Ronald Curry Hometown: Hampton, Va. High School: Hampton Height / Weight: 6-2 / 209 Position: Quarterback Birthdate: 05/28/1979

Four-year starter who owns UNC career records with 6,236 yards of total offense and 4,987 passing yards ... Is No. 1 all-time at UNC among quarterbacks with 13 rushing touchdowns and 1,249 rushing yards ... Set the single-season school record with 2,676 total yards of offense in 2000 ... One of the nation...s best two-sport athletes ... Starting point guard on UNC...s basketball team in 2000-01 ... Helped lead UNC to a No. 1 ranking in basketball last year.

2001 ... Senior Season
Was named the Offensive MVP of the Peach Bowl, leading Carolina to a 16-10 win over Auburn ... It was his second bowl MVP award, the first was the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl ... Against Auburn, he had a career-long 62-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter to put UNC ahead, 16-0 ... Became one of three Tar Heels to win two bowl MVP awards along with tailback Ethan Horton (1981 Gator, 1982 Sun) and quarterback Matt Kupec (1977 Liberty and 1979 Gator) ... Finished the regular season with 1,258 yards of total offense (1,005 passing, 253 rushing) and moved into first place all-time at UNC with 6,236 yards of total offense in his career ... Rushed for three TDs to move into first place among UNC quarterbacks with 13 rushing touchdowns ... Had three touchdown passes of greater than 50 yards on the season ... Struggled early in the year with no touchdown passes and four interceptions in three road losses, but thrived in a two-quarterback rotation with Darian Durant as the season progressed ... Played a key role in UNC...s historic rout of Florida State on Sept. 22, throwing a 53-yard touchdown pass to Kory Bailey and rushing for another score ... With 127 yards passing and 40 yards rushing against ECU, Curry became UNC...s career total offense leader ... Had a 66-yard touchdown pass in the win over Virginia ... Was having his finest game of the year at Clemson before going out in the third quarter with a pulled hamstring ... Had thrown for 109 yards and rushed for 82 when he pulled up on a scramble against the Tigers ... Missed the Georgia Tech game due to the hamstring pull and the following contest, vs. Wake Forest, due to a death in his family ... Came back with one of the better games of his record-breaking career with 217 yards passing (11-for-19) and three touchdowns ... His 72-yard TD pass to Sam Aiken was his longest pass of the season and gave the Tar Heels a 7-0 cushion early in the first quarter ... Also rushed 11 times for 29 yards and a touchdown against the Blue Devils ... Was efficient in the season-finale, completing 8-of-14 pass attempts for 116 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 42 yards on six carries against the Mustangs.

2000 ... Junior Season
Voted UNC...s Offensive MVP ... Established the single-season total offense school record with 2,676 yards, including 2,325 passing yards and 351 rushing yards ... Ranked fourth in the ACC and 23rd in the country, averaging 243.3 total offense yards per game ... Set a school record with 211.4 yards passing per game ... Completed 163 of 304 attempts for 2,325 yards and had 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions ... Had a pass efficiency rating of 121.91 ... Was second on the team in rushing, with 119 carries for 363 yards, averaging 33.1 yards per game ... Threw 38 passes of at least 20 yards, including 13 passes over 40 yards and eight passes over fifty yards ... Tossed eight touchdowns over 27 yards and four over 50 yards.

