Tar Heels, Wolfpack and Blue Devils ramp up efforts to keep talent home

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Mack Brown’s return to North Carolina three years ago following 16 at Texas and five as an ESPN analyst was a new world order in college football recruiting. He discovered a paradigm shift from his first Tar Heels head coach stint, from 1988-97. “Recruiting used to be the parents, the high school coach and the young person,” Brown said. “Now, there are a lot of people involved in recruiting. Social media is a…

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Jaybron Harvey wants to build something at UNC

By TOM SHANAHAN DURHAM -- Southern Durham football coach Darius Robinson took in a home basketball game four winters ago. The 2018-19 Spartans were led that season by Jayvis Harvey, now a 6-foot-5 guard at Tennessee Tech. But before the tipoff, Robinson was visited by Harvey’s mother, Samiyyah Hargrave. She introduced the veteran football coach to her eighth-grade son. Click here for the rest of the story. -30- I invite you to follow me on Twitter @shanny4055 https://twitter.com/Shanny4055/status/1524877458822029323

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