurant in Chapel

Hill is Spanky’s • Began playing football at the age of 11 • Recently read “Destined For

Greatness” • Would like to visit Brazil • Favorite TV show is “Sanford and Son” • Favorite NFL team is the Green Bay Packers.

Had a great spring and will compete for the starting safety position in the fall • Broke his thumb in the spring game and required surgery, but returned in time for summer workouts.


First season with the Tar Heels after transferring from Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College • Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams and as a reserve safety • Assisted on a tackle in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech • Posted two special teams tackles, including one primary stop, in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College.

Coffeyville Community College/wilson Central High School

First-team all-district and all-state cornerback for Wilson Central High School in Lebanon,

Tenn. • Can play either cornerback or safety • Received a four-star rating from Scout.

com and Rivals.com • Rated the No. 31 junior college player in the country by Rivals.

com • Earned All-Gridiron second-team junior college all-america honors • Named honorable mention NJCAA All-America • Ranked second on Coffeyville’s squad as a freshman with 87 tackles • Had 52 tackles, two sacks, two interceptions forced a fumble and blocked two kicks as a sophomore

• Coached by Dwayne Alexander at

Wilson Central and by Jeff Leiker at

Coffeyville.

Personal

Son of Neomia Coleman and Melvin

Williams • Born Dec. 30, 1987 •

Majoring in African-American history •

Childhood friend of former North Carolina basketball player Brandan Wright

• Made his first visit to Chapel Hill when

Wright came on an official visit for basketball in 2005-06 • Would most like to have dinner with Martin Luther King

Jr., his grandmother and Bob Sanders •

People say he looks like Deunta Williams

• Began playing football when he was 9 so he would have something to do after school • Favorite restaurant in Chapel

Hill is Time Out • Would most like to appear on the cover of Time magazine

• Would sing R.E.S.P.E.C.T. by Aretha

Franklin if he were a contestant on

American Idol • Says the best thing about Carolina is the weather.

Year Pri A

2008 2

Totals 2

3

3

10 • MELVIN WILLIAMS

Safety

6-0, 200, Senior

Lebanon, Tenn.

Wilson Central/Coffeyville C.C>

MeLvIN wILLIAMS - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

5

5

TFL

0

0

SACKS

0

0

INT

0

0

FF

0

0

FR

0

0

33 • CHRISTIAN WILSON

Tight End

6-3, 235, Sophomore

McKees Rocks, Pa.

Montour

Has a bright future • Just needs more experience • Runs well and is improving as a blocker.


Rookie saw action in the last eight games at tight end following Zack Pianalto’s ankle injury • Caught an 11-yard pass at Maryland • Made first career start and first reception

- an 8-yarder - in the win over No. 23 Boston College • Saw first career action against

Notre Dame and also played at Virginia.

Montour High School

SuperPrep All-America • Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-America team

• Rated the No. 11 player in Pennsylvania and the No. 32 athlete in the country by

Rivals.com • Rated the No. 10 outside linebacker in the country by ESPN.com • Ranked the No. 15 player in Pennsylvania by SuperPrep • Played in the Under Armour All-American game • Named to the “Fabulous 22” team by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette • Played linebacker and running back while leading his team to a 12-1 record and second place finish in the district as a senior • Had 82 tackles, including 30 primary stops • Rushed for

2,212 yards on 291 carries and caught 13 passes for 286 yards as a senior • Had 920 rushing yards and 73 tackles as a junior • Coached by Lou Cerro.

Personal

Son of Perry and Romi Madia Wilson • Born July 12, 1990 • People say he looks like

The Rock • Wears No. 33 because he wore No. 3 in high school and he feels like he needs to double his production in college • Likes to play basketball • Favorite website is YouTube.com • Favorite NFL team is the Pittsburgh Steelers • Enrolled in the General

College.

Year

2008

Rec.

2

CHRISTIAN wILSoN - CAReeR STATISTICS

Yards

19

Avg.

9.5

Td

0

LP

11

92 • E.J. WILSON

Defensive End

6-3, 280, Senior

Emporia, Va.

Brunswick

Returns for his third season as the starter at defensive end • Should be a leader on defense this season • Strong and powerful player who continues to improve • Set UNC record in the squat (670 lbs.) for a defensive end.


Started all 13 games and had 38 tackles, 4.5 tackles for losses, one sack and one pass breakup • Had a team-high 13 quarterback hurries • Recorded two tackles in the bowl game vs. West Virginia • Had one tackle and one quarterback hurry in the 28-20 win at

Duke • Posted three tackles at Maryland • Registered seven tackles and two quarterback hurries in the 28-7 win over No. 22 Georgia Tech • Had one tackle and two quarterback pressures in the 45-24 win over No. 23 Boston College • Recorded four tackles and had an 11-yard sack at Virginia • Broke up a pass and had two quarterback pressures against Notre Dame • Credited with three quarterback pressures, including one that led to a Marvin Austin interception, in Carolina’s 38-12 win over No. 24 Connecticut • Also had two tackles, including a tackle for loss assist, against the Huskies • Had one tackle in the win at Miami • Posted three tackles vs. Virginia Tech • Had three tackles and a pressure in the win at Rutgers • Earned Co-ACC Defensive Lineman Player of the Week honors for his performance against McNeese State in week one • Also was the UNC coaches’ choice for player of the week recognition • Had eight tackles, including three tackles for losses • Posted five primary stops and three assists vs. the Cowboys.