2000 Game-by-Game
Tulsa: Was 12 of 22 for 192 yards and no interceptions in the first game of the season vs. Tulsa, his first game back since injuring his Achilles tendon in 1999 ... Completed a 35-yard pass to Sam Aiken which led to a UNC field goal ... Completed one pass to Jamal Jones for 25 yards which set up a touchdown and then hit Jones later in the game on a 55-yard TD play. Wake Forest: Completed just six of 12 passes for 143 yards ... Accounted for 106 yards with two passes ... a 46-yard TD pass to Aiken that gave Carolina its first lead of the game and a 60-yard scoring pass to Bosley Allen that capped a 35-14 victory. Florida State: Threw for 235 yards on 15 of 31 passing and had one touchdown and one interception ... Was sacked four times ... Threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Aiken in the third quarter. Marshall: Tossed two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to lead Carolina to a come-from-behind, 20-15 victory over the Thundering Herd ... Completed 24 of 39 passes for 292 yards ... Established career highs in pass attempts and completions and posted the sixth-highest yardage figure in his career ... It marked the first time in his career he threw for over 200 yards in back-to-back games ... Threw touchdown passes of 16 yards to Kory Bailey and 49 yards to Aiken in the fourth quarter. Georgia Tech: Established several UNC records in the Tar Heels... 42-28 loss ... Completed 17 of 31 passes for 388 yards and three touchdowns ... Also rushed 10 times for 12 yards and finished with 400 yards of total offense ... Set the school record for most passing yards by a Carolina player in Kenan Stadium, most total yards by a Carolina player in Kenan Stadium, most passing yards in two consecutive games (688), most total yards (712) in two consecutive games and most passing yards per attempt (12.5 yards per 31 attempts) in a single-game ... Connected with Bailey on a 78-yard TD pass, the longest TD pass by a Tar Heel in Kenan Stadium ... The 388 passing yards are the third-highest total in school history and the 400 total yards are the third-highest total in school history ... Completed five passes of at least 50 yards, including a 50-yard pass to Jones, a 54-yarder to Allen, a 59-yard pass to Alge Crumpler and a 78-yard pass to Bailey. NC State: Passed for 114 yards and rushed for 57 yards and one touchdown ... Completed 11 of 24 passes ... After falling behind, 24-7, Curry led Carolina on three consecutive drives to cut the lead to 24-20, including a six-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Clemson: Completed 18 of 34 passes for 314 yards and rushed for 23 yards and one touchdown ... It was his fifth-highest passing total of his career ... In building a 17-0 first-quarter lead, he had a 31-yard pass on UNC...s first drive, a 57-yard pass on the second drive and 57-yard pass on the third drive ... Scored on a 6-yard running play to give UNC a 17-0 lead. Virginia: Had 22 completions and tied his career-high with 39 attempts ... Passed for 223 yards and rushed for 29 yards. Pittsburgh: Was 13 of 32 for 164 yards and rushed for 35 yards in a 20-17 victory at Pittsburgh ... Threw a 24-yard pass to Allen to set up Carolina...s first touchdown ... Completed a 34-yard and an 11-yard pass in the Tar Heels... final fourth-quarter scoring drive. Maryland: Completed seven of 16 passes for a season-low 42 yards ... Rushed 11 times for 53 yards and scored a touchdown ... With Carolina trailing, 10-6 in the fourth quarter, Curry dashed up the middle on a quarterback draw for a 25-yard rushing score and a 13-10 victory. Duke: Threw for 218 yards and rushed for a career-high 105 yards in Carolina...s record-setting 59-21 victory ... Accounted for a career-high four touchdowns, including two rushing TDs and two passing TDs ... Completed three passes over 20 yards, including a 41-yard pass on the first drive of the game to set up a Willie Parker TD ... Helped Carolina set an ACC record with 52 first-half points.

1999 ... Sophomore Season
Despite missing more than six contests after rupturing his right Achilles... tendon vs. Georgia Tech, he led UNC in total offense yards, pass completions and passing yards ... Posted a pass efficiency rating of 92.00 ... Completed 54 of 110 passes for 682 yards ... Tossed three touchdown passes and was picked off 10 times ... Averaged 136.4 passing yards per game ... Led the Tar Heels with 908 total offense yards ... The next two players combined for just 838 yards ... Averaged 181.6 total offense yards per game ... Accounted for 65.8 percent of Carolina...s total offense in the four full games in which he played ... That was the highest percentage by any player in the ACC ... Through the four full games in which he played, Curry was third in the ACC in total offense (38th nationally) ... Played his best game of the year in Carolina...s 42-30 win at Indiana. Completed 19 of 24 passes (79.2%) for 241 yards, had two touchdown passes and posted a rating of 182.65 against the Hoosiers ... Scored on a 1-yard run and had a 25-yard touchdown pass to Jason Peace and an 11-yard strike to Dauntae... Finger in the victory at IU ... Rushed for 55 yards and hit Anthony Saunders for 18 yards and a touchdown in the opening game loss to Virginia ... The TD pass to Saunders and subsequent two-point conversion pass to Finger tied the game at 17 in the fourth quarter ... Curry displayed remarkable scrambling skills and poise on both the touchdown and two-point passes and they remained two of the top highlight plays of the season ... Was 10 for 28 for 147 yards against Virginia, 11 for 26 for 119 yards against Florida State and 12 for 28 for 162 yards against Clemson ... Was intercepted nine times and sacked 15 times in those three defeats ... Set up a Carolina touchdown at Clemson with a 31-yard scramble ... Was off to a fast start in the game at Georgia Tech before he was injured ... Led the Tar Heels on an opening drive that he capped with a brilliant, 30-yard touchdown run ... Carolina was leading the No. 7 Yellow Jackets, 7-0, when he was injured ... Underwent surgery on October 10th.

