Nov. 15, 1999
CAROLINA FOOTBALL MEDIA NOTES
GAME #11 vs. DUKE
SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1999
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., NOON
GAME DATA
Carolina closes out its 1999 season at home against Duke on Saturday, November 20th. The game is at Noon and will be televised by Jefferson Pilot Sports, the ACC Football Network.
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.
The Tar Heels are 2-8 overall and 1-6 in the ACC. Carolina broke a seven-game losing streak with a 10-6 win over NC State on Thursday, November 11, in Charlotte.
Duke is 3-7 overall and 3-4 in the ACC. The Blue Devils beat Wake Forest, 48-35, in Durham on Saturday, November 13. Duke has won three of its last six games.
All three Blue Devil victories have come against teams that beat the Tar Heels this year.
Carolina is assured of a losing season for the first time since going 1-10 in 1988 and 1989. The Tar Heels also will not be in a bowl game for the first time since 1991. The seven-year bowl streak was the longest in school history and was the eighth-longest in the nation.
UNC's win over NC State was the 20th in the last 21 meetings against in-state rivals Duke, NC State and Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons' win over UNC on November 6 ended a 19-game in-state win streak for the Tar Heels.
The victory over the Wolfpack marked the first time UNC had not allowed a touchdown since the win over Duke last year.
The Tar Heels have not scored more than 12 points in any of their last five contests. That is the first time UNC has gone five games without scoring more than 12 points in a game since the first five games in 1967.
Carolina is 0-5 at Kenan Stadium this year. The only time UNC has failed to win a game at Kenan in one season was 1952 when the Tar Heels were 0-4 at home.
CAROLINA RESULTS
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 L 12-20 1:30 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 23 at Maryland L 7-45 3:30 p.m., ABC
Sat. Oct. 30 Furman L 3-28 1:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 6 Wake Forest L 3-19 1:30 p.m.
Thu. Nov. 11 vs. NC State W 10-6 8 p.m., ESPN
Sat. Nov. 20 Duke
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 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 25 players active in the NFL who played defense here 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 10-13 at UNC and 13-21 overall as a head coach. Louisiana Tech was 3-8 in 1987 under Torbush.
VERSUS DUKE
Carolina leads the alltime series, 47-34-4, including wins in nine consecutive games. The last time UNC lost to the Blue Devils was a 41-0 shutout by Duke at Kenan Stadium in 1989.
The nine-game win streak by UNC equals the longest by either team in series history. Carolina also won nine in a row from 1894 to 1929.
The Tar Heels have averaged 34.9 points per game in the nine-game win streak in the 1990s.
Carolina is 24-16-2 at home against Duke and 19-15-2 at Kenan Stadium versus the Blue Devils.
Carolina's defense has allowed Duke just two offensive touchdowns in the last three games.
A number of Tar Heels who see regular playing time are from Durham. They include wide receiver Kory Bailey, safety David Bomar, wide receiver Jason Peace and defensive tackle Sherrod Peace.
This is the first time both UNC and Duke will finish the season with a losing record since 1987.
UNC and Duke have combined to win five games this year. That is the fewest wins heading into a Carolina-Duke matchup since 1973 when Carolina came into the game 4-6 and Duke was 1-8-1. The Blue Devils won that day, 27-10.
LAST YEAR'S GAME
Carolina quarterback Oscar Davenport threw a pair of touchdown passes to Na Brown and the Tar Heels added rushing scores by Rufus Brown and Deon Dyer in a 28-6 win at Duke.
The Tar Heel defense allowed just 97 total yards in the second half. Duke tailback B.J. Hill rushed for 101 yards in the first two quarters, but had negative four yards in the second half.
Rufus Brown led UNC with 83 rushing yards on 17 carries.
RECAPPING THE NC STATE GAME
Cornerback Errol Hood and safety David Bomar stopped NC State wide receiver Chris Coleman at the 1-foot line with 1:28 to play in the fourth quarter as the Tar Heels hung on for a 10-6 win over the Wolfpack.
The game was played in front of 41,159 fans in Charlotte and an ESPN audience.
The win was Carolina's seventh in a row over NC State.
UNC tailback Domonique Williams made his first career start at quarterback and went the distance for the victory. Williams, a sophomore, completed five of 14 passes for 85 yards and one touchdown and rushed 10 times for 16 yards. Three of Williams's pass attempts were dropped by receivers.
Williams began the game by leading the Tar Heels on an 11-play, 78-yard touchdown march. Williams hit Kory Bailey for 45 yards on 3rd-and-18 from the UNC 14-yard line on the third play of the game. Later, he hit fullback Deon Dyer for 12 yards and a touchdown.
