Former coaches insist Marvin Austin is a quality kid

Posted May 15, 2011
Butch Davis still remembers every detail of the day he had to break Marvin Austin's heart. He remembers sitting with him in his staff room in Chapel Hill, N.C. He remembers the anxiety he felt, the sad look on Austin's face. The head coach at UNC also remembers thinking how unjust it seemed that he was about to take away the college career of a player he considered to be a genuinely good kid. (New York Daily News)

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