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    Durant Re-signs With Roughriders
     
    Former Tar Heel QB was 4-0 as a starter last year.

     
    Durant holds several school records including career passing yards and touchdowns.
     
    Durant holds several school records including career passing yards and touchdowns.
     
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    Jan. 6, 2009

    Former North Carolina standout Darian Durant (2001-04) has re-signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Durant, who still holds several passing records at North Carolina, including career passing yards and touchdowns, was 4-0 last season as the Roughriders starting quarterback.

    Durant has played three seasons for the Roughriders since leaving Chapel Hill. A popular player in the CFL, Double-D also has his own website, http://www.dariandurant.com/.