Oct. 11, 1999
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTBALL MEDIA NOTES
GAME 6 VS. HOUSTON
SAT., OCT. 16, 1999
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
1:30 P.M.
GAME DATA
North Carolina returns to Kenan Stadium after two weeks on the road to face the University of Houston Cougars. The Tar Heels are 1-4 overall and 0-4 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Houston is 3-2 overall and 1-1 in Conference USA action. Kickoff is at 1:35 p.m.
The Tar Heels are coming off a heartbreaking, 31-24 loss in overtime at seventh-ranked Georgia Tech. Houston defeated Cincinnati, 23-20, on an 18-yard field goal by Mike Clark with five seconds to play.
Woody Durham, Mick Mixon and 1993 UNC captain Rick Steinbacher provide the call on the Tar Heel Sports Radio Network. The flagship station of the network is WCHL, 1360-AM, in Chapel Hill.
Day Date Game Result Time, TV
Sat. Sept. 4 Virginia L 17-20 12:10 p.m., ABC
Sat. Sept. 11 at Indiana W 42-30 7 p.m.
Sat. Sept. 25 Florida State L 10-42 3:30 p.m., ABC
Sat. Oct. 2 at Clemson L 20-31 3:30 p.m., ABC
Sat. Oct. 9 at Georgia Tech L 24-31 (OT) 3:30 p.m., ABC
Sat. Oct. 16 Houston 1:30 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 23 at Maryland 3:30 p.m., ABC
Sat. Oct. 30 Furman 1:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 6 Wake Forest
Thu. Nov. 11 vs. NC State 8 p.m., ESPN
Sat. Nov. 20 Duke
All Times Eastern, NC State game in Charlotte, N.C.
HEAD COACH CARL TORBUSH
East Spencer, N.C., native Carl Torbush is in his second full season as head coach of the Tar Heels. Torbush, 47, was named Carolina's head coach on Dec. 8, 1997. He led the Tar Heels to a 42-3 win over Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1, 1998. Last year, Carolina overcame a 0-3 start to post a 7-5 overall record and tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That included a 20-13 win over San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Torbush became the first UNC head coach to lead the school to a bowl game in his first year. He also became the only coach in school history to lead Carolina to the postseason after starting out 0-3.
Torbush is in his 12th season as Carolina's defensive coordinator. There are currently 24 players active in the NFL who played defense at Carolina under Torbush. That includes first-round draft picks Thomas Smith (CB, Buffalo), Marcus Jones (DT, Tampa Bay), Greg Ellis (DE, Dallas), Brian Simmons (LB, Cincinnati) and Vonnie Holliday (DE, Green Bay) and second-round picks Russell Davis (DT, Chicago) and Dre' Bly (CB, St. Louis).
Torbush is 9-9 as Carolina's head coach and 12-17 overall as a college head coach. Louisiana Tech was 3-8 in 1987 in his first stint as head coach.
VERSUS HOUSTON
Carolina defeated the Cougars, 42-14, on October 26, 1996, in the only previous meeting between the two programs. The game was played in the Astrodome.
Quarterback Chris Keldorf was sensational for the Tar Heels. Keldorf completed 25 of 36 passes for 322 yards and four touchdowns. He found four different Tar Heels for touchdowns, including wideouts Na Brown and Octavus Barnes, tight end Freddie Jones and fullback Chris Watson.
The Tar Heels compiled 30 first downs.
Carolina led 21-0 at halftime and added 21 points in the fourth quarter.
This is Carolina's first game against a current member of Conference USA since Nov. 9, 1996, when UNC topped Louisville, 28-10, in Chapel Hill.
CURRY WILL MISS THE REST OF THE SEASON
Sophomore quarterback Ronald Curry ruptured his right Achilles tendon early in second quarter of the loss at Georgia Tech. Curry is out for the season and should miss the entire basketball season, as well. Curry was injured as he attempted to elude Tech linebacker Greg Gathers. Curry was sacked on the play for a 7-yard loss.
Dr. Tim Taft, UNC's Director of Sports Medicine, performed surgery on Sunday, October 10. "Surgery was successful," says Taft. "It went exactly as we expected. There were no surprises." Taft says rehabilitation will take four to six months.
At the time of the injury, Carolina was leading the seventh-ranked Yellow Jackets, 7-0. Curry put the Tar Heels on the board on a brilliant, 30-yard touchdown run around the left end. He tightroped the left sideline and outsprinted the secondary to the end zone.
