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Former North Carolina recruit Dwight Jones, who is enrolled and practicing at DivisionII Valdosta State, might end up being a Tar Heel after all. According to insidecarolina.com, Jones' academics might have been judged under the wrong set of rules, leaving him eligible to play DivisionI football. Jones, a receiver who played football at Burlington Cummings High, was scheduled to practice today with Valdosta State. But the school's athletics director, Herb Reinhard, told The News & Observer through a team spokesman: "We have communicated with Dwight about his academic status changing, and we have signed a release allowing UNC to talk to him."

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August 6, 2008  08:46 AM ET

Sumbitch, ya'll mean Butch Davis and his boys screwed something up? Hell far!!!!

August 6, 2008  12:21 PM ET

You mean the NCAA screwed something up... NO WAY!!! They are perfect, I mean they caught that whole Reggie Bush money thing and took action against the school and coaches... oh wait... nope they didn't did they.

August 6, 2008  01:42 PM ET

NCAA very careful about punishing schools that have won NCs. Everyone else beware.

August 6, 2008  02:18 PM ET

Either way, this kid will be lucky to ever get a diploma from UNC. The question here is about his SECOND failure to qualify. There's no question about him failing to qualify the first time.

August 6, 2008  02:34 PM ET

Either way, this kid will be lucky to ever get a diploma from UNC. The question here is about his SECOND failure to qualify. There's no question about him failing to qualify the first time.

DaMoFo | 08/06/08, 02:18 PM



"Good" football players never fail out.

August 6, 2008  07:10 PM ET

did ya'all notice that UNC is preseason ranked @ 34? Seems a little high to me I hope we can win some games this year.

August 7, 2008  07:55 AM ET

Yeah, No 34 is too high. If Butch can get the Heels to a 7-5 record, and make a bowl game, I'd consider the season a success. That'd be progress in a huge way. Dwight Jones would be a welcome addition to the team.

 
August 7, 2008  10:45 AM ET

i am keeping my fingers crossed about making a bowl game. Almost time to see if T.J Yates is the truth.

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