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Former linebacker still making the big hits China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-03 09:24 Share
Chase Rice has left his football dreams behind for music stardom Chase Rice performs with his band at a festival in L: as Vegas in 2016. After seeing his NFL dream die due to injury, the former linebacker with the University of North Carolina s Tar Heels has forged a chart-topping career as a country music star, enjoying one No 1 hit－the double-platinum Eyes on You . AP
Like many young football players growing up in North Carolina, Chase Rice had his sights set on the NFL. After an outstanding sophomore season with the Tar Heels, that goal seemed realistic.
New-yorkUnited-statesChapel-hillFloridaNorth-carolinaWashingtonAshevilleUniversity-of-north-carolinaAzaleaBruce-arianBrandon-tateBrooks-fosterBut when draft time approaches, Rice recalls those days on the field, and his hopes of reaching football’s highest level.
“I certainly felt headed in that direction,” Rice says. “My (2006) year I was the only player who didn’t come off the field, I could play inside and outside, and it was looking good. Then I only got a quarter and a half in my junior year, and that would have been my year and hopefully we were headed for the top of the ACC.
“The next year the ankle was not the same, and I wasn’t the same player.”
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