Started all 12 games at defensive end • Had 44 tackles and ranked second on the team in tackles for losses (9.5) and sacks (5.0) • Recorded six tackles, including 1.5 tackles


North CaroliNa Football • Player Profiles for loss and a sack, in the win over Duke • Also forced a fumble against the Blue Devils

• Made four tackles and posted an 8-yard sack at Georgia Tech • Posted five tackles at NC State • Had three tackles, including a tackle for loss, broke up a pass and had a quarterback pressure in the win over Maryland • Played his best game at Wake Forest with a career-high eight tackles, including one tackle for loss • Had a 3-yard sack against No. 7 South Carolina • Posted a sack and had two tackles in the 33-27 victory over Miami • Had two tackles at Virginia Tech • Posted five tackles, including one tackle for loss, and recovered a fumble at No. 23 USF • Recorded three tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss for three yards in the loss to Virginia • Posted three tackles in the loss at ECU, including a 6-yard sack of ECU’s Patrick Pinkney • Started at defensive end in Carolina’s 37-14 victory over James Madison and had two tackles and recovered a fumble.


Finished the season with 19 tackles, including nine solo and 10 assists, and three tackles for losses and two sacks • Had three tackles at Duke • Had one tackle against NC State

• Posted three solo stops against Georgia Tech • Had his best game of the season with four tackles (two primary, two assists) and a 6-yard sack of Brady Quinn in the loss at

Notre Dame • Posted two tackles against Wake Forest • Had two tackles, including one solo stop and one assist • Plays primarily in pass rush situations • Had one tackle, a 2-yard sack, against Clemson • Posted one tackle against Furman • Had one tackle against Virginia Tech • Saw his first career action against Rutgers at defensive end and had a 3-yard tackle for loss.

Brunswick High School

Ranked the No. 26 player in Virginia by The Roanoke Times • Ranked among the top

35 players in Virginia by SuperPrep • Played numerous positions as a senior due to the youth of the team, which featured only five upperclassmen • First-team all-district wide receiver and defensive back • First-team all-region wide receiver, second-team all-region defensive back • All-state selection at wide receiver • Averaged 32.1 yards per reception and caught six touchdown passes in 2004 • Also played some running back and quarterback • Rushed for four touchdowns and averaged 7.5 yards per carry • Threw for two touchdowns at quarterback • Averaged 7.7 tackles per game while playing defensive back, linebacker and free safety as a senior • All-state performer in 300-meter hurdles

• Played forward on the state champion basketball team • Has a 4.2 GPA • Coached by

Harold Williams.

Personal

Son of Helen and Earl Wilson, Sr. • Born on October 28, 1987 • Exercise and sports science major • Would most like to have dinner with his grandmother, Richard Pryor and

Barack Obama • Has his parents’ names on my biceps because they are his strength

• People say he looks like David Banner • If he could change the world in one way, he would eliminate racism and sexism • Followed the Dallas Cowboys as a child because all of his family members were

Redskins fans

• Would most like to appear on the cover of

Forbes • Favorite musical artist is Jay-Z.

5 • JAMAL WOMBLE

Tailback

5-10, 230, Freshman*

Sierra Vista, Ariz.

Buena

Powerful runner who is tough to bring down • Played well in the Spring Game with 50 yards on seven carries.

Buena High School

Ranked the No. 13 running back in the country by Scout.com • Considered the No. 6 player in Arizona and the No. 14 running back in the country by Rivals.com • Played in the Offense-Defense High School All-America Game • Considered the No. 8 player in Arizona by SuperPrep • Named All-Arizona first team by the Arizona Republic •

Selected first-team 4A-5A all-star by the Tucson Citizen • Finished his senior season with

1,787 yards and 21 touchdowns on 170 carries, setting his high school’s career and season rushing records • Set school single-season record with 126 points and school’s single-game record with five touchdowns • Also scored on a kick return and reception

• Had 180 carries for 1,250 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior • As a sophomore, rushed for 732 yards on 114 carries as a sophomore and scored eight touchdowns •

Coached by Mike Vezzosi.

Personal

Lived part of his life in Teachey, N.C. • Has family in Durham and Fayetteville, N.C. •

Son of Trina and John Womble • His father is a Sergeant Major in the Army • Committed to North Carolina the day before his father was deployed to Iraq so his father could take part in the announcement • Born Jan. 27,

1990 • New Year’s resolution was to read the Bible more often

• Favorite TV show is

“Seinfeld” • Chose No.

5 because it was also worn by Reggie Bush,

LaDanian Tomlinson and Darren McFadden

• Would like to guest star on “Saturday Night

Live” • Favorite websites are Facebook.com and YouTube.com •

Favorite NFL team is the

Washington Redskins •

Enrolled in the General

College.

Year Pri A

2006 9 10

2007 24 20

2008 20 18

Totals 53 48

44

38

101 e.J. wILSoN - CAReeR STATISTICS

Total

19

TFL

3.0-13

9.5-40

4.5-17

SACKS

2.0-10

5.0-26

1.0-11

17.0-70 8.0-47

INT PBU FF

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

3

0

1

0

1

Career Highs: 8 tackles at Wake Forest (2007), vs. McNeese State (2008)


FR

0

2-0

0

2-0


13 • T.J. YATES

Quarterback

6-4, 220, Junior

Marietta, Ga.