1998 ... Freshman Season
Most Valuable Offensive Player in the Tar Heels... 20-13 win over San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl ... Led all rushers in the bowl game with 93 yards and scored on a dazzling, 48-yard run on the final play of the opening quarter ... Finished second in the voting for ACC Freshman of the Year behind NC State tailback Ray Robinson ... Led the Tar Heels with 1,394 total offense yards, a UNC single-season total offense record for a freshman ... The previous record was held by tailback Amos Lawrence, who had 1,231 yards in 1977 ... Was the first freshman to lead UNC in total offense since Lawrence ... Completed 66 of 147 passes for 975 yards and six touchdowns ... Completed 52 of his 66 passes in the first six games ... Threw for a school freshman record 975 passing yards ... Mike Thomas previously held the UNC freshman record with 831 yards in 1992 ... Set the UNC freshman single-season record with 66 completions ... The previous record was 57 by Chuck Sharpe in 1978 ... Threw six touchdown passes, also a UNC freshman single-season record ... The previous mark was five by Sharpe in 1978 ... In his three road starts (at Stanford, Wake Forest and Florida State), he was a combined 37 for 69 for 583 yards and four touchdowns ... Posted pass efficiency ratings better than 100.00 in three of the four games he was the team...s primary quarterback ... He had a rating of 152.78 at Wake Forest, 144.50 at Stanford and 108.95 against Miami (Ohio) ... Rushed for 50 or more yards in six games (93 vs. San Diego State, 75 vs. Maryland, 74 vs. Georgia Tech, 66 vs. Stanford, 50 vs. Duke and 50 vs. NC State) ... Second on the team in rushing yards with 419 ... Averaged 5.2 yards per carry, including sacks ... Completed 19 of 34 passes for 304 yards, two touchdowns and one interception against Stanford in his first college start ... Had a team-high 66 rushing yards on 13 carries ... Was named the ACC Rookie of the Week for his play against the Cardinal ... Against Stanford, he threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Na Brown and a 19-yard scoring pass to Kory Bailey and scored himself on an 8-yard run ... The 69-yard pass cut Stanford...s lead to 13-10, the 8-yard run in the fourth quarter evened the game at 27-27, and the 19-yard pass to Bailey tied the score at 34-34 ... Set Carolina freshman records against Stanford for most total offense yards in a game (370), most passing yards in a game (304), most completions (19), most total offense plays (47) and longest touchdown pass (69 yards) ... The 304 yards passing marked the 11th-highest figure in Carolina history by any player and was the 12th 300-yard passing game by a Tar Heel ... The 370 yards of total offense marked the fourth-highest total offense figure in school history ... Made subsequent starts against Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Florida State ... Relieved an injured Oscar Davenport on the fifth play of Carolina...s initial possession in the 1998 opener against Miami ... Completed 11 of 22 passes for 115 yards and one touchdown against the RedHawks ... Tossed a four-yard touchdown pass to tight end Allen Mogridge late in the first half that gave Carolina a 10-0 advantage ... Completed 13 of 22 passes for 230 yards at Wake Forest ... Threw one touchdown pass and was picked off once ... In addition to a 32-yard touchdown to Bailey, he had a 70-yard completion to Bosley Allen and a 50-yard completion to Na Brown ... The 70-yard completion is the longest by a UNC freshman quarterback ... Was 5 for 13 for 49 yards and one touchdown and rushed three times for 17 yards at Florida State ... Set up Carolina...s first field goal with an 11-yard scramble on 3rd-and-12 and engineered the Tar Heels... lone touchdown drive in the fourth quarter ... Facing 4th-and-3 at the FSU 21, Curry miraculously escaped a sack and tossed a 16-yard completion to Allen for a first down at the FSU 5 ... Three plays later, facing 3rd-and-goal from the 7, Curry found Kory Bailey for a touchdown ... Led the Tar Heels in rushing with 75 yards on eight carries against Maryland ... Completed 4 of 8 passes for 80 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown to Na Brown ... Set up Deon Dyer...s one-yard TD run in the fourth quarter with a spectacular 28-yard dash to the Maryland 6-yard line.

