Leon Scroggins

Position:
Fullback
Height:
5-11
Weight:
222
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dallas, TX
High School:
Lake Highlands

Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the start of the 2001 season • Earned "Super Ram" status in the weight room this spring • Twice (2003, 2004) voted by his teammates as the hardest working member of the squad • Has the UNC fullback record in the squat lift (687 lbs) •Played football and ran track at Lake Highlands High School • Also was a competitive powerlifter • Named second-team all-district at defensive end • Named to the 5A All-State Academic Team • Coached by Jerry Gayden • Was sixth in the state in powerlifting in 2001 and seventh in 2000 • 1999 and 2000 NASA National High School Powerlifting champion • Has a Tae Kwon Do black belt •Member of the National Honor Society • National Merit student • National Society of Collegiate Scholars student • Born Leon Gawayne Scroggins on June 17, 1983 in Dallas, Texas • Majoring in computer science • Has one sister and one brother • Favorite former Carolina player is David Thornton • Involved in Intervarsity Bible Study.