Even before Carolina Panthers linebacker Andre Smith arrived at North Carolina, he knew who Giovani Bernard was.
Not necessarily because both played their high school ball in Florida, though.
It was more about the play.
“I’ve probably seen it like 100,000 times,” Smith said Thursday. “They love that play. It’s crazy.”
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The play, of course, is one of the more storied in recent UNC football: Bernard, now a Cincinnati Bengals running back whose team faces the Panthers this Sunday in Charlotte, had a spectacular, game-winning punt return with less than 30 seconds on the clock against rival N.