Pope

Returns as the starter at quarterback in 2009 • Has started 18 games over the last three seasons • Throws a catchable ball and is accurate • Sprained his thumb at an offseason team activity, but returned to summer workouts in May and should be completely healthy entering the fall • Was not a highly recruited quarterback, but drew interest from Carolina’s coaches who were in Georgia in 2006 to watch a player on the opposing team •

Yates had a great game and was offered a scholarship, which he accepted before coming to campus for an official visit • Also turned down several basketball scholarship offers to play football in Chapel Hill.


Played in seven games and started six • Suffered a non-displaced fracture to his left ankle against Virginia Tech and missed the next five games • Returned to the starting line-up against NC State and started the final regular season game at Duke and the bowl game vs. West Virginia • Passed for 1,168 yards and 11 touchdowns to just four interceptions on the season • Completed 60 percent (81-135) of his passes • In just

19 career games, ranks sixth in career passing yards (3,823) and tied for seventh in career touchdown passes (25) at Carolina • Was leading the ACC and 12th nationally in passing efficiency through three games • Completed 15 of 25 attempts for 211 yards, two touchdowns and one interception against West Virginia in the Meineke Car Care

Bowl • Both touchdowns (73 yards and 25 yards) were to Hakeem Nicks • Matched a career-best with three touchdowns on 15-for-19 passing in the win at Duke • Threw for 190 yards in the victory over the Blue Devils • Touchdowns went to Shaun Draughn,

Hakeem Nicks and Richard Quinn • Went 10-for-22 for 116 yards and an interception against NC State • Saw first action since Sept. 20 on the final series of the win over No.

20 Georgia Tech • Completed one of three passes for 28 yards against the Yellow Jackets

• Hooked up with Hakeem Nicks on a 28-yard completion to give Nicks the UNC career receiving yardage mark • Before leaving with an ankle injury, was 11-for-18 with 181 yards and a TD against Virginia Tech • Went 14-for-22 for 221 yards and three scores at Rutgers • Long play against the Scarlet Knights was a 69-yard TD pass to Brandon

Tate • Was 10-for13 over the final three quarters at Rutgers • Passed for 221 yards on

15-for-26 passing against McNeese State • Had a pair of TD passes and one interception against the Cowboys • Long play in the opener was a 71-yarder to Hakeem Nicks.

2007 - Redshirt Freshman Season

Passed for a UNC single-season record 2,655 yards and 14 touchdowns • Completed

218 of 365 passes for a 59.7 completion percentage • Finished third in the ACC with

221.2 passing yards per game and eighth with a 123.62 efficiency rating • Ranked fourth all-time among ACC rookie quarterbacks in passing yardage • Also rushed for two scores • Honorable-Mention Freshman All-America by CollegeFootballNews.com

• First-Team Freshman All-America By The Sporting News • ACC Rookie of the Week

(Sept. 3, 2007; Sept. 17, 2007) • Finished second in the 2007 ACC Rookie of the Year voting • Surpassed Darian Durant to set UNC freshman records for completions and passing yards against Wake Forest • Ranked second among UNC rookies behind Darian

Durant with 14 TDs passing • Set UNC freshman records for passing yards, completions and attempts • Has two of the top-10 passing yardage games in school history (344 vs.

ECU, 339 vs. UVA) • Joins Durant and Chris Keldorf as the only Tar Heel quarterbacks with two of the top 10 yardage games in school history • Consecutive three-game (JMU,

ECU, UVA) totals of 901 passing yards and nine touchdowns were tops in UNC history

• Was 11 of 24 for 75 yards and a touchdown (9 yards to Brandon Tate) in the win over Duke • Passed for 283 yards and was 21 of 35 with a touchdown (14 yards to

Hakeem Nicks) and no interceptions at Georgia Tech • Completed 22 of 42 attempts for

241 yards and two interceptions at NC State • Threw for 149 yards and a touchdown

(30 yards to Hakeem Nicks) in the win over Maryland • Completed 26 of 33 passes for

236 yards and a touchdown at Wake Forest • TD came on an 11-yard pass to FB Bobby

Rome • Passed for 285 yards on a 22 of 42 effort against South Carolina • Threw for one score (18 yards to Greg Little) and ran for another (3-yard keeper) against the

Gamecocks • Was 15 of 23 for 208 yards and no interceptions in the win over Miami

• Also scored his first career rushing TD on a 1-yard keeper • Threw for 182 yards on

16 of 25 passing at Virginia Tech • Was 11 for 27 for a career-low 85 yards with a career-high four interceptions at USF • Went 25 for 38 for 339 yards and three scores against Virginia en route to ACC Rookie of the Week honors • The 339 yards marked the ninth-best single-game total in school history • Threw TDs of 2 (Quinn), 4 (Nicks) and

53 yards (Nicks) against the Cavaliers • Threw for a career-high 344 yards versus East

Carolina, completing 20 of 32 passes with three touchdowns • Ranked as the first 300yard passing game for a Tar Heel since Matt Baker had 335 yards against Maryland in

2005 • The 344 passing yards is the seventh-highest single-game total in school history and the second-highest by a freshman (behind Darian Durant’s 361 vs. Wake Forest in 2001) • Threw TDs of 37 (Nicks), 39 (Tate) and 51 yards (Tate) against the Pirates

• Completed 13 of 18 (.722) for 218 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, in

Carolina’s 37-14 victory over James Madison • Tossed a 65-yard touchdown pass on the first pass of his college career to Brooks Foster • Also threw touchdown passes of

28 yards (Tate) and eight (Foster) yards • Honored as ACC Rookie of the Week for his showing against the Dukes • Had shoulder surgery to repair the labrum in his throwing shoulder after the season.