Curry finishes his sophomore season leading the Tar Heels in total offense and second in rushing yards. Curry averaged 181.6 total offense yards and 45.2 rushing yards per game. Passing, Curry was 54 for 110 (49.1 percent) for 682 yards with three touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
The Hampton, Va., native rushed 60 times for 226 net yards and two touchdowns.
Curry accounted for 54.7 percent of Carolina's offense through the first five games of the season.
Tailback Anthony Saunders is now the leading active player in total offense yards. Saunders is averaging 46.8 rushing yards per game.
HUARD AT THE HELM
Red-shirt freshman Luke Huard replaced Ronald Curry as the starting quarterback after Curry's season-ending injury. Huard completed 7 of 15 passes for 45 yards. He was picked off one time and sacked twice.
Huard scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 4-yard run up the middle on a third-and-goal play. The touchdown, and subsequent two-point conversion pass from Huard to tight end Alge Crumpler, tied the game at 21-21 in the third quarter.
Huard is fourth freshman or red-shirt freshman quarterback to start for the Tar Heels in the 1990s. The others included Jason Stanicek (freshman in 1991), Mike Thomas (red-shirt freshman in 1992) and Ronald Curry (freshman in 1998).
First Game as a Freshman Starter in the 1990s:
Stanicek vs. Maryland, 1991, UNC W, 24-0
Thomas vs. Furman, 1992, UNC W, 28-0
Curry at Stanford, 1998, UNC L, 34-37
The Tar Heels are 8-4 in the 1990s with a freshman or red-shirt freshman starter at quarterback. That includes a 3-1 mark under Stanicek in 1991, a 4-0 record under Thomas in 1992 and a 1-3 mark in 1998 under Curry.
Safety Antwon Black and tailback Domonique Williams will begin taking snaps as the backup quarterbacks along with walkon Bill Bigham.
BAD OMEN OF THE WEEK
The in-flight magazine on Carolina's Delta charter to and from Atlanta included a feature on Achilles tendon injuries. The headline - "Bad Heel Day."
HOUSTON SCHEDULE
Date Game Result
Sept. 4 Rice W 28-3
Sept. 11 at Alabama L 10-37
Sept. 18 UL Lafayette W 45-0
Sept. 25 at UAB L 10-29
Oct. 9 Cincinnati W 23-20
Oct. 16 at North Carolina
Oct. 23 at Louisville
Oct. 30 East Carolina
Nov. 6 Tulane
Nov. 13 at LSU
Nov. 20 at Army
STATISTICAL TALE OF THE TAPE
CAROLINA HOUSTON
22.6 Points/Game 23.2
19.0 First Downs/Game 17.6
3.7 Rushing Ave/Play 5.0
179.2 Rushing Ave/Game 193.0
152.6 Passing Yards/Game 153.4
9 Rushing TD 10
3 Passing TD 3
331.8 Total Yards/Game 346.4
6.4 Penalties/Game 8.6
46.5 (36.7 net) Punting Average 35.8
7-9 Field Goals 31.9
13 Turnovers Gained 9
12 Turnovers Lost 7
plus 1 Turnover Margin minus 2
8 Sacks By 11
33:10 Average Time of Possession 29:29
203.0 Rushing Yds Allowed/Game 127.4
226.0 Passing Yds Allowed/Game 166.6
429.0 Total Yds Allowed/Game 294.0
30.8 Points Allowed/Game 17.8
ACC STATISTICAL LEADERS,TEAM OFFENSE
Total Offense 331.8 ypg 6th
Rushing Offense 179.2 ypg 4th
Passing Offense 152.6 ypg 7th
Scoring Offense 22.6 ppg 6th
First Downs 19.0 5th
Third Down Conversions 34.1 percent 5th
ACC STATISTICAL LEADERS,TEAM DEFENSE
Total Defense 429.0 ypg 9th
Rushing Defense 203.0 ypg 9th
Passing Defense 127.0 pts 8th
Scoring Defense 30.8 ppg 9th
First Downs Allowed 22.4 fdpg 9th
Third Down Conversions 33.9 percent 6th
Quarterback Sacks 1.6 pg T-7th
ACC STATISTICAL LEADERS,
SPECIAL TEAMS/MISCELLANEOUS
Kickoff Returns 21.3 ypr 4th
Punt Returns 6.6 ypr 9th
Net Punting 36.7 ave 4th
Penalty Yardage 62.4 ypg 4th
Turnover Margin 0.20 pg 6th
RECAPPING THE GEORGIA TECH GAME
Carolina lost in overtime, 31-24, to the seventh-ranked Yellow Jackets. Tech forced overtime when it held on fourth-and-goal at its own 2-yard line, then marched 79 yards on seven plays and booted a game-tying, 36-yard field goal with five seconds to play in regulation.
