Tar Heels Land 7 of Top 10 football recruits in NC
Posted Jan 24, 2009
Rivals.com recently released their list of top high school football players in 21 different states. Butch Davis and company have pulled in an impressive haul, nabbing 7 of the top 10 football recruits in the state of North Carolina:
1. Donte Moss (*****/DE/Jacksonville, NC)
3. Jheranie Boyd (****/WR/Gastonia, NC)
4. Jared McAdoo (****/DT, Chapel Hill, NC)
6. Justin Dixon (****/LB/Smithfield, NC)
7. Josh Hunter (****/DB/Charlotte, NC)
8. Terry Shankle (****/DB/Norwood, NC)
9. Hawatha Bell (****/LB/Matthews, NC)
Additionally, five other UNC recruits were ranked between 11 and 35 in North Carolina.
Other UNC recruits appearing on the lists were as follows:
Georgia #5: Donavan Tate (****/ATH/Cartersville, GA)
Georgia #15: Johnnie Farms (****/OL/Perry, GA)
Massachussetts #2: Brennan Williams (****/OL/West Roxbury, MA)
Connecticut #1: Joshua Adams (****/WR/Cheshire, CT)
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