New Heels coach may reap benefits of Bunting recruits

Posted Nov 21, 2006

North Carolina football coach John Bunting says he will do whatever he can to help his successor, Butch Davis. Perhaps he already has. Dotted along UNC's sideline Saturday -- wearing sweat pants, jerseys and eager expressions -- were 19 freshmen from the 2006 signing class, the largest number Bunting ever redshirted. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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