Pope High School

Completed 160 of 289 passes (57 percent) for 2,305 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior • Also rushed for 292 yards and seven scores • Also punted 34 times for 1,237 yards (36.8 avg.) with a long of 68 • Named first-team all-region and the Cobb County

Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Year • Earned Atlanta Metro First-Team All-

Area honors • Ranked the No. 60 player in Georgia by SuperPrep • Coached by Bob

Swank • Also played basketball and averaged 18 points, six rebounds and six assists at small forward • Played football as a sophomore and senior • Did not play as a junior to concentrate on basketball.

Personal

Son of Carol and John Yates • Born Taylor Jonathan Yates on May 28, 1987 • Communications major • Most recently read “Call of the Wild” by Jack London • Favorite

TV show is “House”

• Likes to play golf on his off days •

Favorite website is YouTube.com •

Favorite NFL team is the Indianapolis

Colts • Would most like to appear in

“The Amazing Race” and would run it with teammate Ryan

Taylor • Has a tattoo of “Y+III,” which both his brothers also have • Favorite cartoon character is Foghorn Leghorn

• Started playing football at the age of

4 • Followed the Indianapolis Colts as a kid because he grew up in Indianapolis •

Favorite restaurant in

Chapel Hill is Sutton’s

Drugstore.

T.J. YATeS - CAReeR STATISTICS

Year A-C-I Pct.

2007 365-218-18 59.7

2008 135-81-4 60.0

Totals 500-299-22 59.8

Yards

2,655

1,168

3,823

Td

14

11

25

LP

65

73

73

Yds/Gm

221.2

166.9

201.2

Career Highs: 344 yards at East Carolina (2007); 25 completions vs. Virginia (2007);

42 attempts vs. South Carolina, at NC State (2007); 3 TDs vs. James Madison, at East

Carolina, vs. Virginia (2007), at Rutgers (2008), at Duke (2008);

4 interceptions at USF (2007)

2007 Game-by-Game Statistics

Game

James Madison at East Carolina

Virginia at South Florida at Virginia Tech

Miami

South Carolina at Wake Forest

Maryland at NC State at Georgia Tech

Duke

Start

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

A-C-I Pct.

13-18-1 .722

20-32-1 .625

25-38-1 .658

11-17-4 .647

16-25-1 .640

15-23-0 .652

22-42-2 .524

26-33-2 .788

16-26-2 .615

22-42-2 .524

21-35-0 .600

11-24-2 .458

Yards Td

218 3

344 3

339 3

83

182 0

218 0

285 1

236

149

241

283

75

0

1

1

0

1

1

LP

65

53

53

20

20

49

33

19

30

38

36

14

2008 Game-by-Game Statistics

Game

McNeese State at Rutgers

Virginia Tech

Georgia Tech

NC State at Duke vs. West Virginia

Start

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

A-C-I

15-26-1 .577

14-22-0 .636

11-18-0 .611

1-3-0

Pct.

.333

10-22-1 .455

15-19-1 .789

15-25-1 .600

Yards Td

221

221

181

28

116

190

211

2

3

1

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0

3

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71

69

32

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73



Name

Joshua Adams*

Hawatha Bell

A.J. Blue

Travis Bond

Jheranie Boyd

Curtis Campbell

David Collins

C.J. Feagles

Hunter Furr

Erik Highsmith

Josh Hunter

Mywan Jackson

Jared McAdoo

Joshua McKie

Donte Moss

Shane Mularkey

Kevin Reddick*

Bryn Renner

Gene Robinson

Terry Shankle

Donavan Tate

Brennan Williams

Pos.

WR

LB

ATH

OL

WR

DB

OL

P

RB

ATH

DB

DB

DL

WR

DL

LB

LB

QB

DB

DB

QB

OL

*Enrolled in January, #-Enters as a walk-on

6-0

6-0

6-3

6-2

5-11

6-3

6-0

6-4

Ht.

6-4

6-1

6-2

6-7

6-2

6-2

6-8

6-2

6-3

6-3

5-11

5-11

6-2

6-7

295

185

235

210

230

195

175

175

205

285

185

205

300

185

205

175

185

175

2009 NoRTH CARoLINA SIGNING CLASS wt.

200

225

225

320

Hometown

Cambridge, Mass.

Charlotte, N.C.

Dallas, N.C.

Windsor, N.C.

Gastonia, N.C.

Chesapeake, Va.

Kernersville, N.C.

Ridgewood, N.J.

Lewisville, N.C.

Vanceboro, N.C.

Charlotte, N.C.

Seffner, Fla.

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Mauldin, S.C.

Jacksonville, N.C.

Norcross, Ga.

New Bern, N.C.

West Springfield, Va.

Memphis, Tenn.

Norwood, N.C.

Cartersville, Ga.

West Roxbury, Mass.

High School/Previous

Cheshire Academy, Conn.

Butler

N. Gaston/Hargrave M.A.

Bertie

Ashbrook

Grassfield

East Forsyth

Ridgewood

Mount Tabor

West Craven

Mallard Creek

Armwood

Chapel Hill

Mauldin

Northside

Greater Atlanta Christian Academy

New Bern/Hargrave M.A.