It was the second time Carolina has played an overtime game in the last two years. Last year, UNC beat NC State, 37-34.
The Tar Heels lost their top tackler, linebacker Merceda Perry, on the sixth defensive play of the game.
(Preseason All-America linebacker Brandon Spoon was injured on the seventh snap at Indiana. )
Perry suffered a dislocated left shoulder while attempting to tackle Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton. Doctors were able to stabilize the shoulder and Perry returned to the sidelines in uniform in the second half, but he did not return to the lineup. He is questionable for the Houston game.
Perry came into the game fifth in the ACC in tackles per game. Before being injured, he made three tackles in six plays.
Tim Burgess replaced Perry at linebacker and responded with his best collegiate outing. The Cary, N.C., native had nine tackles, including seven solo. He had a tackle for a loss, caused a fumble that UNC recovered, had a quarterback pressure and intercepted a pass.
urgess had nine tackles at Tech. Entering the game, he had eight tackles in his career at UNC, including five in 1999.
Cornerback Errol Hood had what Carl Torbush called "one of the best games at cornerback we have had here in a long time."
Hood made seven tackles, including a quarterback sack, had an interception, broke up three passes and recovered two fumbles. He returned a fumble 20 yards to set up the game-tying touchdown.
Hood is tied for the team lead in interceptions with two and is second on the squad with five pass breakups.
Tailback Anthony Saunders rushed for a career-high 110 yards on 17 carries. Saunders averaged 6.5 yards per carry. He had a 20-yard rush on UNC's first possession (that ended with a TD), had a 12-yard rush in the second quarter to set up a field goal and a spectaular, twisting 21-yard run in the third quarter that moved the ball to the Georgia Tech 9-yard line. Three plays later, Luke Huard scored on a 4-yard quarterback draw.
The 110-yard effort by Saunders was Carolina's first 100-yard rushing performance since Rufus Brown had 143 against Wake Forest in 1998.
Sophomore Domonique Williams added a career-high 76 yards on 15 carries. His previous high was 17 yards at Maryland in his collegiate debut in 1997. This year, he had eight yards on four carries against Florida State.
Williams had 13 carries for 66 yards in the second half.
The 110 yards by Anthony Saunders and the 76 yards by Domonique Williams marked the first time UNC had two players rush for 75 yards or more in the same game since Mike Geter (98 yards) and Leon Johnson (86 yards) did it against Ohio University in a 62-0 Tar Heel victory on Sept. 30, 1995.
Fullback Deon Dyer rushed for 48 yards on 14 carries. That was the third-highest single-game rushing figure in his career.
Tight end Alge Crumpler matched his career-high with six receptions for 47 yards. Crumpler also had six receptions for 76 yards in 1997 at NC State.
The Tar Heels passed for just 76 yards. That is the first time UNC has passed for under 100 yards in a regular-season game since it had 95 yards against NC State in 1994. It is the fewest passing yards in a regular-season game since Carolina passed for 36 yards in a 62-0 win over Ohio in 1994.
Last year in the Las Vegas Bowl, Carolina beat San Diego State despite passing for just 33 yards.
Josh McGee converted all three field goal attempts from 24, 21 and 36 yards. McGee also converted an extra point attempt. The 10 points made him the alltime leading scorer by a kicker in Carolina history with 236 points.
Brian Schmitz averaged 50.3 yards on seven punts. His seven kicks went 52, 40, 56, 58, 35, 50 and 61 yards.
The 50-yarder was kicked from UNC's 15-yard line with just over four minutes to play and the Tar Heels leading by three. The 61-yarder was kicked from Carolina's 21 with 1:09 to play and UNC still ahead, 24-21.
Schmitz has averaged 40 yards or better in 18 consecutive games (including two bowl games) dating back to the 1997 regular-season finale. In the first five games this year, Schmitz has averaged 42.4 yards vs. Virginia, 49.0 vs. Indiana, 46.3 vs. Florida State, 46.9 vs. Clemson and 50.3 vs. Georgia Tech. He is sixth in the nation in punting average, although Carolina is 49th in the country in net punting.
