Parker Quiets Rumors With Emergence
Nov. 8, 2000Fall Break came at a perfect time for Willie Parker. Parker, North Carolina's starting tailback coming out of spring practice, had dropped to third on the depth chart. He was still attempting to overcome a back injury that had hampered him through the Tar Heels' first five games. The Tar Heels had a bye week, and Parker went to his hometown of Clinton to relax from the pressures of an already frustrating season. But the scene that Parker returned to was anything but therapeutic. People flocked to Parker's house to ask him why he wasn't playing.
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