2001: One of only two true freshmen to see action in every game and one of seven true freshmen to play • Played primarily on special teams, but was one of the top reserves in the defensive backfield • Played 170 snaps, including a season-high 28 vs. Duke • Finished the season with five tackles, including four solo stops and one assist • Also had one tackle in the Peach Bowl vs. Auburn • Broke up one pass at Clemson • Had solo tackles against Texas, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Duke.

E.E. Smith High School 2000 Mid-South 4-A Conference Player of the Year • All-conference at wide receiver and defensive back • Had 37 catches for 875 yards and 12 touchdowns on offense and 68 tackles and five interceptions on defense • Named All-Cape Fear region • Played in the North Carolina Shrine Bowl • Third player from E.E. Smith to commit to UNC since 1994 (Russell Davis in 1994, Joey Evans in 1997) • Coached by Milton Butts • Averaged 11 points a game in basketball.

Personal Born Christopher Ryan Curry on September 21, 1982 in Fayetteville, N.C. • Has one older brother and three younger brothers • Favorite NFL team as a kid was the Dallas Cowboys • Favorite former Carolina football player is Dre’ Bly • Best friend on another team is Sean Williams at NCCU • Wears No. 12 because in high school he was No. 3 and he feels that he’s four times better than he was in high school • Would like to switch places for a day with Michael Jordan • Greatest athletic moment was playing in the Peach Bowl vs. Auburn • Earliest football memory was intercepting a ball and returning it 60 yards for a touchdown in a first-grade flag football game • His father, Reggie Pinkney, played football at East Carolina and with Detroit and Baltimore in the NFL • Enrolled in the General College.