Background
He grew up in Prince George, Virginia, and played college football at the offensive guard position for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He grew up in Prince George, Virginia, and played college football at the offensive guard position for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He played for the 1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football team that compiled an 11-1 record. He was six feet, two inches tall and weighed 220 pounds while playing at North Carolina. He was twice selected as an All-Atlantic Coast Conference (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination) player and was a unanimous first-team selection to the 1972 College Football All-America Team.