West Springfield

Whitehaven

South Stanly

Cartersville

Catholic Memorial

HAwATHA BeLL

LB, 6-1, 225

CHARLoTTe, N.C. (BUTLeR)

SuperPrep All-America • Considered the No. 5 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer, No. 6 by SuperPrep and No. 9 by Rivals.com • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Ranked the No. 14 middle linebacker in the country by Scout.

com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-America Team • Ranked the No. 16 inside linebacker in the country by Rivals.com and the No. 17 ILB by ESPN.com • Member of the Atlanta Journal’s Super Southern 100 • Ended his senior season with 86 tackles (39 solo), including 10 for loss and six sacks • Also returned an interception for a touchdown and forced five fumbles • Helped lead Butler to a 12-2 mark and the third round of the state playoffs • Had 100 tackles and one interception as a junior • Coached by Mike

Newsome • His cousin, Ryan Houston, plays tailback for North Carolina • Son of April and Hawatha Bell • Born April 22, 1990.

A.J. BLUe

ATHLeTe, 6-2, 225 dALLAS, N.C. (NoRTH GASToN/HARGRAve M.A.)

Ranked the No. 19 prep school player in the country • Mem ber of PrepStar’s High School All-Atlantic Region Team •

Played running back and quarterback in 2008 at Hargrave

Military Academy where he helped lead the team to a 10-1 mark • In 2007, led North Gaston to the 3-A state champion ship game before falling to Western Alamance • Had 271 all-purpose yards in the championship game, including 192 rushing and 79 passing • Was a dual-threat quarterback during his final two years in high school, amassing 5,077 career yards passing and 4,623 yards rushing • Ran for 2,265 yards and 25 TDs as a senior, while throwing for 1,603 and 17 scores • Ranked the No. 20 player in North

Carolina by SuperPrep • Considered the No. 27 player in North Carolina by Rivals.com

• Coached by Bruce Clark at North Gaston and Robert Prunty at Hargrave • Son of Theresa Adams • Born Aug. 24, 1989.

Ranked the No. 7 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep •

Considered one of the top 25 players in North Carolina by

The Charlotte Observer and Rivals.com • Rated the No. 17 of fensive tackle in the country by ESPN.com • Four-year starter at offensive guard or offensive tackle at Bertie High School•

Helped lead team to a 10-4 record as a junior • Member of

North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Coached by Antonio

Hoggard • Also plays basketball, baseball and participates in track and field • Son of Sarah Outlaw and Charles Bond •

Born Dec. 10, 1990.

TRAvIS BoNd oL, 6-7, 320 wINdSoR, N.C. (BeRTIe)

Ranked the No. 7 player in North Carolina by SuperPrep •

Considered one of the top 25 players in North Carolina by

The Charlotte Observer and Rivals.com • Rated the No. 17 offensive tackle in the country by ESPN.com • Four-year starter at offensive guard or offensive tackle at Bertie High School•

Helped lead team to a 10-4 record as a junior • Member of

North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Coached by Antonio

Hoggard • Also plays basketball, baseball and participates

JHeRANIe BoYd wR, 6-2, 185

GASToNIA, N.C. (ASHBRooK)

SuperPrep All-America • Played in the Under Armour High

School All-America game • Considered the No. 3 player in

North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer, SuperPrep and

Rivals.com • Played on North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team

• Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-America team • Ranked the No. 48 player in the country by Rivals.

com • Member of the Rivals 100 • Considered one of ESPN.

com’s top 150 prospects in the country and the No. 6 wide receiver • Member of the Atlanta Journal’s Super Southern

100 • Ranked the No. 2 deep threat and No. 4 best after catch by Rivals.com • Also named the country’s No. 3 athlete by Rivals.com • Member of PrepStar’s Dream Team •

Posted 103 receptions for 1,965 yards and 19 TDs over his last two seasons • Coached by Mike Briggs • All-state track standout who competes in the 100m, 200m and on relay teams • Son of Hope Whitely • His uncle is former Oklahoma tight end Keith Jackson •

Born Nov. 16, 1989.

CURTIS CAMPBeLL dB, 6-2, 205

CHeSAPeAKe, vA. (GRASSFIeLd)

Ranked the No. 65 safety in the country by ESPN.com •

Member of PrepStar’s High School All-Atlantic Region Team

• Posted more than 60 tackles as a senior and was named to the All-Southeastern District second team at safety despite battling injuries for much of the season • Also played running battling injuries for much of the season • Also played running back in high school and rushed for more than 300 yards •

Helped lead Grassfield to an 8-4 season and a berth in the state playoffs in the program’s second year • Runs on the track team in the 200m and 400m • His best times are 21.4 seconds in the 200m and 47.2 seconds in the 400m • Son of Carla and Curtis Campbell

• Born Nov. 17, 1990.

track team in the 200m and 400m • His best times are 21.4 seconds in the 200m and 47.2 seconds in the 400m • Son of Carla and Curtis Campbe dAvId CoLLINS oL, 6-8, 300

KeRNeRSvILLe, N.C. (eAST FoRSYTH)

Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Considered the No. 12 player in North Carolina and the No. 38 tackle in the country by Rivals.com • Ranked among the top 30 pros pects in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer and Su perPrep • Among the top 100 offensive tackles by Rivals.com

• Member of PrepStar’s High School All-Atlantic Region Team

• Anchored the East Forsyth offensive line at left tackle dur ing the 2008 season as the Eagles produced a 10-1 regular season record and earned the West’s No. 2 overall seeding in the NCHSAA 4-AA state playoffs • Team was undefeated in the Metro Conference • Did not allow a sack and collected approximately 60 pancake blocks as a senior • Earned first-team all-state honors as a senior and was tied for the most votes • All-Northwest

North Carolina and All-Metro Conference as a junior and senior • Team captain as a senior • Member of the Triad Sports Weekly Super 25 in each of his final two seasons •

Coached by Todd Willert • Son of Rene’ and Buddy Collins • Born Jan. 6, 1991.



