After months of waiting, Tez Walker makes season debut in front of fans and family

>> WRAL SPORTS STARTS NOW.

WANTED BY EASTER AUTOMOTIVE.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE

1997, WHICH IS THE FINAL SEASON

IN MACK BROWN'S FIRST DENT IN

CHAPEL HILL THAT ARE ELSE OUR 5

AND OH, TO START THE SEASON

AFTER CRUISING PAST SYRACUSE

AFTERNOON, 40 TO 7, IT COMES

ON A DAY TO JAKE MAY THROWS A

SEASON-HIGH 442 YARDS. 3

TOUCHDOWN PASSES. HE HIT 10

DIFFERENT RECEIVERS. BUT AS PAT

WELTER TELLS US, THERE'S BEEN

MORE GRATEFUL AND TEST.

>> THE RETURN WAS NEARLY

STORYBOOK JUST A BLESSING.

IT HAS TO BE OUT THERE. ALL

THAT WAS MISSING WAS THAT AS

WALKER TV?

ALTHOUGH DRAKE MAYE WIDE OPEN

ON A THROW THAT WENT TO NAME

A CALL.

>> WITHOUT WATER UP TO THE SAME

TIME. I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE HIM

OUT THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT A

GREAT WHAT A GREAT STORY.

WALKER'S CASE WAS ALL BUT

CLOSED UNTIL A SURPRISE

REVERSAL BY THE NCAA THIS WEEK.

I LOVE THE WAY OUR FANS

RESPONDED TO HIM BECAUSE THE

YOUNG MAN'S LIVING HIS DREAM

AS OF THURSDAY MORNING, HE

DIDN'T THINK HE'D EVER GET TO

PLAY HERE THIS YEAR.

>> FROM HIS FIRST SNAPPED.

IT WAS AFTER BATTING SIDELINE

CATCH. PLUS, A CATCHY MADE OVER

THERE IN FRONT OF US WAS ONE OF

THE BEST OVER SAYING WALKER

DRU OVATIONS. EVERY STEP OF THE

WAY. THIS IS SOME.

>> A GUIDE AND ABOUT SINCE LAST

8 YEARS OLD, I STARTED PLAYING,

BUT NOTHING WAS BETTER THAN HIS

GRANDMA OFF. FINALLY GETTING TO

WATCH HIM PLAY FOR THE FIRST

TIME SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS

FEEL LIKE A WEIGHT LIFTED OFF

MY SHOULDERS.

>> SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT.

THE SEAT AS HIS FAMILY, HIS

GRANDMOTHER CELEBRATING AFTER

THE GAME ON THE FIELD TONIGHT.

>> ASKED BACKGROUND WHAT WAS

THE NEW INFORMATION? THE LET

THE NCAA REVERSES DECISION TO

THAT MOMENT COULD HAPPEN.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO LOOK

BACK. HIS COMMENTS WERE NEVER

ANTI NCAA. THEY WERE JUST

PROTESTS. WALKER AND HE'S PROUD