Official Site of the Tar Heels · Sep 13, 2017
Dinges Finalist For NFF Scholar-Athlete Honor
IRVING, Texas --- The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced today the names of the 35 finalists for the 2017 NFF Chapter Scholar-Athlete Awards, which will honor one young man from each of the country's five regions as the best and the brightest for their accomplishments as athletes, scholars and citizens at the high school level. North Carolina freshman Jack Dinges, a native of Atlanta who played at the Marist School, is among the finalists.
The finalists all graduated from high school in 2017 and are now playing college football. A national committee will select the five honorees, who will be announced Oct. 4.