35 players in New Jersey by SuperPrep • Helped lead his team to an 8-3 record and a berth in the state semifinals •

Averaged nearly 40 yards per game as a senior and was named all-county • Also played wide receiver and had five catches for 90 yards and a touchdown • Coached by Chuck Johnson • His father, Jeff, has played 21 seasons in the NFL and is the punter for the New York Giants • Son of

Michelle and Jeff Feagles • Born Dec. 18, 1990.

C.J. FeAGLeS

P, 6-0, 185

RIdGewood, N.J. (RIdGewood)

Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl • Was named honorable-mention special teams player by Rivals.com at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl • Rated the No. 11 kicker in the country by Rivals.com • Member of PrepStar’s High

School All-Atlantic Region Team • Ranked among the top team to an 8-3 record and a berth in the state semifinals •

Averaged nearly 40 yards per game as a senior and was

MYwAN JACKSoN dB, 5-11, 175

SeFFNeR, FLA. (ARMwood)

Played mainly at quarterback in leading Armwood to a 12-1 record and one game short of the Florida 4A state championship game • Accumulated over 2,000 yards on the ground and through the air in 2008 for Armwood, earning all-county honors • Ranked among the top 100 players in Florida by

Rivals.com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-Southeast

Region Team • Three-year starter • Led Armwood’s tripleoption offensive attack at quarterback in 2008, ending the and 800 yards and six touchdowns through the air • Started at wide receiver his sophomore year • Coached by Sean Callahan • Son of Terrie Green and Melvin Jackson •

Born May 4, 1991.

Rivals.com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-Southeast

Region Team • Three-year starter • Led Armwood’s tripleoption offensive attack at quarterback in 2008, ending the season with 1,200 yards and 16 touchdowns on the ground, and 800 yards and six touchdowns through the air • Started at wide receiver his sopho

HUNTeR FURR

RB, 6-0, 205

LewISvILLe, N.C. (MoUNT TABoR)

Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl Team • Considered one of the top 25 players in North Carolina by SuperPrep •

Ranked among the top 100 running backs in the country by

ESPN.com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-Atlantic

Region Team • Rushed for 1,802 yards on 285 carries (6.3 ypg) and scored 25 touchdowns as Mount Tabor put together an 11-2 season and finished with an unbeaten Central Pied mont Conference title his senior year • Scored multiple touch downs in seven games, including four against both Durham

Southern and Winston-Salem Atkins • Rushed for 6,187 yards and 94 touchdowns (a

Forsyth County record) in his career • Four-year varsity starter at tailback • Named the

2006, 2007 and 2008 Conference Player of the Year • State Champ in the 100m, 200m and long jump • Nike Outdoor National Champ in the 100 meters with a time of 10.43

• Coached by Laymarr Marshall • Son of Deb and Jeff Furr • Born March 31, 1991.

JARed MCAdoo dL, 6-3, 295

CHAPeL HILL, N.C. (CHAPeL HILL)

SuperPrep All-America • Considered the No. 4 player in

North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer, SuperPrep and North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer, SuperPrep and

Rivals.com • Member of the Rivals 250 • Ranked the No.

12 defensive tackle in the country by Rivals.com and ESPN.

com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-America Team and recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-America team •

Local standout who was a member of North Carolina’s Shrine

Bowl team • Dominated in the Shrine Bowl with nine tackles, Bowl team • Dominated in the Shrine Bowl with nine tackles, including two tackles for losses and a sack • Earned first-team all-state honors from the Associated Press • Named the Durham Herald-Sun’s All-Area defensive player of the year • Named to the PAC-6 all-conference team as a junior and senior • Helped lead Chapel Hill to a share of the PAC-6 conference title and the first round of the state playoffs • Named the team’s defensive player of the year • Played on the offensive and defensive line and saw action at tight end for the Tigers • Had 59 tackles, including 20 tackles for losses and 13 sacks, as a junior • Coached by Isaac Marsh •

Son of Sandra and Arche McAdoo • Born April 15, 1991.

eRIK HIGHSMITH

ATH, 6-3, 175 vANCeBoRo, N.C. (weST CRAveN)

Helped lead West Craven to the 3-A state championship game • Caught 90 passes for 1,543 yards and 14 TDs as a senior • Led the state of North Carolina in receiving yards

• Also played defensive back and began his career as a quarterback during his freshman and sophomore seasons

• Ranked among the top 35 players in North Carolina by

SuperPrep • Had eight catches for 62 yards and a touchdown in the state championship game and was named the offensive player of the game • Earned first-team all-state honors •

Coached by Clay Jordan • Son of Shanda and Ernest Roundtree • Born Nov. 20, 1990.

JoSHUA MCKIe wR, 6-0, 185

MAULdIN, S.C. (MAULdIN)

Ranked among the top 75 athletes in the country by Rivals.

com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-Atlantic Region

Team • Played in the North-South All-Star Football Game in

Myrtle Beach, S.C. and caught two passes for 43 yards and rushed once for 12 yards • Earned All-Region honors as a junior and senior • Passed for more than 1,300 yards and rushed for more than 700 as a junior • Coached by Doug

Shaw • His brother, Ryan, recently graduated from Furman, and his father, James, played wide out for South Carolina •

Son of Demetra and James McKie • Born June 10, 1991.

