University of North Carolina Athletics
Patterson Medal Winners
Ebenezer Ekuban
- Induction:
- 1999
- Class:
- 1999
1999— Ebenezer Ekuban: Football (Riverdale, Md.)
Played two seasons at tight end and two at defensive end. First-team All-ACC in 1998 after making 96 tackles, including seven sacks and a single-season UNC record 23 tackles for a loss. Career-high 16 tackles against Clemson. Dean’s List student and won the ACC’s Jim Tatum Award as the top football student-athlete. Drafted in the first round by Dallas and played 122 games over nine seasons in the NFL. First Ghanaian to play in the NFL.
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Played two seasons at tight end and two at defensive end. First-team All-ACC in 1998 after making 96 tackles, including seven sacks and a single-season UNC record 23 tackles for a loss. Career-high 16 tackles against Clemson. Dean’s List student and won the ACC’s Jim Tatum Award as the top football student-athlete. Drafted in the first round by Dallas and played 122 games over nine seasons in the NFL. First Ghanaian to play in the NFL.
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