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Posted: Sep 19, 2018

VIDEO: Ross Pryor Feature

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Each week during the 2018 football season, an individual or a group of individuals within the Carson-Newman football program will be featured in a segment that appears on The Mike Turner Show.

This week, Eagle Sports Network broadcaster Michael Wottreng shines the spotlight on senior defensive end Ross Pryor who has come to Mossy Creek after a stop at Southern Nazerene where C-N is a familiar place for the Pryor family.

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