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Lejond Cavazos will sit out with injury to start the season

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For once, it’s been a relatively healthy off- and pre-season for the UNC Tar Heels (though, as we also saw this week, health isn’t the only way a team can get hurt in the offseason). Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible for a team to stay completely healthy, and earlier this week, we learned that cornerback Lejond Cavazos has suffered a meniscus injury that will require surgery and keep him out of action to start the season. Cavazos was one of the few players returning from last year’s cornerbacks group with some starting experience, so his loss adds even more turmoil to a group that’s going to be almost entirely rebuilt from last year to this one.