JoSH HUNTeR dB, 6-2, 185

CHARLoTTe, N.C. (MALLARd CReeK)

Ranked the No. 7 player in North Carolina by Rivals.com

• Considered one of the top 25 players in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer and SuperPrep • Member of the

Rivals 250 • Ranked the No. 18 cornerback in the country by

Rivals.com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-America Rivals.com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-America

Team • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team where he registered five tackles • Returned two interceptions for touchdowns as a senior • Had 25 tackles, five interceptions and broke up 15 passes as a junior • Transferred from North

Mecklenburg after his sophomore year • Coached by Mark

Palmeiri at Mallard Creek • Born Nov. 14, 1990.

SHANe MULARKeY

LB, 6-2, 210

NoRCRoSS, GA. (GReATeR ATLANTA CHRISTIAN ACAd.

Member of PrepStar’s High School All-Atlantic Region Team •

Coached by Ken Robinson at Greater Atlanta Christian Acad emy • Posted 74 tackles, four sacks and three forced fumbles as a senior • Earned the Cecil Morris Award given by the

Touchdown Club of Gwinnett County to a player who would have made the all-county team had they not been injured

• Missed his junior season with a torn labrum • Previously attended St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • His fa ther, Mike, is the offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons

• Son of Betsy and Mike Mularkey • Born Jan. 14, 1991.


North CaroliNa Football • Player Profiles doNTe PAIGe-MoSS dL, 6-4, 235

JACKSoNvILLe, N.C. (NoRTHSIde)

SuperPrep and Parade All-America • Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-America Team • Lemming’s No. 8 analyst Tom Lemming’s All-America Team • Lemming’s No. 8 rated overall player and No. 2 defensive end • Rated the No.

1 defensive end in the country by Scout.com • Considered the

No. 1 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer and Rivals.com • Ranked the No. 16 player in the country by Rivals.com • Member of the Rivals 100 • Considered one of ESPN.com’s top 150 prospects in the country • ESPN.com of ESPN.com’s top 150 prospects in the country • ESPN.com considers him the No. 6 defensive end in the country • Rated the best defensive end in the nation against the run and No. 5 pass rusher by Rivals.com

• Rated Rivals.com’s No. 1 strongside defensive end • Ranked the No. 2 player in North

Carolina by SuperPrep • Member of PrepStar’s Dream Team and the No. 26 overall player in the country • Played at tailback and defensive end • As a senior, he rushed for

524 yards and scored 20 touchdowns and had 28 sacks on defense in leading Northside to a 14-1 record • Posted 90 tackles, eight sacks and forced six fumbles, while rushing for 15 touchdowns as a junior • Played in the US Army All-American Bowl • Was one of four finalists for the US Army All-American Bowl’s speed and strength award • Member of the Atlanta Journal’s Super Southern 100 • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Coached by Bob Eason • Son of Donna Paige and Keith Moss • Born April 11,

1991.

BRYN ReNNeR

QB, 6-3, 195 weST SPRINGFIeLd, vA. (weST SPRINGFIeLd)

SuperPrep All-America and ranked the No. 3 quarterback in the country • Ranked the No. 6 quarterback in the country by ESPN.com • Played for his father, Bill, at West Springfield

High School • Led West Springfield to the past two Virginia

AAA Patriot District titles • His team played in the North Region finals and semifinals in his last two seasons, respectively

• Threw for 3,123 yards and 35 touchdowns as a senior • • Threw for 3,123 yards and 35 touchdowns as a senior •

Finished his high school career ranked in the top 25 in 14

Virginia High School league record categories • In two years at quarterback, he threw for nearly 6,000 yards and 67 touchdowns • Named the 2008 area player of the year by The Washington Post • Earned all-state honors • Played in the Hawaii Prep Football All-Star Classic and completed 7 of 16 attempts for 124 yards and threw touchdown passes of 52 and 34 yards • Member of recruiting analyst Tom

Lemming’s All-America team • Member of PrepStar’s Dream Team • Participated in the highly-regarded Elite 11 quarterback camp prior to his senior season • Won the EA

Sports Accuracy Challenge at the Elite 11 regional camp • Considered one of ESPN.

com’s top 150 prospects in the country • Member of the Rivals 250 • Considered the No.

6 prospect in Virginia and the No. 5 pro-style quarterback in the country by Rivals.com

• Played in 12 games as a junior, completing 214 of 339 attempts (63.0 percent) for

2,749 yards and 32 touchdowns • Played wide receiver as a freshman and sophomore, catching a combined 95 passes for 1,332 yards and 11 touchdowns • Also plays baseball and basketball • His father was a punter at Virginia Tech and the NFL’s Green Bay

Packers • Son of Bill and Cindy Renner.

GeNe RoBINSoN dB, 5-11, 175

MeMPHIS, TeNN. (wHITeHAveN)

Rated the No. 12 cornerback in the country by recruiting analyst Tom Lemming • Ranked the No. 28 safety prospect in the country by Scout.com • Considered the No. 11 player in

Tennessee by SuperPrep • Member of PrepStar’s High School

All-Southeast Region Team • Ranked the No. 16 safety in the nation by ESPN • Tabbed as the No. 10 recruit in the state of

Tennessee by Scout.com • Performed at the 2008 Army All-

American combine, grabbing all-combine honors • Four-year starter • Earned first-team all-region honors as a junior and senior and was honorable-mention as a freshman and sophomore • As a senior, had

70 tackles, three interceptions, five blocked kicks on defense • Also played wide receiver and had four catches for 51 yards and a touchdown • Posted 50 tackles and picked off five passes as a junior • Helped lead Whitehaven to a 10-2 mark and the second round of the state playoffs during his senior season • Coached by Rodney Saulsberry • Son of

DeShonna and Gene Robinson II.

