North Carolina defensive back [autotag]Storm Duck[/autotag] is looking to bounce back this season after battling injuries in each of the two previous seasons.
After a breakout year in 2019, Duck battled injuries in 2020 and 2021, missing significant time at UNC. He showed promise as being a defensive back the Tar Heels could rely on but with the injuries, the former three-star recruits’ career was delayed.
Now, going into the 2022 season Duck says he’s not only confident but 100 percent healthy.
“Yeah. Over the last two years, been hard mentally, but you know, I’m over that, over that home now,” Duck said on Thursday. “And I’m feeling, you know, mentally a hundred percent confident, physically, a hundred percent confident since I’ve gotten back, started playing, you know, getting back in the routine, getting back, you know, technique wise, doing extra work after practice and, you know, just building confidence and watching film and learning schemes and know different things like that. Route concepts, I’m feeling, feeling really good.”
Duck is expected to be one of North Carolina’s top defensive backs this season along with Tony Grimes. If both can stay healthy, it will help answer some of the questions UNC has in their secondary.
And that would be great news for new defensive coordinator Gene Chizik in his return to the Tar Heels.
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