CHAPEL HILL
Here is the Jalen Dalton gain-40-pounds-in-one-year diet, as described by Dalton, the North Carolina defensive end turned defensive tackle: “Eat whatever.”
That’s how Dalton earlier this week described his weight gain, which has allowed him to move from the outside of the Tar Heels’ defensive line to the inside, where he’ll be counted upon to bolster a run defense that is the Tar Heels’ greatest question. It wasn’t always like this for Dalton.
He arrived on campus a season ago amid grand expectations. He was, perhaps, the best of the Tar Heels’ incoming defensive prospects.