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UNC Football: Tar Heel receiver teams with Bojangles

By Blake Cockrum

ANNAPOLIS, MD - DECEMBER 27: Beau Corrales #15 of the North Carolina Tar Heels runs with the ball against the Temple Owls in the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on December 27, 2019 in Annapolis, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images)
ANNAPOLIS, MD - DECEMBER 27: Beau Corrales #15 of the North Carolina Tar Heels runs with the ball against the Temple Owls in the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on December 27, 2019 in Annapolis, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) /
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UNC football standout takes advantage of NCAA’s new NIL rules, teaming with popular fried chicken chain

Fifth-year UNC football standout Beau Corrales is set to begin his final season in a Tar Heel uniform, hoping to avoid the kind of injuries that have plagued his four years in Chapel Hill. His most recent run-in with the injury bug was a sports hernia last year that required surgery and forced him to miss the team’s final handful of games of the season.

Back on the field in 2021 for an additional season of college football — that thanks to the NCAA allowing all student-athletes an extra year of eligibility due to the Covid-19 pandemic that affected so much of the 2020 season — Corrales is ready to make a difference for the ACC Coastal-favorite Tar Heels. But he’s also got some side activities going on in the mean time.

On Saturday, it was announced that the Georgetown, Texas native will be teaming with Bojangles this season. That marriage is thanks to the NCAA’s new NIL rules allowing student-athletes to earn money from their name, image and likeness while still in college. The popular fried chicken chain sent out a tweet on Saturday evening that touted their new partnership, stating that it’s “Beau time.”

It’ll be Beau time on the gridiron soon when Corrales takes the field with the Tar Heels on September 3 for a matchup with the Virginia Tech Hokies. He’s be looking to build on to the 80 receptions, 1,176 yards and 12 touchdowns that he’s accumulated over his past four years in Chapel Hill. If he can stay healthy, he’ll have plenty of opportunities to do so with Heisman candidate Sam Howell firing downfield early and often.

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