My Carolina Experience: Chase Rice

Posted Feb 16, 2015
Chase Rice had no idea at the time, but playing linebacker at North Carolina turned out to be perfect preparation for the country music business. Rice rolled into Chapel Hill as a highly touted linebacker from Asheville’s Reynolds High. After a colorful post-Carolina career that included stops on the reality show Survivor and two NASCAR championships on Jimmie Johnson’s pit crew, Rice moved to Nashville and began writing and performing. (GoHeels.com)

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