NCAA Punting Leaders
Andrew Bayes, East Carolina 49.9
Shane Lechler, Texas A&M 48.1
Ray Cheetany, UNLV 47.6
Nick Harris, California 46.9
Dan Hadenfeldt, Nebraska 46.6
rian Schmitz, UNC 46.5
Schmitz currently has the second-best single-season punting average in Carolina history. Harry Dunkle averaged 46.62 yards per kick when he led the nation in punting in 1939. Schmitz is averaging 46.54 yards on 35 punts.
Carolina rushed for 276 yards. That is the most rushing yards in a game since UNC had 283 in its 41-40 win over Duke in 1994.
The Tar Heels recovered four Tech fumbles and picked off Heisman Trophy favorite Joe Hamilton twice. That marked the first time Carolina forced six turnovers in a game since a 34-0 win over Miami (Ohio) in 1990.
The six turnovers forced by the Tar Heels led to 21 points.
Georgia Tech Turnovers/Result
Fumble recovered by Woodard at UNC 17/ Touchdown run by Curry.
Fumbled punt recovered by J. Peace at 50-yd/ UNC advanced to the 2-yard line, but kicked FG.
Fumbled punt recovered by G. Harris at GT 16/ UNC drove to 2-yard line, but a penalty set back the drive and UNC kicked a FG.
Fumble recovered by Hood, returned 20 yards to GT 36/Huard scored and added the two-point conversion.
Interception by Hood at UNC 21/Four plays, punt.
Interception by Burgess, return to GT 10/UNC moved to the 2-yard line, but was stopped on 4th-and-goal.
Georgia Tech's 510 yards of total offense were the most ever by the Yellow Jackets against Carolina. The previous high was 495 yards in 1984.
The 510 yards of total offense by Tech were the most allowed by any UNC defense since Duke rolled up 656 yards in a 41-0 win over UNC in 1989.
Tech wide receiver Kelly Campbell caught seven passes for 203 yards. That is the third-highest single-game receiving yardage figure ever against UNC and the most by an opponent in a Carolina defeat.
Maryland's Jermaine Lewis had 250 yards in a UNC victory in 1993. Terrapin James Milling had 220 yards in a 1986 Tar Heel triumph.
Carolina has allowed 20 or more points in each of the first five games this season. The last time UNC gave up 20 or more points in five consecutive games in the same season was 1988 when the first six opponents scored 20 or more points.
The last time a Carolina team allowed 400 plus total offense yards in four straight games was 1988 when Maryland ( 501), Clemson (500), Virginia (418), Duke (502). accomplished that. It also occurred the first six games in 1988.
Freshman Sam Aiken and red-shirt freshman Chesley Borders started at wide receiver for the first time in their respective careers. Wide receivers coach Darrell Moody praised Aiken for exceptional blocking that helped Carolina rush for 276 yards.
Carolina did not throw a touchdown pass for the third consecutive game. That is the first time UNC has gone without a TD pass in that long of a stretch since the Peach Bowl vs. Mississippi State following the 1992 season and the USC and Ohio University games in 1993. It is the first time it has happened in the same season since the first four games in 1992.
INJURY REPORT
Quarterback Ronald Curry (ruptured right achilles tendon), out for the season
Linebacker Merceda Perry (dislocated left shoulder), questionable
Wide receiver Kory Bailey (bruised right thigh), probbale
Center Ryan Carfley (bruised left knee), probable
Tailback Daniel Davis (sprained left ankle, did not play at Georgia Tech), questionable
Defensive end Julius Peppers (spraine dleft ankle), probable
Tailback Anthony Saunders (sprained right ankle), probable
200 RUSHING YARDS
The Georgia Tech loss was Carolina first in 12 games in the Tar Heels rushed for 200-plus yards. That streak dated back to the 1995 season.
Prior to the 31-24, overtime loss at Georgia Tech, the last time Carolina lost a game in which it rushed for 200-plus yards was Sept. 9, 1995, at Maryland. The Tar Heels had 202 rushing yards and 454 total yards, but committed five turnovers in a 32-18 loss to the Terps.
Carolina was 41-5 under head coach Mack Brown when it rushed for 200-plus yards. Forty-three (43) of the 46 games in which the Tar Heels rushed for 200 yards under Brown came in games played from 1988-95.