TeRRY SHANKLe dB, 5-11, 175

NoRwood, N.C. (SoUTH STANLY)

SuperPrep All-America • Ranked the No. 5 player in North

Carolina by SuperPrep and the No. 8 player by Rivals.com

• Considered one of the top 25 players in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer • Member of the Rivals 250 •

Considered the No. 1 cornerback in the country in ball skills •

Rated the No. 20 cornerback in the country by Rivals.com and

ESPN.com • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-America

Team • Member of North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team • Had a 59-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown in the Shrine

Bowl • Member of the Atlanta Journal’s Super Southern 100 • Played wide receiver an cornerback for South Stanly • Caught 43 balls for 1,291 yards and 18 touchdowns in his senior season • South Stanly was 8-5 and advanced to the first round of the state playoffs

• Teams rarely challenged him on the other side of the ball • He still intercepted three passes and posted 74 tackles • Also returned a punt and a kickoff for scores • Led the state of North Carolina with 15 interceptions as a junior • Also plays baseball and runs track • Coached by Luke Little • Son of Terry Harris and Truttie Shankle • Born May 31,

1991.

doNAvAN TATe

QB, 6-2, 205

CARTeRSvILLe, GA. (CARTeRSvILLe)

Drafted by the San Diego Padres with the third overall pick in the 2009 Major League

Baseball Draft • SuperPrep Football All-America • ESPN.com’s No. 7 athlete in the nation • Ranked the No. 81 player in the country by Rivals.com • Member of the Rivals

100 • Member of recruiting analyst Tom Lemming’s All-America team • Lemming’s No.

3 rated athlete in the nation • Considered one of ESPN.com’s top 150 prospects in the country • Rated the most athletic player in the country by Rivals.com • Considered the

No. 5 player in Georgia by Rivals.com • Member of the U.S. Army All-America Bowl team • Earned the 2009 Doc Blanchard Award as the nation’s top football player in the country at the US Army All-America game • Played the first six games of his senior season at wide receiver and defensive back and the last six at quarterback • Threw 17 touchdowns on 1,197 yards passing and was named first-team all-state as a defensive back by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution • One of the nation’s top high school baseball prospects • Batted .530 as a junior and has been clocked with a 95 mph fastball •

Coached by Frank Barden • Son of Traci Sims and Lars Tate • Born Sept. 27, 1990.

BReNNAN wILLIAMS oL, 6-7, 285 weST RoxBURY, MASS. (CATHoLIC MeMoRIAL)

SuperPrep All-America who is rated the No. 8 offensive line man in the country • Member of the Rivals 250 • Rated the

No. 7 offensive guard in the country by Rivals.com • Con sidered the No. 15 offensive lineman in the country by Scout.

com • Ranked the No. 2 player in Massachusetts • ESPN.

com’s No. 35 offensive tackle in the nation • Earned all-con ference honors as a junior and senior • Named all-scholastic by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald • Member of the

“Super 26” team in 2008 as voted by the Massachusetts State

Coaches Association • Four-year varsity player • Team captain as a senior • Coached by Alex Campia • Member of PrepStar’s High School All-America Team • His Father,

Brent, played in the NFL from 1986-1993 with the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks and New York Jets • Son of Jacquelyn and Brent Williams • Born Feb. 5, 1991.

NeLSoN HURST

Te, 6-4, 245, SoPHoMoRe

PLAINFIeLd, INd. (PLAINFIeLd/MISSISSIPPI STATe

Transferred to North Carolina from Mississippi State • Will have to sit out the 2009 season due to NCAA transfer rules • Enters Carolina as a walk-on • Played in 12 games and started 10 as a freshman in 2008 at MSU where he had two receptions for 11 yards, including a 7-yard reception vs. Tennessee • Graduated from high school in December 2007 and enrolled at Mississippi State for spring semester 2008

• Rated the No. 34 tight end prospect in the country by recruiting web site Scout.

com prior to his senior season • Credited with running a 4.7 in the 40-yard dash by Scout • That publication rated him in its Midwest Top 100 prospects • Ranked as the No. 45 tight end prospect in the nation by ESPN.com in its post-season listing •

Credited with a 360-pound bench press by the recruiting web site Rivals.com • That site rated him as the No. 9 prospect in the state of Indiana • Three-year starter on both sides of the ball • Named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association and the

Bloomington Herald Times Class 4A Junior All-State team as a tight end • Was also named an Indiana Grid Iron Digest Top 50 Junior to Watch • Made 46 catches for

806 yards (17.5 yards per catch) and 13 touchdowns during his final two seasons of high school football • Had 17 catches for 301 yards, a 17.7-yard average, and six touchdowns during his senior campaign • Caught 29 passes for 505 yards, a

17.4-yard average, and seven touchdowns during his junior season • Also starred on the defensive side of the ball • Made 71 tackles and 12 quarterback sacks as a junior defensive end • An honors student in the classroom • Born Nelson Hurst on Feb. 12, 1990 • Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hurst • His father played football at

Alabama.
