The long walk back for UNC’s Nazair Jones

Posted Oct 28, 2016
North Carolina defensive tackle Nazair Jones thinks about his journey every time he pulls into the parking lot at the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill. Every time he walks through those doors, he remembers the six weeks he spent there during his junior year of high school, 16-years-old and wondering when he’d be able to move like normal again. (Charlotte Observer)

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