The Tar Heels have rushed for 200-plus yards just seven times in the last four seasons, 1999 inclusive. That includes one game in 1996, two games in 1997 and 1998 and twice in 1999 (Indiana and Georgia Tech).
Carolina has allowed 200 rushing yards just five times in the last five seasons, 1999 inclusive. In addition to the Indiana, Clemson and Tech games this year, Carolina gave up 281 yards to Georgia Tech in 1995 and 205 yards to Florida State in 1995.
BRANDON SPOON OUT FOR THE SEASON
Senior linebacker Brandon Spoon was injured at Indiana, had successful surgery on Sept. 16th, and is out for the rest of the season.
Spoon, a preseason Playboy All-America and three-time Butkus Award candidate, ruptured his left biceps tendon (at the elbow). He actually played two more plays before removing himself from the contest due to what he thought was a cramp in his left arm. It turned out he ruptured the tendon when he reached back to tackle quarterback Antwaan Randle-El on an option run.
He played as a true freshman in 1996, therefore, he could elect to apply for a medical red-shirt and play college football in 2000.
CAROLINA
has 37 former players on active NFL rosters. Seventy-six (76) percent of the active NFL Tar Heel players graduated from UNC (compared to the NFL average of 30 percent).
was one of only 12 schools in Division I last season that played in a postseason bowl game and earned the AFCA's Achievement Award for Graduation Rates
is the only Division I football program in the country that has won a postseason bowl game in each of the last four seasons
has played in a postseason bowl game in a school-record seven consecutive seasons
has posted a winning record in nine consecutive seasons, tying the school record
has had five consensus All-Americas in the last four years
has had 18 players selected in the NFL Draft over the past three seasons (five in 1997, seven in 1998 and six in 1999)
is the only ACC school to have at least one player selected in every NFL Draft since 1971
DEPTH CHART NOTES
Eight seniors (not counting place-kicker Josh McGee and punter Brian Schmitz) enter the game as starters. That includes seven offensive players and one on defense. Five of the seven senior starters on offense are linemen.
Only 12 of the 22 positional starters are seniors or juniors. The four junior starters are tight end Alge Crumpler, linebacker Sedrick Hodge, linebacker Merceda Perry and safety Quinton Savage.
Senior fullback Deon Dyer has the most career starts of any Tar Heel. Dyer has 25 career starts - 10 in 1997, 10 in 1998 and five in 1999.
Offensive guard Bryan Jones, offensive tackle Allen Mogridge and linebacker Sedrick Hodge lead the team with 17 consecutive games started.
There is not a single player on the squad who started a single game on defense in 1997. Four offensive players started in 1997 - guard Mike Gimbol (all 12 games), tight end Alge Crumpler (11 starts in 1997), fullback Deon Dyer (10 games in 1997) and tight end Dauntae' Finger (one start in '97).
TRUE FRESHMEN
The Tar Heels have played 57 scholarship true freshmen in the 12 years Carl Torbush has been on the coaching staff (beginning in 1988). By position, the list includes: 11 linebackers, 9 wide receivers, 8 defensive linemen, 5 quarterbacks, 5 tight ends, 5 cornerbacks, 4 tailbacks, 3 kickers, 2 fullbacks, 2 safeties, 2 kick returners and 1 offensive lineman.
Five scholarship true freshmen have played thus far, including wide receiver Sam Aiken, cornerback Kevin Knight, tailback Daniel Davis, defensive tackle Jeb Terry and defensive end Malcolm Stewart. Robert Harris, a non-scholarship freshman linebacker from Raleigh, N.C., played on special teams in his first game as a Tar Heel against Virginia. He had two special teams tackles at Indiana.
McGEE ONE FIELD GOAL FROM RECORD,
MOVES PAST CHOO CHOO JUSTICE IN ALLTIME SCORING
Josh McGee became the alltime leading scorer by a kicker in UNC history when he booted three field goals and added a point after at Georgia Tech.
McGee has 236 career points. The previous record for a UNC kicker was 231 points by Tripp Pignetti.
The Pearl, Miss., native has 42 field goals (in 60 attempts), one shy of the school record 43 field goals made by Clint Gwaltney from 1988-91.
McGee passed Kelvin Bryant, Pignetti and Charlie Justice on the alltime UNC scoring list. He is now third in career scoring behind only tailbacks Leon Johnson and Mike Voight.