Freshman tailback Daniel Davis carried 19 times for 44 yards. He gained five yards to convert a key third down attempt on Carolina's opening touchdown drive.
Dyer's 12-yard touchdown catch was his first this season and second career scoring reception. Last year, he provided the winning margin on a 12-yard touchdown catch against Clemson.
Carolina did not allow a touchdown for the first time this year. The last time UNC did not allow a touchdown was in 1998 when Carolina held Duke to two field goals in a 28-6 win in Durham.
The Tar Heels held NC State to 83 rushing yards. In the last two games, Carolina's defense has held Wake Forest and NC State to the two-lowest rushing totals by opponents this year.
Carolina converted seven of 17 chances on third down (41.2 percent).
Safety David Bomar had a season-high 19 tackles, including eight primary tackles and 11 assists. In the last three games, Bomar has made 47 tackles, an average of 15.7 per game.
Defensive tackle Ryan Sims and linebacker Sedrick Hodge had their best games of the season against NC State. Sims made 10 tackles, including a 7-yard sack and two other tackles for losses. Hodge had 12 tackles, including three behind the line of scrimmage for 13 yards.
PEPPERS THIRD IN ACC IN SACKS
Julius Peppers, a red-shirt freshman defensive end from Bailey, N.C., had four sacks against Wake Forest. Peppers is tied for the third-most sacks this season in the Atlantic Coast Conference with six.
Ebenezer Ekuban, a first round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys, led UNC in 1998 with seven sacks. Greg Ellis, another first-round pick by the Cowboys, had 12.5 in 1996 and nine in 1997.
Peppers is the first freshman to lead UNC in sacks since 1984 when outside linebacker Noel McEachern shared team honors with three sacks.
ACC Quarterback Sack Leaders
Keith Adams, Clemson 13
ryan Ray, Wake Forest 10
Julius Peppers 6
rian Jamison, NC State 6
Erwyn Lyght, Maryland 6
Shannon Taylor, Virginia 6
GREENWOOD SETS UNC TACKLES RECORD
Sophomore safety Billy-Dee Greenwood has established a single-season school record for most tackles by a defensive back.
Greenwood leads the Tar Heels and is third in the ACC in tackles per game. Greenwood is averaging 11.2 tackles per contest. He has 112 hits, has caused one fumble and broken up seven passes. Greenwood is the first UNC defensive back to reach 100 tackles in a season since safety Bracey Walker had 100 hits in 1993 (in 12 regular-season games).
Greenwood's 112 tackes break the previous UNC record for defensive backs. That mark was 109 by safety Barry James in 1984.
Defensive Back Tackles, UNC
illy-Dee Greenwood, 1999 112
arry James, 1984 109
Rondell Jones, 1992 108
Walter Bailey, 1986 106
Ricky Barden, 1979 103
INJURY REPORT
Offensive tackle Bryan Jones sprained an ankle against NC State. He is questionable for Duke.
Cornerback Jason Horton bruised a shoulder against NC State and is questionable for Duke.
Quarterback Luke Huard has a bruised right rotator cuff. He is questionable for the Duke game.
Safety Quinton Savage fractured his right kidney against Wake Forest. He will not play against Duke.
Quarterback/safety Antwon Black has mononucleosis and will not play against Duke. Black gained 221 total offense yards at quarterback against Houston and Maryland and was named the starter for the Furman game when he became ill.
SCHMITZ AVERAGE IS A SCHOOL & ACC RECORD,
SECOND IN THE NATION
Is averaging 47.5 yards on 71 kicks this year, a figure that would set single-season UNC and Atlantic Coast Conference records. The current school record is 46.6 yards per kick by Harry Dunkle in 1939. Dunkle led the nation that year. The ACC's single-season punting average record is 46.1 yards by NC State's Johnny Evans in 1976.
Is second in the nation and first in the ACC in punting average. (East Carolina's Andrew Bayes is averaging 48.71 yards on 42 kicks.) Only five punters in the nation are averaging better than 45 yards per kick. Schmitz has punted six or more times in nine of the 10 games this season.
Has averaged 42.4 yards or more in all 10 games this year and averaged 46.3 yards or more in eight of the last nine games.
Has averaged 40 yards or more per punt in 22 consecutive games over the last two seasons. He tied a UNC record last year by averaging 40 yards or more in all 11 regular-season games. He would tie that mark again with such an effort against Duke.
In 1999, Schmitz has punted 71 times. He has 60 punts of 40 yards or more, including 30 of 50 yards or more. He also has dropped 17 inside the 20-yard line (24 percent) and had only nine touchbacks (13 percent). He has at least one 50-yard punt in all 10 games, at least one 60-yarder in three games and a career-long 72-yard kick at home against Houston.
