After the doubleheader that ESPN had last night we can close out the first week of pro football. Plenty of former North Carolina football players were in action during the first week of the NFL, while an extra has been picked up right after the end of the week by the Buffalo Bills. In this post we are going to check out what the two former Tar Heels did in the Monday Night double header on Monday, September 10, 2012, as well as seeing who is the former Heel being picked up. Without further ado here are the two games from yesterday…
For the Cincinnati Bengals…
WR Brandon Tate #19 (6’1″/195 lbs) ~ 24 Years old ~ 4 Years Exp
Roster Position: 1st on Depth Chart @ LWR
What the media said about the game…
ESPN *~* Sports Illustrated *~* Sporting News *~* CBS Sports *~* NFL.com
Box Score | Play by Play | Drive Chart
For the San Diego Chargers…
DT Cam Thomas #93 (6’4″/335 lbs) ~ 25 Years old ~ 3 Years Exp
Roster Position: 3rd on the Depth Chart @ NT
What the media said about the game…
ESPN *~* Sports Illustrated *~* Sporting News *~* CBS Sports *~* NFL.com
Box Score | Play by Play | Drive Chart
Meanwhile, as I said above, running back Johnny White, who was drafted by the Bills in the fifth round last season has been signed by Buffalo to its 53 man roster after he had been released at the end of last month. This comes on (no pun intended) the heel of the season ending injury to wide out David Nelson. White played in a dozen games for the Bills last season.
And that is it for the games on the first weekend of NFL for the 2012 season. Between these two games and the ones played previously there were fourteen games that featured a former Tar Heel on at least one of the two rosters, several with former UNC on both! With so many former North Carolina football players now at the next level there chance is that if you root for an NFL squad you are doing for one that has a former Heel on it. For more information about UNC football and/or basketball players, current or former, make sure to come back to isportsweb often! And for more information about the National Football League teams that isportsweb follows check out here.