Former Tar Heels Make NFL Debuts

Posted Aug 14, 2011
Saturday night was a big night for former Tar Heels making their NFL debuts in pre-season games around the league.  Below are the stats for each of the seven players who appeared in the box scores:
Greg Little (WR, CLE) 2 rec, 20 yds
Ryan Taylor (TE, GB) 2 rec, 30 yds
Johnny White (RB, BUF) 9 car, 13 yds, 2 rec, 13 yds
Da'Norris Searcy (S, BUF) 1 tackle
Robert Quinn (DE, STL) 1 tackle
Marvin Austin (DT, NYG) 2 tackles
Kendric Burney (CB, CAR) 1 tkl, 2 ast, 3 pass def

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