Twenty-three (23) of his last 43 punts have been 50 yards or longer (53.4 percent).
Has not had a single punt blocked in 71 attempts this season and only two blocked in his last 146 attempts over the last two seasons.
Averaged a UNC-record 51.4 yards on 10 punts against Houston on October 16th. He was named ACC Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts.
In his career, Schmitz has punted 205 times for 9,070 yards, an average of 44.24 yards. The ACC record for 200-plus attempts is 43.95 by Chuck Ramsey of Wake Forest (1971-73).
Is ahead of the current career UNC record of 43.7 yards per kick by Harry Dunkle (1939-41).
DUKE SCHEDULE
Sept. 11 at East Carolina L 9-27
Sept. 18 Northwestern L 12-15 (ot)
Sept. 25 Vanderbilt L 14-31
Oct. 2 vs. Florida State L 23-51
Oct. 9 at Virginia W 24-17 (2ot)
Oct. 16 Georgia Tech L 31-38
Oct. 23 NC State L 24-31 (ot)
Oct. 30 at Maryland W 25-22
Nov. 6 at Clemson L 7-58
Nov. 13 Wake Forest W 48-35
Nov. 20 at North Carolina
STATISTICAL TALE OF THE TAPE
CAROLINA DUKE
14.8 Points/Game 21.7
15.8 First Downs/Game 17.1
3.1 Rushing Ave/Play 2.2
140.8 Rushing Ave/Game 73.5
126.9 Passing Yards/Game 243.8
10 Rushing TD 13
5 Passing TD 11
267.7 Total Yards/Game 317.2
6.4 Penalties/Game 7.1
47.5 Punting Average 41.1
11-15 Field Goals 14-19
18 Turnovers Gained 24
22 Turnovers Lost 24
minus 4 Turnover Margin even
16/36 Sacks By/Allowed 19/29
29:33 Average Time of Possession 29:07
202.2 Rushing Yds Allowed/Game 181.5
187.0 Passing Yds Allowed/Game 246.4
389.2 Total Yds Allowed/Game 427.9
27.2 Points Allowed/Game 32.5
ACC STATISTICAL LEADERS,TEAM OFFENSE
Total Offense 9th 267.7 ypg
Rushing Offense 6th 140.8 ypg
Passing Offense 9th 126.9 ypg
Scoring Offense 9th 14.8 ppg
First Downs 8th 15.8 fdpg
Third Down Conversions 7th 33.5 %
ACC STATISTICAL LEADERS,TEAM DEFENSE
Total Defense 7th 389.2 ypg
Rushing Defense 9th 202.2 ypg
Passing Defense 5th 124.43 rating
Scoring Defense t-6th 27.2 ppg
First Downs Allowed 7th 20.6 fdpg
Third Down Conversions t-3rd 33.3 %
Quarterback Sacks 8th 1.6 per game
ACC STATISTICAL LEADERS,
SPECIAL TEAMS/MISCELLANEOUS
Kickoff Returns 5th 20.0 ypr
Punt Returns 9th 3.0 ypr
Net Punting 1st 40.1 per
Penalty Yardage 4th 57.4 ypg
Turnover Margin 8th minus 4
SEASON STAT NOTES
Tailback Anthony Saunders leads the team in rushing yards with 297. Five Tar Heels have rushed for 200 or more yards this year, including Saunders, Rufus Brown (246), quarterback Ronald Curry (226), fullback Deon Dyer (206) and freshman tailback Daniel Davis (204).
Carolina has not gone a full season without a player rushing for at least 400 yards since 1966 when David Riggs led UNC with 399 yards.
Carolina has completed 107 passes. The Tar Heels are on pace to complete the fewest passes in a season since the 1980 team that went 11-1 completed just 80 passes.
Carolina has three different receivers with at least 20 receptions this year. Wide receivers Kory Bailey and Jason Peace have 22 and 21, respectively, and tight end Alge Crumpler has 20. The last time UNC did not have at least one receiver with 30 catches in a season was 1990 when Corey Holliday led the team with 28 receptions.
Ronald Curry leads the Tar Heels with 908 total offense yards. He compiled those yards in the first five games before he his season came to an end due to injury in the Georgia Tech game. Curry's total offense figure is more than the next three highest Tar Heels have combined. Tailback-turned-quarterback Domonique Williams is second with 339 yards, tailback Anthony Saunders is third with 297 yards and tailback Rufus Brown is fourth with 246 yards. Williams, Saunders and Brown have a combined 882 total offense yards.
