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Different kind of draft prep for UNC's Taylor

Submitted by joegiglio on 05/12/2011 - 09:48

Ryan Taylor didn't know which of the five NFL teams he interviewed with would take him in the draft but he had a pretty good idea which one wouldn't.

When the former UNC tight end visited the San Francisco 49ers, first-year coach Jim Harbaugh gave him an 100-question trivia quiz.

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Heels' Gaskins, Taylor injure knees

Submitted by kentysiac on 08/13/2009 - 11:02

North Carolina's depth on the offensive line decreased Wednesday when offensive tackle Carl Gaskins tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the morning practice.

Team spokesman Kevin Best announced today that Gaskins, a sophomore who was competing for playing time at left tackle, is out for the season. Gaskins played in five games last season and was listed as a backup to senior Kyle Jolly.

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UNC focusing on something 'special'

Submitted by rpickeral on 08/14/2008 - 17:19
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina junior Ryan Taylor enjoyed making the switch from tight end to linebacker last spring and hopes to get in on some defensive plays this season.

But his specialty remains his hard-hitting style on special teams — a facet of the game to which the team has dedicated a third of each practice late this week.

“When I’m playing linebacker or tight end, I have to be a little bit more reserved,’’ Taylor, from Winston-Salem, said. “But when I’m playing on special teams, they just kind of give you a direction to go and say ‘go!” and you just go as hard as you can. And everybody’s going full speed – and if you miss a tackle, it’s because you’re going full speed … I like it because I feel like I can open up and just hit people, fly around.”
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