JOSH McGEE IN THE RECORD BOOK
UNC Career Field Goals
Clint Gwaltney (1988-1991) 43
Josh McGee (1996-active) 42
Tripp Pignetti (1991-94) 38
UNC Career Scoring
(* denotes place-kickers)
Leon Johnson, 1993-96 306
Mike Voight, 1993-76 254
* Josh McGee, 1996-active 236
Charlie Justice, 1946-49 234
* Tripp Pignetti, 1991-94 231
Chancellor Hooker Tribute
Carolina's players are wearing helmets that feature the Tar Heel foot with "MH" inside the logo to honor Chancellor Michael Hooker. The Chancellor passed away on June 29th after a six-month battle with lymphoma. Seniors Brandon Spoon and Deon Dyer joined head coach Carl Torbush on behalf of the entire team in presenting a helmet with the "MH" to his wife, Carmen, in the preseason. The other varsity programs will be wearing a black patch with the "MH" insignia this year.
NEXT WEEK, AT MARYLAND
Carolina is on the road for its final away game of the season on October 23rd at College Mark, Md. Gametime will be established by the ACC this week. Following that game, the Tar Heels have home games remaining against Furman, Wake Forest and Duke and a Nov. 11th neutral-site game in Charlotte, N.C., against NC State.
NFL TAR HEELS IN 1999
The National Football League opened the 1999 season on Sept. 12th and 36 former University of North Carolina players were on active rosters, including four on the Buffalo Bills and three on the Green Bay Packers. Two more Tar Heels have since signed with NFL teams and one (cornerback Robert Williams) has been waived.
Notre Dame and Florida State are the only colleges with more players in the NFL. Both the Irish and Seminoles have 43 active NFL players.
Twenty-eight (28) of the 37 NFL Tar Heels have already earned their undergraduate degrees from UNC, a percentage of .757. The NFL average is slightly better than 30 percent.
Thirty-six (36) of the 37 players competed for the last time at UNC in the 1990s. Punter Tommy Barnhardt is the only former UNC player whose last season of college football was in the 1980s. Barnhardt's last year as a Tar Heel was 1985. Fourteen (14) of the 37 players are in their first or second seasons in the NFL.
Carolina's active NFL players include
(player, position, current NFL team, last year at UNC):
Ethan Albright, deep snapper, Buffalo, 1993
Roy Barker, defensive tackle, Cleveland, 1992
Tommy Barnhardt, punter, New Orleans, 1985
* Dre' Bly, cornerback, St. Louis, 1998
* Na Brown, wide receiver, Philadelphia, 1998
Omar Brown, safety, Atlanta, 1997
* Russell Davis, defensive tackle, Chicago, 1998
Greg DeLong, tight end, Baltimore, 1994
Kevin Donnalley, offensive guard, Miami, 1990
*Ebenezer Ekuban defensive end, Dallas, 1998
Greg Ellis, defensive end, Dallas, 1997
Bernardo Harris, linebacker, Green Bay, 1993
William Henderson, fullback, Green Bay, 1994
Jimmy Hitchcock, cornerback, Minnesota, 1994
Nate Hobgood-Chittick, defensive tackle, St. Louis, 1997
Vonnie Holliday, defensive tackle, Green Bay, 1997
Dwight Hollier, linebacker, Miami, 1991
Randy Jordan, tailback, Oakland, 1992
Leon Johnson, tailback, New York Jets, 1996
Freddie Jones, tight end, San Diego, 1996
Marcus Jones, defensive tackle, Tampa Bay, 1995
Jonathan Linton, fullback, Buffalo, 1997
Eddie Mason, linebacker, Washington, 1994
Deems May, tight end, Seattle, 1991
Kivuusama Mays, linebacker, Minnesota, 1997
Natrone Means, tailback, San Diego, 1992
Mike Morton, linebacker, St. Louis, 1994
* Keith Newman, linebacker, Buffalo, 1998
Riddick Parker, defensive tackle, Seattle, 1994
* Mike Pringley, defensive end, Detroit, 1998
Andre Purvis, defensive tackle, Cincinnati, 1996
Austin Robbins, defensive tackle, New Orleans, 1993
* Jeff Saturday, center, Indianapolis, 1997
Brian Simmons, linebacker, Cincinnati, 1997
Thomas Smith, cornerback, Buffalo, 1992
Rick Terry, defensive tackle, Carolina, 1996
Bracey Walker, safety, Kansas City, 1993
* NFL rookies
Steve Kirschner
Director of Media Relations for Football and Men's Basketball
University of North Carolina
skirschner@uncaa.unc.edu
