Yates Selected To NFLPA All-Star Game
January 18, 2011 | Football
Jan. 18, 2011
Chapel Hill, N.C. ------ University of North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates has been selected to play in the NFL Players Association Texas vs. The Nation Game on Feb. 5, 2011, at the Alamodome in San Antonio at 2 p.m. (ET). The NFLPA game matches some of the best college players from Texas vs. some of the best players from the rest of the country in a postseason all-star game.
Yates, a native of Marietta, Ga., established 37 school records at North Carolina, including career passing yards, single-season passing yards and single-season total offense. Yates led the Tar Heels to an 8-5 mark in 2010, including a 30-27 double-overtime win over Tennessee in the Music City Bowl.
Yates started 44 career games at UNC and was a 2010 honorable-mention All-ACC selection. As a senior, he completed 282 of 422 attempts (66.8 pct.) for 3,418 yards and 19 touchdowns, and was second in the ACC in pass efficiency and yards per game. He became the first Tar Heel in school history to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season.
