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Tar Heels WR Craft, 23, dies after cancer battle

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North Carolina football player Tylee Craft was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in March 2022 .

Craft had been struggling with debilitating back pain, so UNC 's athletic training staff took him to the hospital in 2022 for more testing to determine the cause of it.

Craft was one of five college athletes named to the Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Team that year.

UNC receiver J.J. Jones wore Craft 's No. 13 jersey against Georgia Tech .

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75

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informal

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English

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45

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short-lived

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