Carolina's 15 offensive touchdowns are the fewest since UNC had 13 in 1967.
The opponets are averaging 389.2 total offense yards per game, the fifth-highest figure allowed in school history. However, over the last two games, Carolina has given up just 283.0 yards per contest.
The opponents are averaging 27.2 points pe rgame. That equals the second-most points allowed in school history. The 1988 team allowed a record 35.5 points per contest and the 1968 squad also allowed 27.2 per game.
The first and third quarters have been the most damaging quarters for the Tar Heels. Opponents have outscored Carolina, 96-31 in the opening quarter, and 66-32 int the third quarter. The second quarter is virtually even, with the opponents holding a scant 54-50 advantage. The opponents also have a 49-35 edge in the final 15 minutes.
CURRY OUT
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 accounted for 54.7 percent of Carolina's total offense through the first five games of the season.
OFFENSE SINCE CURRY'S INJURY
In the five games since Ronald Curry went out with a season-ending injury, the Tar Heels have compiled just 1,018 total offense yards, an average of 203.6 yards per game. Carolina had 126 yards against Houston, 287 yards at Maryland, 246 yards against Furman, 131 vs. Wake Forest and 228 vs. NC State.
In the first five games, mainly with Curry at quarterback, Carolina was averaging 331.8 yards per game.
UNC quarterbacks are a combined 42 for 94 (44.7 percent) for 495 yards (99.0 per) in the latest five games.
Curry directed 55 drives (28 punts, 11 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, four field goals, one lost fumble and one end of game situation). He directed touchdown drives 20 percent of the time and scoring drives 27 percent of the time.
Since Curry's injury at Georgia Tech, the Tar Heels have run 71 offensive series. They include 44 punts, seven loss of downs, seven field goals, five lost fumbles, four touchdowns, two interceptions and two missed field goals.
SPOON OUT FOR THE SEASON, WILL RETURN IN 2000
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.
Spoon has announced that he will petition the ACC for a medical hardship red-shirt. That would allow Spoon another year of college eligibility in 2000.
CAROLINA
has 38 former players on active NFL rosters. Seventy-four (74) 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 30 career starts - 10 in 1997, 10 in 1998 and 10 in 1999.
Offensive guard Bryan Jones, offensive tackle Allen Mogridge and linebacker Sedrick Hodge lead the team with 22 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).
SENIOR DAY
The following senior student-athletes will be competing at Kenan Stadium for the final time on Saturday:
Center Ryan Carfley, Kicker Derrick Depriest, Fullback Deon Dyer, Off. Tackle Kareem Ellis, Off. Guard Mike Gimbol, Tight End Bryan Griffin, Wide Receiver Greg Harris, Off. Guard Bryan Jones, Kicker Josh McGee, Off. Tackle Allen Mogridge, Injured Off. Tackler Robert Nixon, Wide Receiver Jason Peace, Def. Tackle Sherrod Peace, Punter Brian Schmitz, Def. Tackle Teto Simpson, Def. Back T.J. Sutton and Linebacker Shawn Woodard.
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 SETS UNC FIELD GOAL RECORD,
IS THIRD IN ALLTIME SCORING AT UNC
Josh McGee broke the alltime school record by kicking his 44th field goal (a 36-yarder) against Furman. McGee added a 48-yarder, the second-longest of his career, against Wake Forest and had a 32-yarder against NC State.
The Pearl, Miss., native has 46 field goals in 65 attempts (70.8 percent).
McGee broke Clint Gwaltney's record. Gwaltney made 43 field goals from 1988-91.
McGee became the leading scorer by a kicker in UNC history when he booted three field goals and added a point after at Georgia Tech. McGee has 251 career points. The previous record for a UNC kicker was 231 points by Tripp Pignetti. McGee is now third in career scoring behind tailbacks Leon Johnson and Mike Voight.
JOSH McGEE IN THE RECORD BOOK
UNC Career Field Goals
Josh McGee (1996-active) 46
Clint Gwaltney (1988-1991) 43
UNC Career Scoring
(* denotes place-kickers)
Leon Johnson, 1993-96 306
Mike Voight, 1993-76 254
* Josh McGee, 1996-active 251
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.
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.
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 38 NFL Tar Heels have already earned their undergraduate degrees from UNC, a percentage of .737. The NFL average is slightly better than 30 percent.
Thirty-seven of the 38 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. Fifteen of the 38 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
Robert Williams, cornerback, Seattle, 1997
* NFL rookies
Steve Kirschner
Director of Media Relations for Football and Men's Basketball
University of North Carolina
skirschner@uncaa.unc.edu