Hampton High School
Named the National Football Player of the Year by Parade, Gatorade, the Atlanta Touchdown Club (Bobby Dodd Award) and the Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club, the National Football Player of the Year on offense by USA Today and the McDonald...s National Basketball Player of the Year ... Recipient of the Morgan Wootten Award and the Franklin D. Watkins Memorial Trophy for achievements in athletics, scholarship and community service ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Latin Honor Society ... Played four years of football for Coach Mike Smith and basketball for Coach Walter Brower at Hampton High School ... Played quarterback, safety, punter and returned punts and kickoffs ... Led Hampton to three consecutive football state championships ... Hampton was 13-0 his senior year and posted a state record 40 consecutive wins ... In his career, he was responsible for 186 touchdowns (90 passing, 74 rushing and 22 by returns) ... As a senior, he completed 119 of 226 passes (.527) for 2,577 yards and 27 touchdowns and rushed 115 times for 866 yards and 22 touchdowns ... Returned four punts for scores and had eight interceptions, including one he returned 101 yards for a touchdown.

In his career, he passed for 8,212 yards and 90 touchdowns and rushed for 3,307 yards and 74 scores ... Set state records for passing yards and total offense yards (11,519) ... Completed 370 of 701 passes in his career ... Scored 22 touchdowns on kickoff or punt returns ... Earned first-team all-state quarterback honors in each of his four seasons ... All-state as a defensive back and kick returner in each of his last three years ... Virginia High School Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year for three consecutive seasons ... Sports Illustrated...s High School Player of the Month in September 1997.

Set school records in basketball for points and assists ... Averaged 21.9 points, 5.7 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game as a senior ... Led Hampton to the basketball state title as a junior ... Most Valuable Player of the 1998 McDonald...s High School Basketball All-Star Game ... Was the slam dunk champion at the McDonald...s Game ... First-team Parade All-America and second-team Street & Smith All-America in basketball as a senior.

Personal
Born Ronald Antonio Curry on May 28, 1979, in Hampton, Va. ... Majoring in Afro-American studies.

Carolina Basketball
2000-2001: Starting point guard on Carolina...s ACC regular-season championship team ... Started the final 21 games of the regular season, 18 of which were UNC wins ... Began practicing with the basketball team on Nov. 20th, two days after the final football game ... Averaged over five points and four assists during the regular season ... Scored a career-high 14 points against NC State ... Dished out a career-high eight assists vs. Maryland ... Scored 11 points, seven assists and hit a career-high three three-pointers in the 86-83 win at Maryland.

Prior: Unable to play in 1999-2000 due to injury ... Played in 26 games as a freshman ... Played in five of the first 13 games, then joined the team for good after the Las Vegas Bowl ... Appeared in every game beginning with the December 22nd game at Georgia Tech ... Scored 73 points, grabbed 39 rebounds and handed out 43 assists ... Compiled season highs in points (13), rebounds (five), assists (seven) and steals (two) in his first start, a 75-66 win over Georgia Tech on January 31st ... Hit a key three-pointer in the win at NC State ... That basket gave Carolina the lead for good ... Had five assists and only one turnover in home win over Florida State ... Named UNC...s defensive player of the game in the home win over the Wolfpack.